Trauma, flight and migration have become signatures of our time.  Possibly never before in history have these many people been afflicted by persecution, war, and poverty in their native country, and have had to migrate as is the case today.” (Elton et al, 2023).  We cannot succeed as psychoanalysts if we insulate ourselves from so much suffering in our collective. Take as our focus people at the social margins, people impacted by material poverty, social exclusion, exploitation and who have suffered more than their share of disease and death.

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How can psychoanalysis move beyond the couch and help our troubled world? 

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This project aims to address this question by making psychoanalytic practice more accessible to those who have been rendered invisible through marginalistisation, displacement 
 

To the people who most need it

Developing theory that is in step with our times
Developing practice that is in step with our times

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Confronting the effects of global violence, hatred, poverty, and oppression, we are being called by social justice. How do we apply analytic premises outside the office? The authors in this volume re-frame analytic theory, offering us a compelling guide and source of inspiration and hope.