{"podcast":{"title":"New Books in Psychoanalysis","slug":"new-books-in-psychoanalysis-774396","podcast_index_feed_id":774396,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LIT2509539662","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/46891bc6-ee3e-11e8-93b3-b3490145f18f/image/01e6486ebb4d1bc7338171e33e6a93c2.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"New Books Network","episode_count":406,"summary":"This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: ⁠https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/⁠ Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky to learn about more our latest interviews: @newbooksnetwork Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/psychoanalysis","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-psychoanalysis-774396"},"episode":{"title":"Juliane Maxwald, \"Psychoanalytic Sex Therapy: Exploring the Unconscious Life of Sexuality\" (Taylor & Francis, 2025)","slug":"juliane-maxwald-psychoanalytic-sex-therapy-exploring-the-unconscious-life-of-sexuality-taylor-francis-2025","published_at":"2026-01-21T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-psychoanalysis-774396/juliane-maxwald-psychoanalytic-sex-therapy-exploring-the-unconscious-life-of-sexuality-taylor-francis-2025","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-psychoanalysis-774396","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NBNK9179993632.mp3?updated=1768808014","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NBNK9179993632.mp3?updated=1768808014","summary":"Today I spoke with Juliane Maxwald abut her new book Psychoanalytic Sex Therapy: Exploring the Unconscious Life of Sexuality (Taylor & Francis, 2025). Maxwald bridges psychoanalytic theory with contemporary sex therapy to demonstrate that sexual symptoms are rarely just about sex—they're embodied expressions of unconscious conflict, early attachment wounds, relational trauma, and unmet developmental needs. Through eleven richly detailed clinical cases—including Jon's shame-bound spanking fantasies, Connie's trauma-releasing masturbation, Maurice's porn use masking performance anxiety, Joelle's compulsive sexual behavior, Brian's BDSM healing, and Anna and Darren's painful desire discrepancy—Maxwald shows how integrating psychodynamic insight with behavioral interventions, somatic awareness, and trauma-informed care creates transformative healing. The book argues that sexuality is a \"portal to the unconscious,\" where repetition compulsion, dissociation, shame, and erotic transference play out in the body, and that therapeutic work requires not just fixing dysfunction but decoding symbolic meanings, tolerating ambiguity, attending to countertransference, and creating relational safety where clients can reclaim embodied agency, authentic desire, and the capacity for surrender—while acknowledging that sometimes, pragmatically, \"a cigar is just a cigar\" and simpler medical or behavioral solutions serve clients best. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/psychoanalysis","meta_description":"Today I spoke with Juliane Maxwald abut her new book Psychoanalytic Sex Therapy: Exploring the Unconscious Life of Sexuality (Taylor & Francis, 2025). M…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3026,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/new-books-in-psychoanalysis-774396/episodes/juliane-maxwald-psychoanalytic-sex-therapy-exploring-the-unconscious-life-of-sexuality-taylor-francis-2025/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-psychoanalysis-774396/juliane-maxwald-psychoanalytic-sex-therapy-exploring-the-unconscious-life-of-sexuality-taylor-francis-2025.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}