Fadi Abou-Rihan
@fadiabourihan.bsky.social
Posts (mostly) on psychoanalysis… clinical, theoretical, political
Website psychoanalysttoronto.com
Books: Finding Winnicott tinyurl.com/2wnb2eh8 Deleuze & Guattari tinyurl.com/2pxspas9
Website psychoanalysttoronto.com
Books: Finding Winnicott tinyurl.com/2wnb2eh8 Deleuze & Guattari tinyurl.com/2pxspas9
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Lacan never spoke of freedom. But he wrote about war (internal and external), just as Sartre and Arendt did. He didn't need freedom as a concept to conceptualize human subjectivity. I tend to side with him: Freedom is too elusive while war is immanent. Sadly. 5/5
www.youtube.com/watch?v=09Wh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=09Wh...
Lacan - Je ne parle jamais de la liberté
YouTube video by François Brooks
www.youtube.com
June 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Lacan never spoke of freedom. But he wrote about war (internal and external), just as Sartre and Arendt did. He didn't need freedom as a concept to conceptualize human subjectivity. I tend to side with him: Freedom is too elusive while war is immanent. Sadly. 5/5
www.youtube.com/watch?v=09Wh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=09Wh...
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Intermède www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
"Mythologies" de Roland Barthes : un podcast à écouter en ligne | France Culture | Radio France
Mythologies est un recueil de 53 textes rédigés par Roland Barthes entre 1954 et 1956 au fil des mois et au gré de l'actualité, publié aux éditions du Seuil en 1957.
www.radiofrance.fr
May 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Solid read:
On the front page of @newyorker.com today writing about trans passports, bureaucracy, Trump 2.0, Hunter Schafer, Sam Nordquist, and why validity is not the best strategy in the battle for bodily autonomy.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
The Bureaucratic Nightmares of Being Trans Under Trump
The executive order banning Americans from self-identifying on their passports—which is part of a larger crackdown on bodily autonomy—has made it harder for trans people to travel, or to get passports...
www.newyorker.com
May 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Solid read:
Kudos!
Milestone/Open Thread
Celebrating 2-year anniversary of “Psychiatry at the Margins” and 10K subscribers
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/milestoneo...
Celebrating 2-year anniversary of “Psychiatry at the Margins” and 10K subscribers
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/milestoneo...
Milestone/Open Thread
Celebrating 2-year anniversary and 10K subscribers
www.psychiatrymargins.com
November 30, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Kudos!
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feminist/queer political economy starter pack is here - let me know who else I need to add
November 29, 2024 at 5:27 PM
feminist/queer political economy starter pack is here - let me know who else I need to add
“I'm not willing to treat Elon Musk "collegially and with courtesy". Any pleasure I may take in the distinction of the honour of an FRS is diminished by the fact it is shared with someone who appears to be modeling himself on a Bond villan… Accordingly, last week I resigned my FRS.”
For those who missed it: Elon Musk, the Royal Society, and me
deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/11/why-...
deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/11/why-...
Why I have resigned from the Royal Society
The Royal Society is a venerable institution founded in 1660, whose original members included such eminent men as Christopher Wren, Robert H...
deevybee.blogspot.com
November 27, 2024 at 9:40 PM
“I'm not willing to treat Elon Musk "collegially and with courtesy". Any pleasure I may take in the distinction of the honour of an FRS is diminished by the fact it is shared with someone who appears to be modeling himself on a Bond villan… Accordingly, last week I resigned my FRS.”
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I couldn't find much on Bsky so I created an embryonic starter pack for #Poststructuralism, #CriticalTheory, #postmodernism, #Postcolonial theory, #Foucault, #Deleuze, #JudithButler, #Mbembe, #SarahAhmed, #EdwardSaid, #Debord, #Baudrillard, #Althusser, #Lacan, #Lazzarato, #Zizek.
go.bsky.app/2Be5f4z
go.bsky.app/2Be5f4z
November 24, 2024 at 11:08 AM
I couldn't find much on Bsky so I created an embryonic starter pack for #Poststructuralism, #CriticalTheory, #postmodernism, #Postcolonial theory, #Foucault, #Deleuze, #JudithButler, #Mbembe, #SarahAhmed, #EdwardSaid, #Debord, #Baudrillard, #Althusser, #Lacan, #Lazzarato, #Zizek.
go.bsky.app/2Be5f4z
go.bsky.app/2Be5f4z
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Thanks, Martin, for highlighting this study, which adds to the evidence for the long-term effectiveness of psychotherapy.
1. There is hardly any evidence on what happens after the end of depression treatments. Finally, Voderholzer et al. published their review on 19 such studies comparing antdepressant tx and psychotherapie or their combination.
doi.org/10.3389/fpsy...
doi.org/10.3389/fpsy...
Frontiers | Enduring effects of psychotherapy, antidepressants and their combination for depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis
doi.org
November 27, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Thanks, Martin, for highlighting this study, which adds to the evidence for the long-term effectiveness of psychotherapy.
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Training Programs: The relationship accounts for more variance in outcomes than the specific technical interventions.
Students: Okay, so my patient is depressed, how can I use the therapeutic relationship to help them?
Training Programs: Have you tried behavioral activation? RCTs show it helps!
Students: Okay, so my patient is depressed, how can I use the therapeutic relationship to help them?
Training Programs: Have you tried behavioral activation? RCTs show it helps!
Students of therapy will hear “it’s the relationship” a thousand times but won’t hear how to understand the relationship even once.
Most training programs tell you "it’s the relationship" and then they leave you alone. They don’t really say much more about it, so you’re left to figure it out for yourself... [Students] don’t get trained in it. They don’t get trained in being able to listen.”
- Lou Cozolino
- Lou Cozolino
November 26, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Training Programs: The relationship accounts for more variance in outcomes than the specific technical interventions.
Students: Okay, so my patient is depressed, how can I use the therapeutic relationship to help them?
Training Programs: Have you tried behavioral activation? RCTs show it helps!
Students: Okay, so my patient is depressed, how can I use the therapeutic relationship to help them?
Training Programs: Have you tried behavioral activation? RCTs show it helps!
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Psychotherapy is the art of tactfully and strategically disagreeing with the patient.
November 24, 2024 at 6:07 AM
Psychotherapy is the art of tactfully and strategically disagreeing with the patient.
The Hélène Cixous Folio courtesy of
@jewishcurrents.bsky.social
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@jewishcurrents.bsky.social
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Hélène Cixous
The feminist theorist’s expansive oeuvre turns exclusion into a site of possibility.
https://jewishcurrents.org/hélène-cixous
November 25, 2024 at 6:24 PM
The Hélène Cixous Folio courtesy of
@jewishcurrents.bsky.social
jewishcurrents.org/h%C3%A9l%C3%...
@jewishcurrents.bsky.social
jewishcurrents.org/h%C3%A9l%C3%...
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The right does indeed have a big Bluesky problem.
X gave the right an opportunity to 'own the libs' and persuade the persuadables to join their side.
Bluesky could deprive them of both.
Gift article to read and share.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
X gave the right an opportunity to 'own the libs' and persuade the persuadables to join their side.
Bluesky could deprive them of both.
Gift article to read and share.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
The Right Has a Bluesky Problem
The X exodus is weakening a way for conservatives to speak to the masses.
www.theatlantic.com
November 23, 2024 at 5:25 PM
The right does indeed have a big Bluesky problem.
X gave the right an opportunity to 'own the libs' and persuade the persuadables to join their side.
Bluesky could deprive them of both.
Gift article to read and share.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
X gave the right an opportunity to 'own the libs' and persuade the persuadables to join their side.
Bluesky could deprive them of both.
Gift article to read and share.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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The Medical Model of Psychopathology
“[The term] “medical model” has become a slogan for use in public debate than a term of precision for furthering intellectual discussion or scientific discovery.” Gerald Klerman, 1977
*new post*
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/the-medica...
“[The term] “medical model” has become a slogan for use in public debate than a term of precision for furthering intellectual discussion or scientific discovery.” Gerald Klerman, 1977
*new post*
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/the-medica...
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
Klerman noted in 1977 that the term had evolved into a slogan used more for rhetorical impact than scientific clarification
www.psychiatrymargins.com
November 23, 2024 at 2:26 PM
The Medical Model of Psychopathology
“[The term] “medical model” has become a slogan for use in public debate than a term of precision for furthering intellectual discussion or scientific discovery.” Gerald Klerman, 1977
*new post*
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/the-medica...
“[The term] “medical model” has become a slogan for use in public debate than a term of precision for furthering intellectual discussion or scientific discovery.” Gerald Klerman, 1977
*new post*
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/the-medica...
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They should just rename vaccines “supplements” so everyone will like them.
November 24, 2024 at 9:13 PM
They should just rename vaccines “supplements” so everyone will like them.
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Writers can also check out TWUC's resources which includes handy info like a guide for understanding and negotiating contracts www.writersunion.ca/writers-how-...
DCP & Writers' How-to Series | The Writers' Union of Canada
www.writersunion.ca
November 21, 2024 at 10:34 PM
Writers can also check out TWUC's resources which includes handy info like a guide for understanding and negotiating contracts www.writersunion.ca/writers-how-...
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🔥 Hot tip for artists, esp those without agents: if you're in Ontario, did you know about ALAS, a legal aid clinic for artists (no fee, pwyc)? Sometimes it helps to check in with an entertainment laywer who knows industry norms www.alasontario.ca/client-intak...
Client Intake Form - ALAC
www.alasontario.ca
November 21, 2024 at 10:30 PM
🔥 Hot tip for artists, esp those without agents: if you're in Ontario, did you know about ALAS, a legal aid clinic for artists (no fee, pwyc)? Sometimes it helps to check in with an entertainment laywer who knows industry norms www.alasontario.ca/client-intak...
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Psychoanalysis & the Psychosocial Starter Pack go.bsky.app/UJV7CvG
November 19, 2024 at 9:55 AM
Psychoanalysis & the Psychosocial Starter Pack go.bsky.app/UJV7CvG
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In the 80s, CUPW took it on the chin to win paid mat leave, resulting in the parental leave we have today for ALL Canadian workers 💌 You can support current CUPW members on strike today - send an email to Canada Post's CEO demanding a fair deal for our postal workers (link below)
It's official, CUPW (Canada Post workers) is on strike! Learn how you can support the union's 55,000 members: www.cupw.ca/en/collectiv...
Support Your Postal Workers!
Right now, CUPW is in negotiations with Canada Post. We're fighting to maintain good jobs and benefits, to provide decent and safe working conditions for our members. We're also pushing to expand serv...
www.cupw.ca
November 19, 2024 at 5:22 PM
In the 80s, CUPW took it on the chin to win paid mat leave, resulting in the parental leave we have today for ALL Canadian workers 💌 You can support current CUPW members on strike today - send an email to Canada Post's CEO demanding a fair deal for our postal workers (link below)
Another starter pack worth checking out:
A little therapist starter pack looking for more members!
go.bsky.app/MyzbagX
Just shout and I’ll add you
go.bsky.app/MyzbagX
Just shout and I’ll add you
November 19, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Another starter pack worth checking out:
In Canada's universal health system, mental health care is not so universal: report
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
In Canada's universal health system, mental health care is not so universal: report | CBC News
About 2.5 million people — nearly the populations of Manitoba and Saskatchewan combined — aren't getting adequate care for their mental health, according to a new report.
www.cbc.ca
November 19, 2024 at 4:11 PM
In Canada's universal health system, mental health care is not so universal: report
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
“From theory to practice the step can be very short.”
#QueerPsy
Best description of my view and practice of psychoanalysis ! "Good excuses for gay behaviour, with a touch of the magic added to it."
#Psychoanalysis
Best description of my view and practice of psychoanalysis ! "Good excuses for gay behaviour, with a touch of the magic added to it."
#Psychoanalysis
November 19, 2024 at 3:34 AM
“From theory to practice the step can be very short.”
Psychoanalysis, Schizoanalysis, and Pluralism: Perspectives from Latin America
(30 November, in person and online)
(30 November, in person and online)
November 19, 2024 at 3:22 AM
Psychoanalysis, Schizoanalysis, and Pluralism: Perspectives from Latin America
(30 November, in person and online)
(30 November, in person and online)
Worth checking out:
I've made a starter pack for those interested in depth psychology and psychoanalysis! It's in its infancy so let's make it grow!
This is meant to be an open non-dogmatic space for people interested in all angle of depth psychology, its practices, theories, and applications.
go.bsky.app/D8D9ARz
This is meant to be an open non-dogmatic space for people interested in all angle of depth psychology, its practices, theories, and applications.
go.bsky.app/D8D9ARz
November 19, 2024 at 3:18 AM
Worth checking out: