Following these findings, it has been discussed whether the change in manifest dreams could be regarded as a genuine psychoanalytic outcome criterion, somewhat in contrast to symptom reduction."--Fischmann & Leuzinger-Bohleber, 2025.

Changes in manifest dream during successful psychoanalyses ▶️ reduction of nightmares, widening of the affective spectrum, ⬆️ successful problem-solving, ⬇️ observer dreams and ⬆️ mature object relations."

We posit that changes in the manifest dream content of psyA treatment depends on successful working through of newly understood memories of traumatic experiences. (+)

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Curriculums could include studying Merleau-Ponty both for his overall phenomenology of embodiment—and in connection to, say, its implications for child developmental theory— & Jaspers and the tradition of phenomenological psychopathology would reinforce the clinical implications of phenomenology.

Short answer? Not enough phenomenology being taught in academic psychology or psychoanalytic training.

This paper uses Daniel Shaw’s concept of relational systems of subjugation to highlight the prevalence of conversion therapy and trauma from religious beliefs during LGBTQ+ individuals' developmental years, and their implications.

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Lastly, here is a link to Louis Sass' contribution, which 'revisits madness' through the lens of the later Lacan's seminars on psychosis, fusing phenomenology and psychoanalysis in an ambitious attempt to grasp madness on its own terms: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

And here is a link to our Connections & Conversations event (with issue ed. Daniel Posner) on the value of taking a 360 degree perspective in dialoguing w./ madness--one that holds psychoanalysis, phenomenology & 1st person accounts in dynamic tension : vimeo.com/1085504975
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Here is a link to the talk by Vittorio Gallese that Bien references, entitled, "Bodily Self and Interpersonal Relations in Schizophrenia." youtube.com/watch?v=E5QJ...
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The full text of "My Body, My Psyche, My Self: An Empath’s Reflections on Being and Becoming in the World" is now available here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 👇

Re-visiting her classic memoir, "Hearing Voices, Living Fully," Claire describes her experiences hearing voices as stemming from an extraordinary sensitivity, a phenomenon that allows for insight and empathic connection as well as presenting challenges. 👇