Concepts
An index of inner life.
Plain-language starting points, connected to songs. These short introductions describe the editorial lens of the library; they are not a comprehensive account of psychoanalytic theory.
01
Ambivalence ↗
More than one feeling, at the same time.
02Boundaries ↗
The limits that give a relationship shape.
03Countertransference ↗
The clinician’s feelings enter the listening.
04Defenses ↗
The ways we protect ourselves from difficult feelings.
05Holding ↗
Making room for an experience before trying to change it.
06Loss & mourning ↗
What remains when something changes or ends.
07Repair ↗
Returning to a relationship after a difficult moment.
08The analytic frame ↗
A reliable setting for an uncertain conversation.