On this episode of the Being Properly Podcast, Dr. Rick and Forrest discover the evolution of psychoanalysis after Freud, highlighting key concepts from figures like Adler, Klein, Winnicott, and Hillman. They monitor how the sphere expanded from specializing in the person ego all the way in which out to exploring the existential forces that form who we’re. They give attention to what classes we are able to take away from every of those influential thinkers into our on a regular basis lives. Subjects embrace inferiority complexes, protection mechanisms, object relations, genuine vs. false self, developmental psychology, adaptation, and our confrontation with life’s final considerations like loss of life and meaninglessness.
Key Subjects
- 0:00: Introduction
- 4:20: Alfred Adler: Inferiority, contribution, and wholesome striving
- 14:05: Anna Freud: Ego defenses and real-time coping
- 20:09: Erik Erikson: Lifespan improvement and id crises
- 33:20: Melanie Klein: Object relations, splitting, and managing complexity
- 46:46: Donald Winnicott: True self, good-enough parenting, and holding environments
- 51:09: Heinz Kohut: Self-psychology, mirroring, and wholesome narcissism
- 1:02:32: Wilhelm Reich: Somatic remedy and character armor
- 1:08:25: Neo-Jungians: Archetypes, creativeness, and the symbolic thoughts
- 1:18:18: Irvin Yalom: Existential psychotherapy and meaning-making
- 1:26:50: Recap
Forrest is now writing on Substack, take a look at his work there.


