The Techno-Perversion of Friendship: “Fake Friend” Apps Threaten Real Interpersonal Connections

Click Here to Read: The Techno-Perversion of Friendship: “Fake Friend” Apps Threaten Real Interpersonal Connections (Vol. 5; Issue 40) by Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD on his Journeys into the Unconscious Mind website on October 8, 2025. 

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An Analyst’s Reflections on Her Treatments and Her Life with Beverly Kolsky, MSW

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“This really is the full motivation for my having written the memoir. I want people to know what the process is like; not only what the process is like but what the feelings are that don’t really make you think of psychoanalysis as a way of changing your life. We’re just living and hoping that things will change without really taking account of the fact that we could be living better lives and in a better way. I began to think of the ways of the world and the wickedness in it. Continue reading An Analyst’s Reflections on Her Treatments and Her Life with Beverly Kolsky, MSW

Beyond Climate Defensiveness: The role of psychoanalysis in creating a sustainable future

Click Here to Read: Beyond Climate Defensiveness: The role of psychoanalysis in creating a sustainable future By Alan Michael Karbelnig on The American Psychoanalyst Substack on October 2, 2025.

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