by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Aug 22, 2024 | Dreams and the Unconcious, Phenomenology and Existential Psychology
Why did Freud Abandon His Death Drive Theory? In the hit TV show Mad Men, ad executive Pete Campbell makes a daring pitch to Lucky Strike cigarettes. To sell their product, he suggests, they should embrace the subconscious “death wish” that drives people...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Jul 31, 2024 | History of Psychotherapy
Who was Ernest Becker? In the labyrinth of the evolving profession of psychology few books have had as subtle influence on the profession as Ernest Becker’s “The Denial of Death.” Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1974, this...
