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Freud in the news!

Posted by Jeff Allred (he/him/his) on

The New York Times had a piece last year  on renewed interest in Freudian models for psychotherapy and in the culture more broadly. Enjoy!

Not Your Daddy’s Freud

A new generation of analysts and patients is embracing the father of psychoanalysis – in magazines and memes and many hours on the couch.

 

Also, I’m officially reminding you that a) reading the NYT regularly is basic “equipment for living” for an educated citizenry and b) you all have free digital access from the Library (works for computers, iOS, and Android devices).

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what’s a rebus?

Posted by Jeff Allred (he/him/his) on

In case anyone’s not clear on the “rebus” analogy in Freud’s stuff on dreams, here’s an example:  free-beer-rebus

The broader point is that the manifest content of a dream contains a network of signs that seem nonsensical when read “straight’ but prove, on further examination, to contain a disguised or coded meaning.

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