Counselors & Theorists - Psychic Apparatus & Sustainability Regime

Why I’m looking at the "Psychic Apparatus" through the lens of Critical Theory. As a clinician, I spend my days navigating the complexities of the human mind. But as a researcher, I’ve become increasingly interested in how our social and economic "regimes" shape the very structure of our subjectivity. In my current work—and for my upcoming books, 'Therapy Yet to Come' and 'The Psychic Apparatus'—I’m exploring the intersection of clinical psychiatry/psychotherapy and the Frankfurt School. Specifically, I’m looking at how the "psychic apparatus" is influenced by what I call the "regime of sustainability." Is our current model of mental health simply helping individuals adapt to a specific political economy, or can therapy become a site of genuine critical resistance? I’m excited to be diving deeper into these questions, especially as I await the results of my application for the Horkheimer Fellowship at the Institute for Social Research. I believe that for therapy to truly have a "future," it must first reckon with the "unilectical" subjectivity fostered by modern institutional psychiatry. I'd love to hear from fellow counselors and theorists: How do you see social structures manifesting in the clinical encounter? #CriticalTheory #Psychotherapy #FrankfurtSchool #MentalHealth #Philosophy #ClinicalPsychology