Dhwani Shah, MD. What is Psychoanalysis?
Asians Do Therapy
English - July 28, 2023 15:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MBMental Health Health & Fitness Society & Culture asian americans mental health healing growth therapy Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this conversation, I speak with Dhwani Shah, MD (he/him) who is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.
Some highlights of our conversation:
what psychoanalysis is and is not; some realities and misconceptions of ithow love and hate exists in all of our relationshipshow therapy is a listening practice above allthe intersection of therapy and culturethe collective racialized fantasies of "Asian American"I really appreciated Dhwani's openness in sharing his thinking, his background, and how he became a psychoanalyst. I think he captured the beauty of the psychoanalytic encounter and its emancipatory potential.
Let me know what you think of our conversation.
Dhwani Shah, MD (he/him) is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst currently practicing in Princeton, NJ. He is a clinical associate faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and a faculty member at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia. He has authored articles on topics ranging from neuroscience, mood disorders, and psychoanalysis. Dr Shah’s book entitled The Analyst’s Torment: Unbearable Mental States in Countertransference was recently published by Phoenix Publishing House and was featured in Brett Kahr’s “Top Ten Books of 2022. dhwanishahmd.com
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