Little Hysterics

Dr. Gila Ashtor joins Austin McCann for a wide-ranging conversation on Jean Laplanche, the future of psychoanalysis, and why the field must be willing to question its own foundations. Beginning with their shared path into psychoanalysis through the humanities, they discuss the relationship between theory and clinical practice, the limits of contemporary analytic training, and the importance of cul...

In this episode of Little Hysterics , Austin McCann speaks with psychoanalyst Carlos Padrón and clinical social worker Darragh Sheehan about the “social turn” in psychoanalysis, the gentrification of social work, and how neoliberalism is reshaping clinical practice. *** show notes: Center for Critical and Clinical Analysis https://www.cccacommunity.com/ Carlos Padrón “Spiritual Misery and the Abse...

In this episode of Little Hysterics , Austin sits down with psychoanalytic scholar and clinician Derek Hook to discuss his new book about Frantz Fanon, the difference between psychoanalysis and conventional psychotherapy, psychoanalysis’s relationship with political action, and the Derek's attempt at making difficult theory accessible. Derek's book Fanon, Psychoanalysis, and Critical Decolonial Ps...