Publication and Presentation Announcement by Shir Shanun (USA)

Shanun, S. (2025). Analytic freedom and the loving gaze. Psychoanalysis, Self and Context, 20(2): 168–186.

Love and freedom in the complex analytic system and the positive relationship between them are at the center of this paper. I argue that restriction or expansion of one impacts the other. I define freedom as an expansion of perspectives and the loving gaze as the vitalizing experience at the core of recognition and an indicator of movement toward or away from recognition. Field theory, specifically post-Bionian Field Theory, and Storying are highlighted to support the emergence of both freedom and the loving gaze. Clinical examples are provided.

https://doi.org/10.1080/24720038.2024.2389171

Shanun, S. (2024, October). Analytic freedom and the loving gaze. The 45th International Association for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, Rome.
Shanun, S. (2024, November). Analytic freedom and the loving gaze. Connections and Conversation, online.
Shanun, S. (2025, February). Erotic transference in the hyperlink experience. American Psychoanalytic Association 2025 Annual Meeting, San Francisco.
Shanun, S. (2025, October). Responsibility and radical hope as connecting and creating meaning. The 46th International Association for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, Pasadena, California.

Shir Shanun, Psy.D.
Arcadia, California, USA
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www.shirshanunpsyd.com