LACAN & PSYCHOANALYTIC STRUCTURE
LIFETIME RECORDED ACCESS
This recorded course combines an introduction to the psychoanalytic philosophy of Jacques Lacan through engagement with cultural theorist Todd McGowan, and a systematic overview of the main clinical structures of psychoanalysis with contemporary clinicians. Thus, the first half of the course gives you access to four sessions with McGowan inspired by his book The Cambridge Introduction to Jacques Lacan, and the second half of the course gives you access to four sessions with living clinicians in ego psychology, relational psychology, and developmental psychology, with guided philosophical reflections and engagement with two Lacanian clinicians, Edie Hitchcock and Sinziana Ravini.
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This is a series led by Todd McGowan introducing the core of Lacan and Lacanian psychoanalysis, as well as a series introducing you to three different clinical orientations in contemporary psychoanalysis.
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Intro to Lacan Teacher
Todd McGowan
Todd is committed to the idea that theoretical exploration of questions about existence, the psyche, and society can contribute in tangible ways to the creative process. His work often focus on major theoretical figures like Hegel, Marx, or Freud and delves into how their ideas manifest themselves in the most important films, television series, and other media texts. He has written books on comedy, capitalism, and various filmmakers. His work on psychoanalytic film theory has provided a new way of thinking about the relationship between the spectator and the filmic image as founded on desire rather than identification. The unifying thread of all these projects is the belief that theory has the ability to shed fresh light on what seems firmly established and that it can enrich both our lives and our creative endeavors.
Structures of Psychoanalysis Leaders
Edie Hitchcock
Hitchcock is a psychotherapist in private practice and an advanced candidate at the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute. She received her doctorate from the European Graduate School in Philosophy, Art, and Critical Thought with a dissertation on the ethics of psychoanalytic listening. She teaches at the Institute for Clinical Social Work and in the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute’s Exploring Psychoanalysis program. She presents at philosophical conferences, and she was awarded the Lee Jaffe Candidate Paper Prize in 2024 by the American Psychoanalytic Association.
Leo Weinstein
Dr. Weinstein teaches courses on Freud, Ego Psychology and Modern Conflict Theory. In addition to serving on multiple committees, he has previously served as Associate Dean and as Director of Clinical Services. He is also on the the Board of Trustees, where he is a member of the Executive Committee.
Peter Shabad
Peter Shabad, PhD is Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Northwestern University Medical School. He is on the Teaching and Supervising Faculty of the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis and he is on the Faculty of the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis. He is also Supervising and Training Analyst at the Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis. He is the author of numerous papers and book chapters on diverse topics such as the psychological implications of death, loss and mourning, giving and receiving, shame, parental envy, resentment, spite, and regret. Dr. Shabad’s new book Passion, Shame, and The Freedom To Become: Seizing The Vital Moment In Psychoanalysis (2025) has just been published by Routledge.
Molly Romer Witten
Witten is a practicing psychoanalyst with activities that include Adult & Child Psychoanalysis, Psychoanalytic psychotherapy, Infant Mental Health supervision, and psychoanalytic supervision. She is the associate editor for the Journal of Psychoanalysis Self and Context, and teaches courses on development generally, and self development throughout life. She has provided consultation to both the legal and criminal justice systems regarding the needs of infants and young children.
Special Guest
Sinziana Ravini
Sinziana Ravini is a Swedish-Romanian psychoanalyst, curator and writer based in Paris working in the twilight zone of art and literature. She writes for art journals like Kunstkritikk and is the editor in chief of the Swedish Art magazine Paletten. Her novel La diagonale du désir (2018 Éditions Stock) is a philosophical and erotical picaresque about female desire, love, revenge, the art world and other more or less hidden worlds. In 2022 she published "Les psychonautes" at Presses Universitaires de France. She is also published in the latest Philosophy Portal anthology Writing For (a) First Cause.
Session 1: Lacan’s Core Concepts
Session 2: Lacan-Man, Myth, Legend
Session 3: Academic/Pop Reception
Session 4: Context For Lacan Today
Session 5: Ego Psychology
Session 6: Relational Psychology
Session 7: Developmental Psychology
Session 8: Summary and Reflection
2026
Online
Sundays 830pm CET (Central European Time)
Session 1: Lacan’s Core Concepts
Session 2: The Man, The Myth, The Legend
Session 3: Academic and Popular Reception
Session 4: Context for Lacan Today
2026
Online
Sundays 830pm CET (Central European Time)
March 1st / Session 5: Ego Psychology (w/ Leo Weinstein)
March 8th / Session 6: Relational Psychology (w/ Peter Shabad)
March 15th / Session 7: Developmental Psychology (w/ Molly Romer)
March 22nd / Session 8: Psychoanalytic Structures (w/ Edie Hitchcock)
Recommended Reading:
McGowan, T. 2024. The Cambridge Introduction to Lacan.
(PDFs will be made available in the private course portal)
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Start Today
Start Today
Two ways to access: purchase the course as a stand-alone seminar, or join The Portal as a monthly/yearly member
This is a series led by Todd McGowan introducing the core of Lacan and Lacanian psychoanalysis, as well as a series introducing you to three different clinical orientations in contemporary psychoanalysis.
Philosophy Portal is an online education platform opening space for the next generation of great thought, and cultivation of future philosophical mind. Philosophy Portal members get access to The Portal live event spaces, free access to courses. Couples are encouraged get a 2 for 1 deal. All Sales Final.
