When Two Futures Compete: Why Successful Couples Become Stuck

Why do intelligent, successful couples become stuck over where to live, whose career comes first, or what their future should look like? This article explores the unconscious fears beneath practical disagreements, including caretaking, appeasement, achievement and autonomy, while introducing reflective exercises that encourage honest conversations and shared decision-making between partners.

When Two Become Three: On Parenting, Partnership, and the Psychoanalytic Divide

A thoughtful and sophisticated framework - very containing for clients, especially those struggling with the disorientation that often follows the transition to parenthood or separation.

Erysichthon’s Hunger: The Myth of Emptiness and its Echo in Psychodynamic Theory

In Greek mythology, few stories resonate as powerfully with the theme of emptiness as the myth of Erysichthon. Erysichthon, a Thracian king, brazenly cut down a sacred tree belonging to Demeter, the goddess of harvest and fertility. In her wrath, Demeter cursed him with insatiable hunger, a torment […]