Inside the Therapeutic Encounter. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in Psychiatric Practice. Premises and Clinical Portraits (2025)

What does psychoanalytic psychotherapy actually look like in everyday psychiatric practice?Drawing on Mark Kinet's Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in Psychiatric Practice: Premises and Clinical Portraits, this episode first sketches seven psychoanalytic principles that organise Kinet's clinical work. Then, 77 patients are portrayed, showing naturalistic problems and therapeutic process as they manifest themselves in real-life psychiatric practice. Two virtual hosts examine the therapeutic relationship, transference, resistance, interpretation, and the subtle processes through which psychological change becomes possible.Combining clinical insight with practical experience, this episode offers a rich introduction to contemporary psychoanalytic psychotherapy and its place within modern psychiatry.Ideal for psychiatrists, psychotherapists, psychologists, trainees, and anyone interested in the human encounter at the heart of therapy.Read the book: Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in Psychiatric Practice. Premises and Clinical PortraitsVisit ⁠Mark Kinet ⁠for books, articles, and further resources.Current Psychoanalysis brings together more than 35 books and other writings by psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Mark Kinet. Each episode explores how unconscious meaning, personal history, and the therapeutic relationship illuminate psychiatry, psychotherapy, and culture. Two virtual hosts discuss carefully selected texts, translating complex psychoanalytic ideas into clear, engaging conversations while remaining remarkably faithful to the original work. For clinicians, students, and anyone curious about the human mind.