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Psychoanalyst working online internationally. Gradiva award-winning podcast Rendering Unconscious. Founder/Director of RU Center for Psychoanalysis

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Still time to join! TODAY Monday, October 5th Dr. Lara Sheehi: On Fanon hosted by RU Center for Psychoanalysis! https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com/

MORE INFO & REGISTER HERE. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/renderingunconsciouscenterforpsychoanalysis/2392312

We will begin at 1PM NYC (10AM Los Angeles/ 6PM London/ 19:00 Stockholm/ 20:00 Beirut) for 90 minutes. We will have plenty of time for questions and discussion.

This event will be recorded and made available for all those who register.

This will provide a foundation for the close reading we will be doing of Dr. Sheehi’s book From the Clinic to the Streets: Psychoanalysis for Revolutionary Futures (2026), beginning Saturday, November 14th and running through December 11th, 2027. We will be meeting online approximately once a month (13 sessions total) on Saturdays at 12 noon NYC. Full schedule coming soon! Stay tuned at https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com/

The study group is reserved for paid subscribers here at RU Center for Psychoanalysis. Read more about it HERE. https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com/p/new-season-starts-in-2-weeks-fanon

Lara Sheehi is a President’s Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Davis, a licensed clinical psychologist, and the host of the Psychic Militancy podcast. Lara’s work focuses on psychoanalysis, the psychic refusals central to liberation struggles and life-making in the Global South, the psychic dimensions of resistance and revolution, and critical Zionism studies. She is the author of From Clinic to the Streets: Psychoanalysis for Revolutionary Futures (Pluto, 2026) and co-author with Stephen Sheehi of Psychoanalysis Under Occupation: Practicing Resistance in Palestine (Routledge, 2022). Lara is a member of the founding collective for the Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism and is on the advisory board for Forensic Architecture. https://www.larasheehi.com/about

Please feel free to write me anytime with any questions you may have.

See you there! by @renderingunconscious

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Excited to see you all THIS Monday, October 5th for Dr. Lara Sheehi: On Fanon hosted by RU Center for Psychoanalysis! LINK IN TREE

All paid subscribers at RU Center for Psychoanalysis receive ZOOM LINKS to attend ALL RU Center events LIVE, PLUS events are recorded and archived under CLASSES.

But you do not have to be a paid subscriber to RU Center for Psychoanalysis to attend this event! You may register for individual events by clicking on the links provided for each event. Proceeds raised in this fashion go towards paying our presenter.

We will begin at 1PM NYC (10AM Los Angeles/ 6PM London/ 19:00 Stockholm/ 20:00 Beirut) for 90 minutes. We will have plenty of time for questions and discussion.

This event will be recorded and made available for all those who register.

This will provide a foundation for the close reading we will be doing of Dr. Sheehi’s book From the Clinic to the Streets: Psychoanalysis for Revolutionary Futures (2026), beginning Saturday, November 14th and running through December 11th, 2027. We will be meeting online approximately once a month (13 sessions total) on Saturdays at 12 noon NYC. Full schedule coming soon!

The study group is reserved for paid subscribers here at RU Center for Psychoanalysis.

Lara Sheehi is a President’s Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Davis, a licensed clinical psychologist, and the host of the Psychic Militancy podcast. Lara’s work focuses on psychoanalysis, the psychic refusals central to liberation struggles and life-making in the Global South, the psychic dimensions of resistance and revolution, and critical Zionism studies. She is the author of From Clinic to the Streets: Psychoanalysis for Revolutionary Futures (Pluto, 2026) and co-author with Stephen Sheehi of Psychoanalysis Under Occupation: Practicing Resistance in Palestine (Routledge, 2022). Lara is a member of the founding collective for the Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism and is on the advisory board for Forensic Architecture. by @renderingunconscious

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A GUIDE TO WHAT WE DO:

I, and my wife Vanessa Sinclair, write about our personal, magical practice and other things, weekly:

https://www.patreon.com/c/vanessa23carl

The Fenris Wolf offers occultural essays, podcasts, reviews, films, and much more, weekly:

https://thefenriswolf.substack.com/

An Art Apart offers essays, reviews, interviews and also ALL my films:

https://anartapart.substack.com/

Vanessa’s psychoanalytic center and award-winning podcast enlighten the field for both professionals and those interested:

https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com/

https://renderingunconscious.substack.com/

Check them all out and be wiser & happier for it! by @renderingunconscious

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Psychoanalytic Supervision Groups begin October 15th! With Dr. Vanessa Sinclair

Beginning Thursday, October 15th, I will be facilitating online Psychoanalytic Supervision Groups! LINK IN TREE

To start, I have scheduled two psychoanalytic supervision groups – beginning Thursday, October 15th and Tuesday, October 20th – to accommodate as many time zones as possible. Each group will meet for a 50-minute hour. Participants will take turns presenting case material (one case per session).

Tuesdays at 12 noon London (7AM NYC | 13:00 Stockholm | 14:00 Beirut | 8PM Seoul | 9PM Brisbane | 10PM Melbourne) for one hour (50 mins).

Thursdays at 12 noon NYC (9AM Vancouver | 5PM London | 18:00 Stockholm | 19:00 Beirut) for one hour (50 mins).

I am planning to begin with each group meeting every other week on alternate weeks. I will happily adjust this around the holidays to ensure each group meets twice per month. I will post the schedule of exact dates at Dr. Vanessa Sinclair’s Psychoanalytic Supervision Groups Substack soon. Subscribe to stay up to date!

If your time zone allows for you to participate in both groups, you are welcome to!
To join, simply become a paid subscriber at Dr. Vanessa Sinclair’s Psychoanalytic Supervision Groups Substack and you will receive the zoom links to attend meetings live.
Please note these meetings will not be recorded. Psychoanalytic Supervision Groups are for clinicians only or students studying to become clinicians. All material presented is strictly confidential and no identifying data will be shared.

Please feel free to get in touch directly with any comments or questions you may have. If these days/times don’t work for you and you’d like to participate in Psychoanalytic Supervision Groups, please feel free to contact me directly. CONTACT INFO

I have included the most recent episode of Rendering Unconscious Podcast, where I outline the upcoming year of programming at RU Center for Psychoanalysis, including two new study groups and Psychoanalytic Supervision Groups.

RU422: ON UPCOMING EVENTS AT RU CENTER FOR PSYCHOANALYSIS & NEW PSYCHOANALYTIC SUPERVISION GROUPS

*Exact days/times may change due to holidays, daylight savings, etc by @renderingunconscious

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Join us Wednesday, October 14th, as Mary Wild presents Neurosis On Film online for RU Center for Psychoanalysis! Event begins at 4PM London (11AM NYC) and runs for 2 hours. (LINK in tree in bio)

This lecture explores how cinema portrays anxious, obsessive, and self-sabotaging characters grappling with repression and existential doubt.

NOTE: This event will be recorded. All registrants will receive a video link after the livestream.

Neurosis has long been a subject of fascination in psychoanalysis, literature, and cinema. First coined by Scottish physician William Cullen in 1769, the term originally described nervous disorders with no clear physiological cause. It was later redefined and popularised by Sigmund Freud, who placed neurosis at the heart of psychoanalytic theory, linking it to unresolved trauma, repression, and unconscious conflict. Freud believed that when painful experiences cannot be fully processed, they manifest through symptoms such as anxiety, perfectionism, compulsive behaviour, low self-worth, phobias, and obsessive thoughts.

MORE INFO & REGISTER HERE.

Though neurosis was removed from formal psychiatric classifications in 1980, its psychological and cultural relevance endures—particularly in cinema, where film provides a powerful medium for exploring inner turmoil. This lecture examines how neurosis is represented on screen, analysing characters who struggle with anxiety, emotional rigidity, and a resistance to change. From overthinkers and self-saboteurs to commitment-phobes and existential wanderers, we will seek insight into the complex psychology of film’s most inhibited figures and their ongoing preoccupations.

Titles covered:
Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) Blake Edwards
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) Woody Allen
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) Mike Newell
Adaptation (2002) Spike Jonze
Synecdoche, New York (2008) Charlie Kaufman
Les Amours Imaginaires (2010) Xavier Dolan

Mary Wild @psycstar is a leading voice in cinema studies, and the creator of the Projections lecture series at Freud Museum London, applying psychoanalysis to film interpretation. She is the author of Psychoanalysing Horror Cinema (Routledge) by @renderingunconscious

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In today’s Magic Monday post at our Patreon, I share a runacle for the coming three months’ phase, as well as the background of the runacle method:

”There are different ways of ”casting” the runes, as there are different ways to lay a Tarot spread. Some are simple and direct, others are more complex. I’ve devised a method that ties in to the three Norns (weavers of Fate) in the Nordic mythology. They are Urd (the past), Verdandi (the present), and Skuld (the future). To use them together gives an issue or question a full range of insight, not necessarily dealing with a strict chronology but certainly with a great overview potential. I usually also divide each section in similar triads, meaning Urd is also divided into Urd, Verdandi, and Skuld, as are the others. This places Verdandi (and perhaps especially Verdandi of Verdandi) as the great core essence, flanked by an origin and a (potential) outcome.”

Read the full post here:

https://www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl/posts/magic-monday-170783180 by @renderingunconscious

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In all of it's MAGNETIK RIBBON TONE N TUSSLE'D GLORY - the third VHSPEKTRE 'GHOST TRAP' HAUNTSIGIL containing a live videomantik remix of @transplutonicdrums and my #dimtzum projekt's debut album (featuring @renderingunconscious ), the MAUVE SESSIONS, captured to #VHS tape for #somatickmagick patrons
patreon.com/pragmagick
WHAT NEW GHOSTS CAN YOU SEE AMIDST THE GLITCHWITCHERY?
#glitchwitch #hauntomancy #vhspektre #totemictape #tapetalisman #analogvideo #videoart #physicalmedia #artmagick by @renderingunconscious

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NEWSFLASH: The AAA showcase features the trippy collaborative art of Val Denham & Vanessa Sinclair, as just published and celebrated in the AMAZING book VALESSA (which is now available through all the usual platforms). Not to be missed if you like mind-blowing extravaganzas in collage and cut-up forms! by @renderingunconscious

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The new season of RU Center for Psychoanalysis begins in 2 weeks!

All paid subscribers at RU Center for Psychoanalysis receive ZOOM LINKS to attend ALL RU Center events LIVE, PLUS events are recorded and archived under CLASSES.

The two year-long study groups are reserved for paid subscribers here at RU Center for Psychoanalysis.

But you do not have to be a paid subscriber to RU Center for Psychoanalysis to attend the other events! You may register for individual events by clicking on the links provided. Proceeds raised in this fashion go towards paying our presenters.

Monday, October 5th: Dr. Lara Sheehi will be joining us to present on Fanon. LINKS TO EVERYTHING IN TREE

This will provide a foundation for the close reading we will be doing of her book From the Clinic to the Streets: Psychoanalysis for Revolutionary Futures (2026), beginning Saturday, November 14th and running through December 11th, 2027.

Wednesday, October 14th, Mary Wild returns with Neurosis On Film, as part of her series of events on psychoanalysis and cinema.

Saturday, October 24th, we will be joined by Dr. Dan Collins, who will introduce his translation of Lacan’s Seminar XXIV.

This will jumpstart our second year long study group: Reading Lacan’s Seminar XXIV, beginning Saturday, November 21st and running through November 13th, 2027.

Wednesday, October 28th, Dr. Mikita Brottman presents The Uncanny as Creative Catalyst.

You may always find the schedule of events at the SCHEDULE tab.

I also have 2 supervision groups beginning soon! Sign up for more info at drvanessasinclair.substack.com

Feel free to be in touch anytime if you have any questions or comments! @psychoanalystactivist @psychicmilitancypod @stephensheehi @psycstar @themaximumsecuritybookclub @carl.abrahamsson by @renderingunconscious

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RU423: SHEILA CAVANAGH ON BRACHA L. ETTINGER & JACQUES LACAN: PSYCHOANALYSIS, SEXUALITY & THE M/OTHER

Rendering Unconscious welcomes Dr. Sheila Cavanagh back to the podcast! She’s here to talk about her new book Bracha L. Ettinger and Jacques Lacan: Psychoanalysis, Sexuality, and the M/other (Palgrave Macmillan, 2026).

Rendering Unconscious episode 423.

On this episode, Sheila discusses her work on Bracha Ettinger, including her new book, Bracha L. Ettinger and Jacques Lacan: Psychoanalysis, Sexuality, and the M/other, and how she ensures her work is Open Access.

Sheila L. Cavanagh is Professor of Sociology, York University, Canada, and candidate at the Lacan School of Psychoanalysis. She co-edits Australian Feminist Studies and is former Chair of the Sexuality Studies Association in Canada. Cavanagh’s scholarship in gender, feminism, and Lacanian psychoanalysis has been published internationally.

Check out previous episode(s) with this guest:

RU159: SHELDON GEORGE, DEREK HOOK, SHEILA CAVANAGH & MICHELLE STEPHENS ON LACAN & RACE @sheilacavanagh @brachaettinger @derekhookonlacan @sheldongeorge77 by @renderingunconscious

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A presentation I gave on dreams in Ingmar Bergman's films for @emmalea.russo year long dreams course is now up at my personal substack The Cut in Creation https://vanessa23carl.substack.com by @renderingunconscious

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