Freedom is part of us
In the last few years we faced the fear of dying due to the Covid virus. We lived in a state of uncertainty. We changed our clinical practice from the office to...
Changes, Changes, and Changes
In this issue of Critica, we address the importance of climate change, the political and social issues in the world, and how psychoanalysis is attempting to ada...
Editorial Notes by Luca Di Donna: Critica Vol. 5, No. 1
This year has been a great year for Critica. As mentioned by Carolina, our dream became a reality and we have a website. We are also moving in some new and diff...
Is It Possible to Mourn?
Melancholy betrays the world for the sake of knowledge. But in its tenacious self-absorption it embraces dead objects in its contemplation, in order to redeem t...
Dark Times
The pictures on the TV were horrific. Children, old people, and young people were killed. It was unbearable to look at and listen to the news....
On the Visible and Invisible in the Work of Aby Warburg
During the week that we decided on the title of this issue, I had a dream about the concept of the visible and invisible. The dream seemed linear but unclear at...
Carol Cleland’s Eulogy
The Wake Up Project (Or How Carol Woke Us Up) by Bruce Weitzman, Psy.D., M.F.T Carol was in her fourth year of seminar when I began training at PINC. My cohort ...
Some Reflections on The Fragmented Human Body and Psychoanalysis
In my editorial, I will briefly touch on the body in our current society and expand on Freud’s work on the body and his cancer....
Why Violence is Still with Us?
We have chosen the title: Violence, Isolation, and Dislocation in Oppressive Times because these topics are very relevant at this particular time. What does psy...
On “Uncertainty and Creativity”
We are living in a state of chaos. The pandemic is still killing thousands of people and there is a war between Russia and Ukraine that could turn into a nuclea...
Fragmented Thinking in a Fragmented World.
First, we would like to welcome the new candidates, the new community members and friends to the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California. To all the con...
A Review of Glen O. Gabbard’s Paper “The Dragons of the Primeval Days: Termination and the Persistence of the Infantile”
Dr. Gabbard, presented this paper to the plenary panels at the International Congress of Psychoanalysis in Vancouver and published it in the International Journ...
Editorial Notes by Luca Di Donna (Spring 2021)
I was very excited to read Bruce’s editorial. The idea of culture change at PINC is essential at the current time. Bruce clearly detailed a plan to transfor...
Editorial Note by Luca Di Donna (Fall 2020)
The year 2020 will be remembered for the Coronavirus and the Black Lives Matter movement. These events completely changed our lives and our profession. The Coro...