Khishtan Articles
This section compiles scientific and practical articles in the fields of psychology and psychotherapy to help you better understand yourself, improve your relationships, and enhance your mental well-being.

Holding Silence or Shutdown? Five Scenes from a Human Experience
A psychoanalytic essay on mind, body, art, and lived experience Audience: Readers interested in psychoanalysis, neuroscience, and art Reading time:

Metaphor Therapy , When the Language of Imagery Heals the Psyche
In Praise of Metaphor Sometimes an image can do what hundreds of words cannot. In the heart of therapeutic conversations,

Existential Thirst: The Deep Longing to Tell Our Stories
Existential thirst begins from the very first moments of life, when human beings enter the world with needs that go

The Relational Matrix: A Comprehensive Analysis of Communication Concepts in Psychoanalysis
In recent decades, psychoanalysis has undergone a fundamental transformation, shifting from an intrapsychic and individual-centered model to a relational and

Empathy and the unconscious: A critical review and summary.
This article explores the complex relationship between empathy and the unconscious in psychoanalysis, as presented by Stefano Bolognini in his

Repetition Compulsion in Psychoanalysis
Repetition Compulsion is one of the fundamental concepts in psychoanalysis, first introduced by Sigmund Freud and later expanded upon in

Five dominant approaches in psychoanalysis and their effectiveness compared to evidence-based psycho-dynamic therapy
Psychoanalysis is one of the oldest and most foundational approaches to psychological treatment. Over time, it has evolved into five

When the Past Comes Alive: Transference in Psychotherapy
Transference in psychotherapy explains why sometimes in our relationships, we feel things that don’t quite match the reality of the

Holding Silence or Shutdown? Five Scenes from a Human Experience
A psychoanalytic essay on mind, body, art, and lived experience Audience: Readers interested in psychoanalysis, neuroscience, and art Reading time:

Metaphor Therapy , When the Language of Imagery Heals the Psyche
In Praise of Metaphor Sometimes an image can do what hundreds of words cannot. In the heart of therapeutic conversations,

Existential Thirst: The Deep Longing to Tell Our Stories
Existential thirst begins from the very first moments of life, when human beings enter the world with needs that go

The Relational Matrix: A Comprehensive Analysis of Communication Concepts in Psychoanalysis
In recent decades, psychoanalysis has undergone a fundamental transformation, shifting from an intrapsychic and individual-centered model to a relational and

Empathy and the unconscious: A critical review and summary.
This article explores the complex relationship between empathy and the unconscious in psychoanalysis, as presented by Stefano Bolognini in his

Repetition Compulsion in Psychoanalysis
Repetition Compulsion is one of the fundamental concepts in psychoanalysis, first introduced by Sigmund Freud and later expanded upon in

Five dominant approaches in psychoanalysis and their effectiveness compared to evidence-based psycho-dynamic therapy
Psychoanalysis is one of the oldest and most foundational approaches to psychological treatment. Over time, it has evolved into five

When the Past Comes Alive: Transference in Psychotherapy
Transference in psychotherapy explains why sometimes in our relationships, we feel things that don’t quite match the reality of the