Psychoanalysis

‘An Inner Cataclysm’: The Ordeal of Survivors of Attacks and Wars

Simon Fieschi, former webmaster of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, was found dead on Thursday, October 17, 2024. The causes of his death remain unknown. He had been critically injured during the attack on January 7, 2015, in Paris.  His death brings back into focus the heavy psychological toll paid by survivors of attacks or wars, ...

At the Heart of Desire: Death

“The function of desire must remain in a fundamental relationship with death.” – J. Lacan Desire is always born from a lack, from an absence. It expresses the nostalgia for a lost wholeness, for an original state of satisfaction that we seek to rediscover throughout our lives. Yet, this desire is insatiable by nature, as its object is ...

Talking About War with Your Children: A Necessity, Not an Option

War has taken hold of our country, and it seems likely to go on, with its devastating consequences both collectively and individually. Our environment is saturated with the rumble of bombings, shell explosions, sonic booms and other terrifying sounds.  Everyone, whether near or far from the war zones, is experiencing the exhausting effects of ...