Videos
Teaching Psychoanalysis Effectively on Zoom
Teaching psychoanalysis effectively requires planning and structure. In this one hour video, psychoanalysts Heather Craige, MSW, and Kendra Surmitis, PhD, demonstrate how to create a lively and focused classroom experience on Zoom. Topics covered include: creating a welcoming atmosphere, engaging students’ participation by posing thoughtful questions in advance, giving brief but passionate lectures highlighting utility of analytic concepts in clinical work, developing a teaching pedagogy, and using break-out groups that allow students the opportunity to “try on” new concepts and apply them to their work. If this video is helpful to you, please share the link or post it on social media.
Attachment and the Circle of Security
In this recorded Zoom talk, Heather Craige, MSW, Psychoanalyst, presents an introduction to key concepts from attachment theory. She illustrates how these ideas can be simply and powerfully conveyed to parents using the Circle of Security Parenting video and graphics. If this video is helpful to you, please share the link or post it on social media.
The Trials, Tolls, and Triumphs of Motherhood: The Many Faces of Postpartum Depression
William S. Meyer, MSW, speaks about motherhood and postpartum depression in this video made for mothers and their partners, healthcare providers, and mental health professionals. If this video is helpful to you, please share the link or post it on social media.
PCC Members Speak (Highlights)
Members of the Psychoanalytic Center of the Carolinas share the benefits of psychoanalytic education and membership in the psychoanalytic community – improved quality of patient care, personal development, and the support of colleagues who share a passion for growth as therapists. See Member Perspectives for longer video interviews.
Psychoanalysis: Unlocks the Past, Informs the Present, Expands the Future
The stresses of everyday life can feel paralyzing, creating a tangled web of emotions inside. Psychoanalytic therapy can help to untangle the turbulence, creating emotional ease and freedom. This video was created by the American Psychoanalytic Association.