Let’s Talk Psychoanalysis

10/13/2026

10/08/2026

1.5 CE CREDITS INCOMING.

This October 25, we're taking a moment to reflect on what our patients may hope to gain by attending therapy. Guest speaker Dr. Linda Michaels will dive into her years-long quantitative and qualitative study that asked: what do patients want from therapy?

Throughout this Zoom seminar, Dr. Michaels will explore how to determine what your patients want from therapy as well as popular misconceptions the general public holds in regard to depth therapy.

Learn to become a more effective and incisive mental health professional and join the conversation at LTP.

Register here: https://www.letstalkpsychoanalysis.com/shop/p/going-beneath-the-surface-what-patients-want-from-therapy

10/06/2026

Join us on October 25 at 10:30 am PST as we welcome Dr. Linda Michaels for a candid, metric-based discussion about what our patients hope to get from therapy. This 90-minute Zoom seminar is just $65!

Register here: https://www.letstalkpsychoanalysis.com/shop/p/going-beneath-the-surface-what-patients-want-from-therapy

10/04/2026

One of the most fascinating parts of psychoanalysis is its reach. In its own way, the study of psychology is the study of life. In life, stories make up an exceptional part of our world view. Stories inform how we see others. Stories inform how we see ourselves.

And, when stories are as honest and incisive as the kind routinely spun by novelist Agatha Christie, they can offer us staggering insight into the human condition.

Also the author's mysteries are just good, old-fashioned fun.

Add your voice to the conversation at: https://www.letstalkpsychoanalysis.com/join

10/02/2026

As the leaves begin to fall, so do people's moods. In 2024, the APA reported on a study that indicated the need for mental health help is more acute as the year draws to a close.

With that in mind, LTP's October seminar focuses on what patients are hoping to achieve with therapy. Our guest speaker, Dr. Linda Michaels, draws from a years-long study that focused on patient goals and common misconceptions surrounding depth therapy.

1.5 CE Credits are available to attendees.

Sign-up here: https://www.letstalkpsychoanalysis.com/shop/p/going-beneath-the-surface-what-patients-want-from-therapy

09/30/2026

We've got some amazing things cooking at LTP in the next three months.

In October, we're using extensive analytical data to explore modern patients' wants and needs. In November, we're learning how to address politics in the room. In December, we're re-examining what it means to call a patient "Untreatable" (time to brush up on your Melville!).

The rest of 2026 promises to be exciting, informative, and chock full of continuing education credits!

Join now for just $25 a month: https://www.letstalkpsychoanalysis.com/join

09/28/2026

✨ So, what is home ?

“… the concept of “home,” (is) a multifaceted construct that holds significant emotional weight and plays a critical role in psychological stability. In psychoanalytic terms, the sense of home is more than a physical location; it is also an internalized mental space that provides emotional security and a grounding sense of self.

🌟…Homesickness is a feeling of sadness or longing for one’s home or familiar surroundings, often experienced when someone is away for an extended period. It tends to be more specific, related to a particular place or people, and is usually accompanied by a desire to return.

⭐️ In contrast, nostalgia is a sentimental longing for the past in general, not necessarily tied to a specific location, but rather to earlier experiences, people, or times. Nostalgia can involve a retrospective longing for food, sounds, songs, languages, even particular words of a language, rituals, etc.

📍 While homesickness can feel more intense and distressing, nostalgia often has a bittersweet quality, where fond memories are recalled with both joy and sadness. Both emotions can evoke a sense of yearning, but homesickness is more present-focused, while nostalgia looks back with a sense of emotional reflection on past experiences.

💫’A farmer says to his wife:
It all depends on what you mean by home.
Home is the place where, when you have to go there,
They have to take you in.
But his wife counters that home is:
Something you somehow haven’t had to deserve. (Frost 1914, pp. 164-65)’”
- Aisha Abbasi, M.D -

09/24/2026

Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!

Dr. William Greenstadt joins LTP founder Dr. Aisha Abbasi for Psychoanalytic Concepts of the Universal Myth of the Hero. This 90-minute Zoom seminar is worth 1.5 CE Credits for a wide array of mental health professionals. Imagine, getting the credit you need discussing something that's genuinely fascinating AND applicable to your practice.

Find out more: https://www.letstalkpsychoanalysis.com/shop/p/register-for-universal-myth-of-the-hero

09/23/2026

In this poem from LTP founder Dr. Aisha Abbasi (translated from its original Urdu), she reflects on her love for the city of Abbottabad, it's resplendent natural beauty and thriving culture. The city is so intoxicating, the poet would willingly surrender her senses to keep its image pure in her mind.

She would willingly surrender to the myth. It's tone and themes are a complement to this Sunday's seminar, in which special guest Dr. William Greendstadt will explore the psychoanalytic concepts underlying the story of Heracles (as depicted in Euripides' play).

Find out more: https://www.letstalkpsychoanalysis.com/shop/p/register-for-universal-myth-of-the-hero

09/22/2026

At this point, the age of myth passed about 2,000 years ago.

If that's true, why, then, do myths continue to dominate our imagination? Why do classical heroes and their trials and tribulations have such a profound impact on our identity? This Sunday, we're talking to Dr. William Greenstadt about the underlying psychoanalytic concepts behind the ever-intriguing myth of the hero.

Join us at 10:30 am PST for a rousing 90-minute discussion worth 1.5 CE Credits.

Register here: https://www.letstalkpsychoanalysis.com/shop/p/register-for-universal-myth-of-the-hero