Ośrodek Psychoterapii i Myśli Psychoanalitycznej

22/11/2025

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22/11/2025

22/11/2025

Nina Coltart, born on 21 November 1927, is remembered today for her profound contribution to British psychoanalysis. In Attention (1990), she writes:

“The practice of attention is rooted in pure listening, a listening that becomes deepened by trust. […] The silence that embraces rather than resists has a healing touch. Using the silence as a container for anxiety and sorrow brings its own serenity.”

p.169, Coltart, N. (1990) Attention. British Journal of Psychotherapy 7:164–174.
pic: Nina Coltart | British Psychoanalytical Society

11/11/2025

Our entire Committee congratulates our beloved Dana Amir who has been a member of the "Sexual and Gender diversities Studies" Committee since the beginning and for eight wonderful years.
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We are proud of her and moved by the recognition she has received.
The Sigourney Award, Honors Outstanding Psychoanalytic Work Worldwide and Is One of the most prominent prizes in the field.

The reasons for the award are as follows
https://www.sigourneyaward.org/recipientlist/2025/11/8/dana-amir-phd-2025

"Professor Amir’s pioneering work has brought a novel and sophisticated perspective to the study of how trauma is conveyed in language and her research has become a vital tool for both therapeutic and broader social interventions. Amir’s work portrays the traumatic lacuna as a melting pot of language that creates multiple forms of external and internal syntax. Her research delves into both perpetrators’ and victims’ testimonies, focusing on aspects such as word choice, tone, rhythm, and inflection. Through this approach, she encourages clinicians and patients alike to cultivate a poetic and lyrical sensitivity, one that focuses on the narrator rather than on the narrative, thus shedding light not on the factual story but on the unique way it is structured.

By mapping the interplay between dissociative and associative forces, Amir has identified new pathways for therapeutic intervention, demonstrating that language can serve simultaneously as a symptom of trauma and a vehicle for healing. This dual role of language is also reflected in her own poetic creations, which embody the dialectic between psychic pain and creativity. Amir’s research and insights on the language of revenge and forgiveness provided a framework for facilitating dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians has been used for broader social interventions.

As a clinician, scholar, administrator, and published Hebrew-language poet, Amir has played a significant role in reinvigorating psychoanalytic thought within the Israeli academic community. In 2015 she established and continues to lead the interdisciplinary doctoral and postdoctoral track in psychoanalysis at Haifa University."

AMAZING HUMAN BEING AND AMAZING PSYCHOANALYST!
International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA)

10/11/2025

07/11/2025

Registration is now open!
Join us for the webinar Countertransference on Sexual and Gender Diversity, featuring Dr. Analia Wald and Dr. Oren Gozlan, moderated by Dr. Silvia Acosta.
The discussion will explore how countertransference shapes our understanding of sexuality and gender in psychoanalytic practice.
🗓️ In English
🔗 Register here: https://buff.ly/HdXC7aJ

05/11/2025

Paris