Professor William Sharp
@drwilliamsharp.bsky.social
Psychoanalyst and group psychotherapist
Professor of psychology, at Northeastern University & Supervising/Training Analyst-Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis
Professor of psychology, at Northeastern University & Supervising/Training Analyst-Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis
“…[antisemitism] had hardly been noticed by either learned or public opinion because [it] belonged to a subterranean stream of European history where, hidden from the light of the public & the attention of the enlightened, [it] had been able to gather an entirely unexpected violence.“p7 Arendt
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“…[antisemitism] had hardly been noticed by either learned or public opinion because [it] belonged to a subterranean stream of European history where, hidden from the light of the public & the attention of the enlightened, [it] had been able to gather an entirely unexpected violence.“p7 Arendt
Amazing discussions last night at BGSP on Netflix’s, devastating #Adolescence
Aidan McGowan presented a poster from @northeasterncos.bsky.social
And Sahlean and I presented ideas while the audience questioned if this would have been gun violence if set in the US
Aidan McGowan presented a poster from @northeasterncos.bsky.social
And Sahlean and I presented ideas while the audience questioned if this would have been gun violence if set in the US
October 31, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Amazing discussions last night at BGSP on Netflix’s, devastating #Adolescence
Aidan McGowan presented a poster from @northeasterncos.bsky.social
And Sahlean and I presented ideas while the audience questioned if this would have been gun violence if set in the US
Aidan McGowan presented a poster from @northeasterncos.bsky.social
And Sahlean and I presented ideas while the audience questioned if this would have been gun violence if set in the US
To represent emotion is to expereince it, and once expereinced, it can be experienced again, with less need for distancing the self from it, as it becomes more tolerable and internalized. p112
from Barahona's book- Such a great summary of Learning from Expereince.
from Barahona's book- Such a great summary of Learning from Expereince.
October 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
To represent emotion is to expereince it, and once expereinced, it can be experienced again, with less need for distancing the self from it, as it becomes more tolerable and internalized. p112
from Barahona's book- Such a great summary of Learning from Expereince.
from Barahona's book- Such a great summary of Learning from Expereince.
"... I became aware of aware of murder enetering the analytic field in an important way. haunting the field between us like our own ghosts, underneath the disguise of my fantastic countertransference feelings and in the whispers [the patient] imagined..." p75 #Psychoanalysis
October 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"... I became aware of aware of murder enetering the analytic field in an important way. haunting the field between us like our own ghosts, underneath the disguise of my fantastic countertransference feelings and in the whispers [the patient] imagined..." p75 #Psychoanalysis
October 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"I would like to emphasize here that what I am referring to as T(-H),which involves processses of disinvestment of the representational capacity, is not the passive process that turns of phrases like 'leaves a terrifying emptiness' suggest, but an active process of ...
October 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"I would like to emphasize here that what I am referring to as T(-H),which involves processses of disinvestment of the representational capacity, is not the passive process that turns of phrases like 'leaves a terrifying emptiness' suggest, but an active process of ...
Thanks Aidan for helping out at the Gabriel Major Fair Tuesday! @northeasternu.bsky.social @nuglobalnews.bsky.social
@northeasterncos.bsky.social
@northeasterncos.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Thanks Aidan for helping out at the Gabriel Major Fair Tuesday! @northeasternu.bsky.social @nuglobalnews.bsky.social
@northeasterncos.bsky.social
@northeasterncos.bsky.social
“… The ego blocks the instinctual urge; it has become autonomous and anti-instinctive, and then becomes a destructive nuisance, such as we see in every neurotic. A neurosis could even be defined as an ego formation no longer in harmony with the whole personality” p 61.
August 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
“… The ego blocks the instinctual urge; it has become autonomous and anti-instinctive, and then becomes a destructive nuisance, such as we see in every neurotic. A neurosis could even be defined as an ego formation no longer in harmony with the whole personality” p 61.
“Only if one throws a shadow is one real. The shadow plunge man into the immediacy of situations here & now, and thus creates the real biography of the human being, who is always inclined to assume that he is only what he thinks he is. ” p142
August 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
“Only if one throws a shadow is one real. The shadow plunge man into the immediacy of situations here & now, and thus creates the real biography of the human being, who is always inclined to assume that he is only what he thinks he is. ” p142
“When symbolic factors are repressed, they glut the instincts, and therefore they must be separated out so that the genuine instinct can function without being overloaded.“ Page 134
August 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM
“When symbolic factors are repressed, they glut the instincts, and therefore they must be separated out so that the genuine instinct can function without being overloaded.“ Page 134
Evil “provide us with the opportunities to increase consciousness… When we see our own greed, jealousy, spite, hatred… then these can be turned positive because in such destructive emotions is stored much life, & when we have this energy it can be turned to positive ends.”p126
August 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Evil “provide us with the opportunities to increase consciousness… When we see our own greed, jealousy, spite, hatred… then these can be turned positive because in such destructive emotions is stored much life, & when we have this energy it can be turned to positive ends.”p126
Without the fire of emotions, no development takes place in no higher consciousness can be reached,… p 104
August 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Without the fire of emotions, no development takes place in no higher consciousness can be reached,… p 104
Jung said that to be in a situation where there’s no way out or to be in a conflict where there is no solution is the classical beginning of the process of individual. Page 95.
August 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Jung said that to be in a situation where there’s no way out or to be in a conflict where there is no solution is the classical beginning of the process of individual. Page 95.
In its positive meaning, we had the ring as a symbol of union a consciously chosen obligation towards some divine power, that is, toward SELF; in it’s negative aspect it means fascination, being caught, being bound,I.e.: being caught in a vicious cycle P91
August 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
In its positive meaning, we had the ring as a symbol of union a consciously chosen obligation towards some divine power, that is, toward SELF; in it’s negative aspect it means fascination, being caught, being bound,I.e.: being caught in a vicious cycle P91
The anima–which means for a man, the realm of fantasy and the way he relates to the unconscious-was once integrated .. had reached a human level, but now, under unfavorable, cultural circumstances, has been shut off and repressed into the unconscious“ p84
August 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The anima–which means for a man, the realm of fantasy and the way he relates to the unconscious-was once integrated .. had reached a human level, but now, under unfavorable, cultural circumstances, has been shut off and repressed into the unconscious“ p84
Intuition? Trusting your gut? A final tendency in the current psychological flow of life… “when someone comes into analysis…According to the Jungian point of view, they … have a final aspect and we therefore look to see where the libido tends to go.“ p 68 
August 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Intuition? Trusting your gut? A final tendency in the current psychological flow of life… “when someone comes into analysis…According to the Jungian point of view, they … have a final aspect and we therefore look to see where the libido tends to go.“ p 68 
Gold can be buried in the Earth and dug up unharmed after 1000 years, unlike copper or silver or iron, so it is immortal, that which outlast; it is the eternal, the divine and the most precious, and whenever something is made of gold, it is said to have the eternal quality.
August 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Gold can be buried in the Earth and dug up unharmed after 1000 years, unlike copper or silver or iron, so it is immortal, that which outlast; it is the eternal, the divine and the most precious, and whenever something is made of gold, it is said to have the eternal quality.
The animal is the carrier of the projection of human psychic factors…, and as long as you do not take the projection back, the animal and what you projected into it are identical; they are one in the same thing. … our animal instincts. Page 36. 
July 27, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The animal is the carrier of the projection of human psychic factors…, and as long as you do not take the projection back, the animal and what you projected into it are identical; they are one in the same thing. … our animal instincts. Page 36. 
In the unconscious, all archtypes are contaminated with one another. P. 14.
July 27, 2025 at 12:04 AM
In the unconscious, all archtypes are contaminated with one another. P. 14.
..[in] attempts at interpretation, one can see a regression to a very personalistic approach. The interpreters judge… misfortunes to be an image of neurosis.pvii
she goes on to say that this is a mistake,they are “the difficulties and dangers given to us by nature.“
she goes on to say that this is a mistake,they are “the difficulties and dangers given to us by nature.“
July 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
..[in] attempts at interpretation, one can see a regression to a very personalistic approach. The interpreters judge… misfortunes to be an image of neurosis.pvii
she goes on to say that this is a mistake,they are “the difficulties and dangers given to us by nature.“
she goes on to say that this is a mistake,they are “the difficulties and dangers given to us by nature.“
In terms of Jung's concept, every archetype is in its essence an unknown psychic factor, and therefore there is no possibility of translating its content into intellectual terms.P1
July 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
In terms of Jung's concept, every archetype is in its essence an unknown psychic factor, and therefore there is no possibility of translating its content into intellectual terms.P1
Fairy tales are the purest and simplest expression of collective unconscious psychic processes. Therefore their value for the scientific investigation of the unconscious exceeds that of all other material.p1
July 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Fairy tales are the purest and simplest expression of collective unconscious psychic processes. Therefore their value for the scientific investigation of the unconscious exceeds that of all other material.p1
“Psychoanalysis differentiates itself from behavioral therapies above all in listening for the unpredictable flow of libidinal energy, even if this means putting in question ourselves & our lives... it shares a capacity to unsettle assumptions about who we are & what we want.“ p 155, Cohen (2025).
July 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“Psychoanalysis differentiates itself from behavioral therapies above all in listening for the unpredictable flow of libidinal energy, even if this means putting in question ourselves & our lives... it shares a capacity to unsettle assumptions about who we are & what we want.“ p 155, Cohen (2025).
“Mass rage is dispersed, a floating resource liable to capture by the highest bitter, for whom it serves as an endlessly, renewable reserve of political capital… p 122 – Cohen, Josh (2024) All the Rage: Why anger drives the world
July 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
“Mass rage is dispersed, a floating resource liable to capture by the highest bitter, for whom it serves as an endlessly, renewable reserve of political capital… p 122 – Cohen, Josh (2024) All the Rage: Why anger drives the world