Podcast appearances and mentions of molly merson

Welcome to Rendering Unconscious – the Gradiva award-winning podcast about psychoanalysis & culture, with me, Dr Vanessa Sinclair. https://renderingunconscious.substack.com Rendering Unconscious episode 347. RU347: CARTER CARTER ON ABOLISHING THE PSYCHOANALYTIC INSTITUTE: https://renderingunconscious.substack.com/p/ru347-carter-carter-on-abolishing Rendering Unconscious welcomes Carter J. Carter back to the podcast! He's here to talk about his upcoming event Abolish the Psychoanalytic Institute, part of Psychoanalytic Inquiry's Decentralized Learning Experiences. Tuesday, May 20th at 5:00 – 6:30 PM PT. https://www.psychoanalyticinquiry.com/event/abolish-the-psychoanalytic-institute/ Carter J. Carter, Ph.D, LICSW is a clinician, academic, and author. He has a private practice in psychotherapy and clinical supervision and a farm; he is the author of a number of recent psychoanalytic articles and a forthcoming book, “Bound to Lose: How Fascism Came for Psychoanalysis.” https://carterjcarter.com Support his work at Substack: https://carterjcarter.substack.com Thank you for listening to Rendering Unconscious Podcast and for supporting my work by being a paid subscriber at Substack. It makes this work possible. If you are so far a free subscriber, thanks to you too. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber to gain access to all the material on the site, including all new, future, and archival podcast episodes. https://renderingunconscious.substack.com Be sure to check out our previous discussions: RU319: FREUDO-ANARCHISM: PSYCHOANALYSIS & THE ANARCHIST TRADITION WITH CARTER J. CARTER, GOTTFRIED HEUER, SAUL NEWMAN, ALICIA VALDÉS & ZOÉ SAMUDZI @ THE RED CLINIC RU298: ON PALESTINE & PSYCHOANALYSIS WITH CARTER CARTER, MOLLY MERSON, ISABEL MILLAR, IAN PARKER, RAZZAN QURAN, AVGI SAKETOPOULOU, LARA SHEEHI & VANESSA SINCLAIR RU254: ON THE STATE OF PSYCHOANALYSIS WITH CARTER CARTER, MARY KIM BREWSTER, MOLLY MERSON, ANN PELLEGRINI, AVGI SAKETOPOULOU, LARA SHEEHI, STEPHEN SHEEHI & VANESSA SINCLAIR RU229: CARTER J. CARTER PRESENTS “ALL THE RAGE: THE WHITENESS OF PSYCHOANALYSIS, AND WHAT IT CANNOT DARE TO SEE” RU227: CARTER CARTER & MARY KIM BREWSTER – OUR BEAUTIFUL STRUGGLE: DESTRUCTION, CREATION & PSYCHOANALYSIS News and events: Beginning Sunday, May 25th, Dr. Vanessa Sinclair will be giving a 4-week online course via Morbid Anatomy Museum: The Cut in Creation: Exploring the Avant-Garde, Dada, Surrealism, Modern Art, Noise Music, and Performance Art through a Psychoanalytic Lens: https://www.morbidanatomy.org/classes/p/the-cut-in-creation-exploring-the-avant-garde-dada-surrealism-modern-art-noise-music-and-performance-art-through-a-psychoanalytic-lens-led-by-vanessa-sinclair-psyd If you are interested in entering into psychoanalytic treatment with me, joining the group I run for those who have relocated to another country, or have other questions, please feel free to contact me directly: vs [at] drvanessasinclair.net https://www.drvanessasinclair.net/ Thank you.

Rendering Unconscious Podcast is now at Substack! https://renderingunconscious.substack.com RU333: GEOFFREY HERVEY, MOLLY MERSON & SIMONE A. MEDINA POLO ON THE QUEERNESS OF PSYCHOANALYSIS: https://renderingunconscious.substack.com/p/ru333-geoffrey-hervey-molly-merson Geoffrey Hervey, Molly Merson, and Simone A. Medina Polo are here to discuss their contributions to The Queerness of Psychoanalysis: From Freud and Lacan to Laplanche and Beyond (Routledge 2025) edited by Vanessa Sinclair, Elisabeth Punzi, and Myriam Sauer: https://amzn.to/3EMYbUg Events to celebrate the book's release are happening! Join Vanessa Sinclair, Myriam Sauer, and Elisabeth Punzi in Malmö, Sweden on Saturday, March 15th: https://fb.me/e/8VAlKjxgt Join M.E. O'Brien, Tobias Wiggins, Myriam Sauer, and Griffin Hansbury in Brooklyn, NY, USA on Friday, March 28th: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-transgender-psychoanalysts-are-coming-tickets-1143110808199?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios Molly Merson is co-organizing the upcoming Division 39 Spring Meeting, Bodies in Praxis, April 3-6, Online: https://division39springmeeting.net Rendering Unconscious episode 333. This discussion centers around the new book The Queerness of Psychoanalysis, which addresses the pathologizing tendencies of psychoanalysis in contrast to its liberatory potential. Contributors, almost all of whom are trans and/or queer, challenge traditional psychoanalytic frameworks, emphasizing flexibility and inclusivity, while exploring the intersection of queer theory and psychoanalysis. Specific chapters highlight experiences of transgender psychoanalysts, the role of drag in queer identity, and the need for psychoanalysis to reflect on its own practices, for example. This conversation also touches on the importance of embodied methods and the evolving nature of psychoanalytic theory. Geoffrey Hervey (they/them) is a community organizer, mental health professional, and professional drag artist. They have a master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Vanderbilt University and are currently pursuing a Psy.D at George Washington University. Their clinical interests center the mental health of marginalized groups of people from a collective liberation framework. As Sin Clair, they have performed in the Southeast U.S. to audiences of thousands and created the Lipsync Legend Tournament to benefit local community mental health organizations. Follow them at Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sin.clair.x_x/ Molly Merson, LMFT (they/them) is a psychotherapist and psychoanalyst in full-time independent practice in the Bay Area, California, practicing on Lisjan Ohlone, Patwin, and Coast Miwok unceded territories. Molly is a clinician, supervisor, author, and instructor, offering interdisciplinary courses for clinicians on psychoanalysis and race, queerness, class, decoloniality, and liberation. Molly facilitates and participates in groups that invite discussions of the entanglements between “the social” and clinical life. Molly has authored “The Whiteness Taboo: Interrogating Whiteness in Psychoanalysis” published in the journal Psychoanalytic Dialogues in 2021, and in the same year authored “Purposive encounters with lack in strength sports and diet culture” in the journal Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society. Follow them at Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mx_moll_/ Simone A. Medina Polo (she/her) is a philosopher and PhD candidate at the Global Centre for Advanced Studies (GCAS) for Philosophy and Psychoanalysis. Follow her at Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pseudo_antigone/ The song at the end of the episode is “We will be (outside the box)” from the album “The cutting up of love and language” by Vanessa Sinclair and Pete Murphy. Available at Pete Murphy's Bandcamp Page: https://petemurphy.bandcamp.com/ Our music is also available at Spotify and other streaming services: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3xKEE2NPGatImt46OgaemY?si=jaSKCqnmSD-NsSlBLjrBXA

RU313: ANDREW FLORES AKA THE BIG SIGNORELLI ON LACAN, MARX, MEMES, THE VANISHING MEDIATORS http://www.renderingunconscious.org/psychoanalysis/ru313/ Rendering Unconscious episode 313. Andrew Flores aka The Big Singorelli is an auto didactic in Lacanian psychoanalysis, philosophy, theology, and Marxism. He is also the co host of an online psychoanalytic cartel The Vanishing Mediators, where they go through the seminars of Jacques Lacan. When he is not preoccupied with scholarship, he is invested in embodiment works such as Martial arts, qigong, and weightlifting. Follow him at: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_big_sig/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thevanishingmediators Watch this discussion at Youtube: https://youtu.be/cgm57DrLhhc?si=RuRexGwA_PGXqbBQ Be sure to check out: RU298: ON PALESTINE & PSYCHOANALYSIS WITH LARA SHEEHI, CARTER CARTER, MOLLY MERSON, ISABEL MILLAR, IAN PARKER, RAZZAN QURAN, AVGI SAKETOPOULOU & VANESSA SINCLAIR RU271: ABDEL AZIZ AL BAWAB PRESENTS “A WORLD NOT GOOD ENOUGH” RU185: LARA SHEEHI & STEPHEN SHEEHI ON PALESTINE: PSYCHOANALYSIS UNDER OCCUPATION Rendering Unconscious is also a book series! The first two volumes are now available: Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives vols. 1 & 2 (Trapart Books, 2024). https://amzn.to/3TvHCAS Dr. Sinclair contributed a piece on “Freud and the Occult” to The Fenris Wolf 12 (Trapart Books, 2024) edited by Carl Abrahamsson. https://amzn.to/3XuryAb Carl and Vanessa will both be presenting at conference A Tide of Ghosts: Esotericism and Art beyond Fact and Fiction, Copenhagen, October 24-25, 2024: https://eventsignup.ku.dk/atideofghostsesotericismandartbeyondfactandfiction-5543/conference Carl Abrahamsson's memoir Meetings with Remarkable Magicians: Life in the Occult Underground (Inner Traditions, 2024) was just published! https://amzn.to/4dweCQC Join us for a Free Online Book Talk to celebrate October 27th: https://www.morbidanatomy.org/events-tickets/free-online-book-talk-meetings-with-remarkable-magicians-with-carl-abrahamsson Also coming up October 14 – Online Talk · Midsommar: A Weird Tale of Unconscious Ideals, with Swedish Author Carl Abrahamsson: https://www.morbidanatomy.org/events-tickets/online-talk-midsommar-a-weird-tale-of-unconscious-ideals-with-carl-abrahamsson Join Dr. Vanessa Sinclair for The Magical Films of Iconic Director Tim Burton, beginning December 1 online via Morbid Anatomy Museum: https://www.morbidanatomy.org/classes/the-magical-fims-of-tim-burton RU received the 2023 Gradiva Award for Digital Media from the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis. https://naap.org/2023-gradiva-award-winners/ Support RU POD at: Substack: https://vanessa23carl.substack.com Make a Donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=PV3EVEFT95HGU&no_recurring=0¤cy_code=USD Or by joining Carl & I at Patreon where we post EXCLUSIVE CONTENT weekly https://www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl THANK YOU for your support! Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, a psychoanalyst based in Sweden, who works with people internationally: http://www.drvanessasinclair.net Follow Dr. Vanessa Sinclair on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rawsin_/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@renderingunconscious Visit the main website: http://www.renderingunconscious.org Many thanks to Carl Abrahamsson, who created the intro and outro music for RU POD. https://www.carlabrahamsson.com Substack: https://thefenriswolf.substack.com/subscribe The song at the end of the episode is “Wanting to break apart everything, smash up everything” from the album Magic City by Vanessa Sinclair and Pete Murphy. Available at Pete Murphy's Bandcamp Page. https://petemurphy.bandcamp.com/ Image: Andrew Flores

RU298: ON PSYCHOANALYSIS & PALESTINE WITH CARTER CARTER, MOLLY MERSON, ISABEL MILLAR, IAN PARKER, RAZZAN QURAN, AVGI SAKETOPOULOU, LARA SHEEHI & VANESSA SINCLAIR http://www.renderingunconscious.org/psychoanalysis/ru298-on-psychoanalysis-palestine-with-carter-carter-molly-merson-isabel-millar-ian-parker-razzan-quran-avgi-saketopoulou-lara-sheehi-vanessa-sinclair/ Rendering Unconscious episode 298. This is a very special episode of Rendering Unconscious, a roundtable discussion on Palestine and Psychoanalysis with Drs. Lara Sheehi, Avgi Saketopoulou, Razzan Quran, Ian Parker, Isabel Millar, Carter Carter, Molly Merson and Vanessa Sinclair. Available to view at YouTube: https://youtu.be/ycb7OjiUHCI?si=RdHlZ0PPjyg8lIiW The Red Clinic have an upcoming online event “Exigent Sadism: A Psychoanalyticopolitical Concept” with Avgi Saketopoulou, Lisa Duggan, Noëlle McAfee, and Lara Sheehi. It's on Sunday, June 23 · 4:30 – 7:30pm GMT+1. Ticket pricing is tiered and they also have solidarity ticket option that supports no fee therapy at the clinic. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/exigent-sadism-a-psychoanalyticopolitical-concept-tickets-918950193767?aff=oddtdtcreator Follow the Red Clinic on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/the.redclinic Twitter https://x.com/HealthInquiry Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TheRedClinicUK/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@RedClinic Rendering Unconscious Podcast received the 2023 Gradiva Award for Digital Media from the National Association for the Advancement for Psychoanalysis (NAAP). https://naap.org/2023-gradiva-award-winners/ Support Rendering Unconscious Podcast: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl Substack: https://vanessa23carl.substack.com Make a Donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=PV3EVEFT95HGU&no_recurring=0¤cy_code=USD Your support of Rendering Unconscious Podcast is greatly appreciated! Rendering Unconscious is a labor of love put together by Dr. Vanessa Sinclair with no support from outside sources. All support comes from the listeners, colleagues, and fans. THANK YOU for your support! Follow Rendering Unconscious on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/renderingunconscious/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@renderingunconscious Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, a psychoanalyst based in Sweden, who works with people internationally: http://www.drvanessasinclair.net Follow Dr. Vanessa Sinclair on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rawsin_/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/rawsin_ Visit the main website for more information and links to everything: http://www.renderingunconscious.org Many thanks to Carl Abrahamsson, who created the intro and outro music for Rendering Unconscious podcast. https://www.carlabrahamsson.com His publishing company is Trapart Books, Films and Editions. https://www.bygge.trapart.net Check out his indie record label Highbrow Lowlife at Bandcamp: https://highbrowlowlife.bandcamp.com Follow Carl at: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CaAbrahamsson Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carl.abrahamsson/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@carlabrahamsson YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@carlabrahamsson23 Substack: https://thefenriswolf.substack.com The song at the end of the episode is “Dream and body and voice” by Vanessa Sinclair and Michael Reiley from the album “Message 23". Available at Highbrow Lowlife's Bandcamp Page. https://vanessasinclair.bandcamp.com/album/message-23

Rendering Unconscious episode 253. You can support the podcast at our Patreon where we post exclusive content every week. https://www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl We also have a Substack! https://vanessa23carl.substack.com Your support is greatly appreciated! Discussion about the state of psychoanalysis with Mary Kim Brewster, Carter J. Carter, Molly Merson, Avgi Saketopoulou, Ann Pellegrini, Lara Sheehi, Stephen Sheehi and Vanessa Sinclair. Available to view at YouTube: https://youtu.be/7MGdQyjxkZ4 Mentioned in this episode: Guardian article: Inside the war tearing psychoanalysis apart: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/jun/16/george-washington-university-professor-antisemitism-palestine-dc Check out related episodes: RU247: AVGI SAKETOPOULOU & ANN PELLEGRINI ON GENDER WITHOUT IDENTITY RU229: CARTER J. CARTER PRESENTS “ALL THE RAGE: THE WHITENESS OF PSYCHOANALYSIS, AND WHAT IT CANNOT DARE TO SEE” RU228: AVGI SAKETOPOULOU ON SEXUALITY BEYOND CONSENT: RISK, RACE, TRAUMATOPHILIA RU227: MARY KIM BREWSTER & CARTER CARTER – OUR BEAUTIFUL STRUGGLE: DESTRUCTION, CREATION & PSYCHOANALYSIS RU200: RENDERING UNCONSCIOUS CELEBRATES 200 EPISODES! WITH DRS LARA SHEEHI & VANESSA SINCLAIR RU196: MOLLY MERSON & LARA SHEEHI ON COUNTERSPACE, SYSTEMIC VIOLENCE, WHITE SUPREMACY, RACISM, SEXISM, ABLEISM RU185: LARA & STEPHEN SHEEHI ON PALESTINE: PSYCHOANALYSIS UNDER OCCUPATION RU143: PSYCHOANALYST ACTIVIST LARA SHEEHI ON PANDEMIC, PALESTINE, BLM, US IMPERIALISM, INTERSECTIONALITY, COMMUNITY RU62: MOLLY MERSON, PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPIST INTERROGATING WHITENESS RU43: LARA SHEEHI, PSYCHOANALYTIC PRACTITIONER, SCHOLAR, ACTIVIST Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, a psychoanalyst based in Sweden, who works with people internationally: www.drvanessasinclair.net Follow Dr. Vanessa Sinclair on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/rawsin_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rawsin_/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drvanessasinclair23 Visit the main website for more information and links to everything: www.renderingunconscious.org The song at the end of the episode is “Analyzing cyborgs” from the album "Disciplined by Order" by Vanessa Sinclair & Pete Murphy: https://petemurphy.bandcamp.com https://highbrowlowlife.bandcamp.com Music also available to stream via Spotify & other streaming platforms. Many thanks to Carl Abrahamsson, who created the intro and outro music for Rendering Unconscious podcast. https://www.carlabrahamsson.com Image: analog collage by Vanessa Sinclair and Steven Cline https://store.trapart.net/details/00181

Rendering Unconscious welcomes Molly Merson and Lara Sheehi back to the podcast! Molly Merson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a BART- accessible practice in Berkeley, CA. They have an MA in Social Clinical Psychology from New College of California, a degree that placed an emphasis on the ways in which constructs of race, power, gender, socio-economics, and sociopolitical environments impact individual and community identity, well-being, and health. They are a candidate in psychoanalysis at the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California. www.mollymerson.com Dr. Lara Sheehi is a psychologist, psychoanalytic practitioner, scholar, activist, and President-elect of the Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology, Division 39 of the American Psychological Association: www.apadivisions.org/division-39/news-events Her new book Psychoanalysis Under Occupation: Practicing Resistance in Palestine (Routledge 2021). https://www.routledge.com/Psychoanalysis-Under-Occupation-Practicing-Resistance-in-Palestine/Sheehi-Sheehi/p/book/9781138596207 On Tuesday May 10, Molly will be presenting at Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society: Counterspace event series – Psychoanalysis, Bodies and Diet Culture. Please join us for the first event in a series that showcases some of the publications in the Counterspace section of the journal Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society. The authors will present papers based on their articles and will then engage in further dialogue with each other and the attendees. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/psychoanalysis-bodies-and-diet-culture-tickets-304576274837?aff=erelexpmlt 12.30 (noon) US West Coast 3.30pm US East Coast 9.30pm South Africa 8.30pm UK 11 May: 7.30am New Zealand Free and open to everyone This episode also available at YouTube: https://youtu.be/7LWx1UDJMno You can support the podcast at our Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl Your support is greatly appreciated! Rendering Unconscious the book available from Trapart: https://store.trapart.net/details/00000 For links to everything visit: www.renderingunconscious.org http://www.drvanessasinclair.net Follow me at Instagram: https://www.instagram.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/home Sign up for my newsletter: http://www.drvanessasinclair.net/contact/ The song at the end of the episode is "Transition: Portal (Lunar eclipse in Gemini)" by Vanessa Sinclair and Carl Abrahamsson from the album The pathways of the Heart (For Jess): https://vanessasinclaircarlabrahamsson.bandcamp.com Many thanks to Carl Abrahamsson for providing the intro and outro music for Rendering Unconscious Podcast. https://www.carlabrahamsson.com Photo: Art by Vanessa Sinclair Original artwork available from Trapart Editions: https://store.trapart.net/item/4 and TrapartUniqueWorks at Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TrapartUniqueWorks

Christopher Russell is a psychoanalyst in Chelsea, Manhattan and a host on the podcast New Books In Psychoanalysis. His background is in restaurants and hospitality where the act of welcoming and nourishing prepared him for his work as an analyst. He trained at The Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies in New York, https://www.cmps.edu/ and the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis in Brookline Massachusetts. https://bgsp.edu/ “We can make our minds so like still water that beings gather about us that they may see, it may be, their own images, and so live for a moment with a clearer, perhaps even with a fiercer life because of our quiet.” ― William Butler Yeats He is reachable via email: crussellPSYA (at) gmail (dot) com Mentioned in this episode: New Books In Psychoanalysis: https://newbooksnetwork.com/category/psychoanalysis/ Tracy Morgan: https://newbooksnetwork.com/meet-the-nbip-hosts/ Phyllis Meadow: https://www.cmps.edu/The-New-Psychoanalysis-by-Phyllis-Meadow Hyman Spotnitz: https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Psychoanalysis-Schizophrenic-Patient-Technique/dp/0970392362 Babette Becker book and interview: http://bit.ly/2Z2xDW1 Jean Laplanche, Jonathan House and Unconscious in Translation: https://uitbooks.com André Greene: https://psychoanalysis.org.uk/authors-and-theorists/andré-green RU62 with Molly Merson: http://www.renderingunconscious.org/psychoanalysis/ru63-molly-merson-psychoanalytic-therapist/ NBiP with Vanessa Sinclair & Manya Steinkoler: https://newbooksnetwork.com/vanessa-sinclair-and-manya-steinkoler-on-psychoanalysis-and-violence-routledge-2018/ Psychoanalysis to Come: Community and Culture: http://dasunbehagen.org/event/du-international-conference-psychoanalysis-come-community-culture/ Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by psychoanalyst Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, who interviews psychoanalysts, psychologists, scholars, creative arts therapists, writers, poets, philosophers, artists & other intellectuals about their process, world events, the current state of mental health care, politics, culture, the arts & more. Episodes are also created from lectures given at various international conferences. www.renderingunconscious.org Please support the podcast at: www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl Rendering Unconscious is also a book! Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics and Poetry (Trapart, 2019): store.trapart.net/details/00000 Rendering Unconscious Podcast can be found at: Spotify, iTunes, YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud Please visit the About page for links to all of these sites: www.renderingunconscious.org/about/ For more, please visit the following websites: www.renderingunconscious.org www.drvanessasinclair.net https://store.trapart.net http://dasunbehagen.org The song at the end of the episode is "Death Disco Scan" from the album Sound 23 by Vanessa Sinclair & Douglas Lucas, forthcoming from Highbrow Lowlife and Trapart Editions: https://store.trapart.net/item/6

Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by psychoanalyst Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, who interviews psychoanalysts, psychologists, scholars, creative arts therapists, writers, poets, philosophers, artists & other intellectuals about their process, world events, the current state of mental health care, politics, culture, the arts & more. Episodes are also created from lectures given at various international conferences. www.renderingunconscious.org Please support the podcast at: www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl Today's guest is Molly Merson, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a BART- accessible practice in Berkeley, CA. She has an MA in Social Clinical Psychology from New College of California, a degree that placed an emphasis on the ways in which constructs of race, power, gender, socio-economics, and sociopolitical environments impact individual and community identity, well-being, and health. She is also a candidate in psychoanalysis at the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California. https://www.mollymerson.com Rendering Unconscious is also a book! Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics and Poetry (Trapart, 2019): store.trapart.net/details/00000 We discuss the 40th Annual Spring Meeting of Division 39 – Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology of the American Psychological Association (APA), March 18-21, 2020, New York City: division39springmeeting.net And refer to the work of Lara Sheehi: http://www.renderingunconscious.org/psychoanalysis/dr-lara-sheehi-psychoanalytic-practitioner-scholar-activist/ The conference Psychoanalysis to Come: Community and Culture, July 24-26, 2020, Copenhagen is also discussed: http://dasunbehagen.org/event/du-international-conference-psychoanalysis-come-community-culture/ As is: Griffin Hansbury: https://griffinhansbury.com/bio/ Jeremiah's Vanishing New York: http://vanishingnewyork.blogspot.com Orna Guralnik: http://www.ornaguralnik.com/couples-therapy-docuseries Rendering Unconscious Podcast can be found at: Spotify, iTunes, YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud Please visit the About page for links to all of these sites: www.renderingunconscious.org/about/ For more, please visit the following websites: www.renderingunconscious.org www.drvanessasinclair.net store.trapart.net The song at the end of the episode is from Mementeros, available on CD, as well as DVD: https://store.trapart.net/details/00100 Mementeros is also available to view via Vimeo on Demand: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/mementeros Art by Vanessa Sinclair from Mementeros series: https://store.trapart.net/item/4

Therapist and analyst Molly Merson joins me to talk about both the tension and the cohesion between social/climate justice and psychoanalysis. And we discuss a listener question about how therapists cope with the trauma of the people they work with.Find Molly at https://www.mollymerson.com/ Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playlist 6′53″ I Know I Don't Know by Panda Bear on Buoys (Domino) 32′34″ Afterwards by Will Burns & Hannah Peel on Chalk Blue Hill (Rivertones) 34′30″ Rogue Dream by Bells Atlas on The Mystic (Tender Loving Empire) 47′52″ Segment & The Line by Kàryyn on The Quanta Series (Mute) 81′33″ I Am the Changer by Cotton Jones on Paranoid Cocoon (indi) 87′52″ Mercy by Lucky Dragons on Dark Falcon (555 Recordings) 105′19″ Undone by Son Lux on Bones (Glassnote Records) 115′48″ Där dit vinden kommer (feat. JaQe, Duvchi, JJ & Joy) by Lorentz on Karlekslator (Let's Make That Happen) Check out the full archives on the website.

The ultimate Strongwoman Squad drops by the garage -- three women from the @grassrootscrossfit team who are redefining what strength over 40 means as competitive Masters athletes at the National level.  Natalie Studer, 47, is a kindergarten teacher who channels Maria von Trapp at work. Her strength alter ego, Rage Butterfly, has a fierce war cry that inspires awe and chills. Follow her @rage_butterfly to get fired up to train at 5:30 am.  Molly Merson, 42, is a psychotherapist who journeyed from HIIT bootcamper to Crossfitter to Nationals Strongwoman competitor and earned the nickname Tenacious Bee for her driving ferocity in the gym. Follow her @barbelledreams. Lola Schneir is an artist and parent who decided to take on Strongman training 6 months ago and is now headed to Nationals at almost 50. Follow her @lolaresinartist. We talk about how facing the Atlas stones make you fearless in other areas, how training emboldens you to ask for what you want, how to get more protein in, and how the secret to Natalie's poppin' shoulder definition may actually be her "sleep hat." 

Molly Merson is a Strongman Competitor who likes to lift heavy things. Heavy and odd shaped things. Despite being interested in competing in Strongman and always wanting to give it a go, it took Molly nearly seven years to build up the courage after working hard at the sport of Crossfit with a view to be competitive in the Masters 40s division. Call it serendipity or fortunate timing... but with some encouragement from a coach she trusted Molly's first foray into Strongman competitions lead to a podium finish.    In this episode we talk about role the psychoanalysis has played in Molly's life and the practical lessons you can apply right now from what Molly has learned about herself. Molly's openness about the process and how it's given her more insight into how she's thinking is a fascinating journey into really, deeply paying attention to what you're thinking is truly fascinating.    Molly talks about how she values her negative self-talk and what it can teach you. Molly talks about why it's so powerful to be conscious of your self-talk plus the value of tracking and journaling your thoughts to give you an objective view of what's going on inside your head.   We chat about Molly's long term approach to being an an athlete over 30 and not taking her mobility for granted. Listen as Molly talks about the role a good coach can play in your mental game, the difference between training and competition mentality, Molly's perspective on visualisation and using cues to keep you grounded and Molly's tips on finding a coach.   I'll be honest, there's no way I can do this episode justice in the intro alone and I completely got lost in talking to Molly so... without further adieu, here's Molly Merson.

Dearly Beloved, we are gathered here today to talk about the end. It's the end of the third season of this podcast. A season full of stories about what it's like to be living in these minds and bodies. But it's also the final episode of this show. I want to quickly add, before you have a chance to react, “at least for now!” I want to imply the show could come back to make this ending feel like not a big deal. But let's not do that. Let's just take a moment to let it be. This is the end of the show. Afterall, resurrection fantasies are another defense against loss. As much as I want to just ghost on this ending, I'm not going to. So in this episode, I go back to some of the people who've been on the show before and talk about endings and why acknowledging them is important. And I take this chance to say goodbye to you and to the podcast. Credits: Writer/Producer - Lily Sloane Sound Designer and Composer - Lily Sloane Story Editor - Emily Shaw [emilyshawcreates.com] Thank you Dani Scoville, Molly Merson, Jessica Brown, Kip Williams, Dusty Porn, and Al Anzola for taking part in this funeral...I mean, episode. If you want to stay up to date on my new projects, follow me on Twitter @lilyrosesloane and sign up for the newsletter at atherapistwalksintoabar.com, which I'll transition away from being about this specific podcast - and don't worry, emails will still be fairly infrequent. To check out my other work and see if you want to hire me for something, visit lilymakessound.com. You can still hear me talk about therapy stuff every week on Radical Advice which is live on BFF.fm Tuesdays 10am-noon Pacific time. If you can't listen live, subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts and tune in whenever. You can submit life questions by visiting radicaladviceshow.com. Episode Image: Original Photo by Jaime Borschuck [jaimeborschuk.photo], adapted to black and white and ghostified by Lily Sloane

Earlier in this season on the Practice of Being Seen, Molly Merson, MFT, and I initiated a discussion around the “American collective unconscious”.  It’s such a complex, layered subject. And though we covered quite a bit of ground in in that hour of conversation, there still is so much more to explore. And so many questions to open up to possibility.   Through this exploration of our collective unprocessed traumas and the deep healing we need, we’re really talking about witnessing in a collective experience in which we are all implicated.  How do we make space for more witnessing?  We also discuss responsibility and resilience, post-traumatic growth, and the Parkland shooting victims and activists.  We ask about the American Dream:  Who is dreaming it and who is it for?  We ask about the possibility of equality:  Can it ever be so?  When the urgency of fighting back and holding others accountable is so palpable and necessary, where is the space for hope, for dancing, for aliveness?   Ultimately, we are asking:  What is true?  What do we know for sure?   Quoted in the Episode:   “Whatever you touch, you change. And whatever you change, changes you.” -Octavia Butler, “Parable Of The Sower”   “We have to call upon our ancestors in some way to do some of this remembering.” Molly Merson    “It's not a reliance on an outside force or some kind of benevolent parent who knows the way. It's like something much more participatory and urgent.” Molly Merson   “We have to get into trouble because the truth is we're in trouble already.” Molly Merson   “I keep thinking about this bigger collective unconsciousness that is our country. We need a witness. We need many witnesses.”  Rebecca Wong   “I don't know about you, but I'm having fantasies and projections that we dismantle this whole thing and rebuild.” Rebecca Wong   Resources Referenced in this Episode: Parable of the Sower: Octavia Butler  Jessica Benjamin  The Catcher in the Rye  Viktor Frankl  Leonard Cohen Molly’s blog post, “The Necessary Precariousness of Hope” Molly’s blog post, “Resilience as ‘Hope with Teeth’ via Pussy Riot and ‘The Chi’”       Where to find Molly: mollymerson.com Twitter  LinkedIn Youtube Facebook   If you're interested in working with Rebecca Wong, you can find out more about her services here: https://www.practiceofbeingseen.com/work-with-rebecca/ Support the #POBScast by joining our WILD WOMAN ONLINE DISCUSSION GROUP, learn more at: http://smpl.ro/wildwomen Join the #POBScast Community practiceofbeingseen.com/community You can find us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @POBScast If you have questions or inquiries, email us at practiceofbeingseen@gmail.com

For decades, the field of psychology has been interested in understanding the myriad creative strategies we employ to cope with life's inevitable discomforts. But right now, I wonder if I can convince you that your defense mechanisms might be the key to knowing who you are as an individual and who WE are as a collective. And maybe, just maybe the ways we defend ourselves against the things that scare us are unfairly getting a bad rap. ​I say, the best defense is the one you know. This episode features Molly Merson, a psychotherapist in Berkeley, CA. Learn more at mollymerson.com. Credits Produced by: Lily Sloane Edited by: Emily Shaw Additional Editorial Support by: Rueben Ly & Keith Menconi Music & Sound Design by: Lily Sloane Episode Image: "Tauben in Stein" by mingusmutter via creative commons. Image is cropped and brightness has been adjusted. Thank you to the Wooden Nickel and the friends and strangers at the bar who opened up to me. For a complete transcript of the episode, visit https://www.atherapistwalksintoabar.com/the-best-defense.html

Join us in a conversation with therapist and strength athlete Molly Merson, discussing mental health and its effects on our training. We all get The Feels from time to time - what happens when those feels get the better of us, in and outside the gym? How can we as lifters make friends with our mental state, and how can we as coaches better serve our trainees in managing these struggles? We get into ALL of that and more in this episode that includes a glowing recap of USSF Nationals weekend and Cassi and Katherine’s reunion on the West Coast!   LINKS: Molly’s website: www.mollymerson.com Sliding scale & other therapy in the Bay Area: Women's Therapy Center: www.womenstherapy.org The Psychotherapy Institute: www.tpi-berkeley.org Access Institute: www.accessinst.org Sliding scale & other therapy in Richmond, VA: Healing Circle Counseling: www.healingcirclecounseling.com Heart and Mind Therapy: www.heartmindrva.com Mind Body Art Essentials: www.mindbodyartessentials.com If you’re thinking about suicide, are worried about a friend or loved one, or would like emotional support, the Lifeline network is available 24/7 across the United States at 1-800-273-8255 Crisis text line: Text 741741 from anywhere to reach a trained crisis counselor. The Icarus Project is a group that works to decolonize and destigmatize mental health and neurodivergence and focuses on mutual aid. Check them out at http://theicarusproject.net/   Find us on Instagram or Facebook @morefemalestrength or email us at info@morefemalestrength.com.

This conversation undulates between the current state and issues within our collective consciousness as Americans living in today’s social and political climate to the individual in how we deal with self-reflection, trauma, and loss--beautifully illustrating the now proverbial rally cry, “The personal is political.” Rebecca and Berkeley-based therapist Molly Merson, MFT cover it all, from our political “parents” to our collective infancy on the internet, to grief and loss and metabolizing trauma, capitalism and gift-giving culture, community mindset and collaboration, to technology, parenting, psychoanalytic theory, and the choices we have in suicide versus end-of-life.  It all comes down to what we are able to hold and how two minds metabolizing together can disrupt repeat patterns.  Trigger Warning: If you’re thinking about suicide, are worried about a friend or loved one, or would like emotional support, the Lifeline network is available 24/7 across the United States at 1-800-273-8255 Molly also wrote a follow up blog post since we recorded to fill in some blanks, it's well worth a read and available at mollymerson.com/blog/problems-of-suicide-freud.   Resources Referenced in this Episode: Podcast: On Being episode “Growing Up the Internet” Wilfred Bion’s ideas on alpha and beta elements in projective identification Thomas Ogden’s ideas on parent/child relationships and the processing of trauma Podcast: How to Survive the End of the World Co-founders of Black Lives Matter, Alicia Garza (activist, writer, public speaker) and Patrisse Cullors (artist and activist) Howard Thurman’s quote, “Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” Book: Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor Frankl   Where to find Molly: MollyMerson.com Facebook Twitter   If you're interested in working with Rebecca Wong, you can find out more about her services here: 1. If you're in New York and would like to schedule a relationship therapy session with Rebecca start here: https://connectfulness.com/therapy/ 2. If you're a therapist and are interested in mentorship with Rebecca, find out more about services offered here: https://www.practiceofbeingseen.com/work-with-rebecca/ 3. To learn more about Rebecca’s Private Couples Intensive Retreats, start here: https://connectfulness.com/intensive-private-retreat/ 4. And if you want to dive in deeply into building conscious relationship with your beloved consider sharing an experiential gift of deeper connection and intimacy over valentines in our Divine Mirrors: A Valentine’s Couples Retreat Rebecca is co-facilitating at Menla.   To join the #POBScast Community practiceofbeingseen.com/community For more information and resources, visit the website at practiceofbeingseen.com. To join the conversation on social media, use the hashtag #POBScast. You can find us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. If you have questions or inquiries, email us at practiceofbeingseen@gmail.com  

We've all got baggage. And as a psychotherapist in private practice, I help people unpack a lot of it in my office. But what if I went out looking for it? From complete strangers? In this episode, you'll learn all about the emotional baggage I collected in my Halloween costume this year. Produced: Lily Sloane Editorial Support: Nuala Sawyer, Dani Scoville, and Emily Shaw Music and Sound Design: Lily Sloane Additional Music: "Green" by Robby Kharr Emotional Baggage Voice Actors: Aura Aguilar, Simon Batistoni, Julene Beeson, Bryce Bishari, Jessica Brown, Chris Bunting, Vince Campillo, James Greene, Aaron Gotwalt, Christine Hutchison, Caryn Kesler, Molly Merson, Gili Neglar, Hannah Paessel, Jesse Rhodes, Nuala Sawyer, Dani Scoville, Ben Sloane, Mat Stevens, Brian Thompson, Clarice Torrey, Allisa de Vogel, and Ben Ward Clip of Esther Perel on the podcast Why Oh Why, from the "Stage a Fight" episode, used with permission by Andrea Silenzi Episode Image: "Full of Tricks" by StefSince1985 used under creative commons license Thank you Ben Sloane and Aura Aguilar for letting me interview you in the bar. Thank you to all the strangers and friends who shared you emotional baggage.

Most of us know what it means when we say a person went “unconscious” or “lost consciousness”. But deeply imbedded in the roots of psychology's history is the idea of The Unconscious - a psychological phenomena that is inherent to the human psyche and whether we like it or not, influences a tremendous amount of our behavior from who we fall in love with to racial discrimination. As part of the ongoing "Brief Psycho-Education" series, in this episode Lily breaks down what The Unconscious is and makes a case for facing all that we've kept hidden from ourselves and others. CREDITS Written & Produced By: Lily Sloane Music & Sound Design By: Lily Sloane "Come as You Are" Instrumental: Original song by Kurt Cobain, cover by Lily Sloane Role of Anais Nin Performed By: Anna Howland of Anna Howland Psychotherapy Role of Carl Jung Performed By: Kurt Kohlstedt, producer at 99% Invisible and founder of Web Urbanist Editorial Support Provided By: Jesse Rhodes, Molly Merson, & Stacey McGuirl Interview & Concept Support: Jessica Brown Episode Image: jayhem by Andy NoTanx Special Thanks to the strangers at the bars, Kip Williams, Aurelie Goldblatt, & Adam Foster. REFERENCES A Fist Full of Dollars (1964) (clips used during "Wild West" song) Westworld Season 1, Episode 10 (2016) Anaïs Nin, A Woman Speaks: The Lectures, Seminars and Interviews of Anaïs Nin C.G. Jung, The Essential Jung: Selected Writings

A Therapist Walks Into a Bar Presents: A Brief Psycho-Education There are lots of cliches about therapy, but one of the most popular...well, it's true. We DO ask “how does that make you feel?” A lot. In this brief episode, I'll talk about why we ask and why it's important to learn how to tell the difference between thoughts and feelings. Thank you Jesse Rhodes, Abby Thompson, Molly Merson, Talia Recht, Tiffany McLain, Dan Scharlack, Christine Hutchison, Robert Solley, Elaine Chan-Scherer, John Clark, Abby Volk, Tina Kopko, Cynthia Hoffman, Paul Ziller, and Topher M. Lewis for contributing your voices to this "minisode". This episode was produced by Lily Sloane with editorial assistance from Jesse Rhodes. The theme song is "Maruumba" by Topher M. Lewis and this episode also featured the song "Identical Twins" by Lily Sloane.