Bulletin of the International Neuropsychoanalysis Society

The bulletin of the International Neuropsychoanalysis Society is a way to circulate ideas from groups all over the world. During this long pandemic time we had a moment of frozen sequence of actions. As expected, the chaos created a strong disorganized prediction of how long we should keep social distance. Fear was a strong feeling disrupting our routines. We had not only to stay apart, but also to be adaptive. What emerged was a new way to communicate.

Now that we have learned other ways to be in touch, zooming in and out of people’s homes and lives, we, as human beings who survived, also discover new adaptations to reach out from our “caves.” Hopefully, our next congress in San Juan, in July 2022, will give us the opportunity to explore our sensory system in a more affective integration, minding our bodies to give a better motor action! As a complex adaptive system, our brain was shaken; many concepts pre-pandemic will now be reformulated, but the stream of underpinnings to bridge brain, mind and body will be strengthened. Let’s carry on, and be together, celebrating life.

Maria Sonia Goergen

During the pandemic, our group continued to work on neuropsychoanalysis and cross-cultural affective neuroscience. Here is some of our news:

In October 2021, Prof. Solms became our guest speaker with his online talk on “The Talking Cure and the Brain” at the 57th National Psychiatry Congress held in Ankara. The moderators from our study group were Prof. Gamze Özçürümez Bilgili and clinical psychologist Gökçe Özkarar Gradwohl, and the discussants were Dr. Yasemin Hoşgören Alıcı and Dr. Eren Yıldızhan. In the same congress, Prof. Hakan Atalay from our group gave a talk titled “Neuropsychoanalytical View of Psychotherapies” at the panel named “Psychotherapies and Brain.” Both talks were thought-provoking, in terms of how dyadic relationships, like a therapeutic alliance, can influence the neural activities of the brain. Prof.