The co-directors of IDP, Lynne and Joseph Scalia, were recently interviewed by Dr. Vanessa Sinclair for the 396th episode of Rendering Unconscious. Here, they speak about their lives’ ongoing work in the fields of Education, Environmentalism, and Psychoanalysis, as well as the role and responsibility of institutions in society-at-large, from K-12 public schools to psychoanalytic […]
The modern world is fraught with ever-mounting great worries. Two local authors will concurrently describe motivations for and key themes in their recent books. The books are founded in the domains of psychoanalysis, environmental engineering, environmentalism generally, and education.
A song that speaks to our present conjuncture and spirits by musician and psychoanalyst David Exley.
A new interview with Joseph Scalia III and Ben Greenberg available through the New Books Network.
A poem from IDP member Alex O. Dolabi.
Cathie Bird
Joseph Scalia III
Join us for a Book Talk By: Therapists of New York Thursday, January 8, 2026 Critical Consciousness — Unconscious & Ideological Determinants in Institutional Rigidity Introducing Joseph & Lynne Scalia’s Critical Consciousness: Beyond Impasses in Environmentalism, Psychoanalysis, and EducationThursday, January 8, 2026 • 1:00–2:00 PM EST • […]
Lynne Scalia, Ed.D. Last week the New York Times published an alarming, but not surprising piece on the uptick of psychiatric diagnoses in youth. The essay is by Jia Lynn Yang, America’s Children Are Unwell. Are Schools Part of the Problem? Some of the stats the author lays out are: Even preschool tends to look […]
Joseph Scalia III Can we Create and Sustain an Institute for a Democratic Psychoanalysis?[1] Psychoanalysis has always been plagued by disruptions within its politics. In contrast to its popular or currently imaginary meaning, by politics, I mean the collectively creative practice that can only occur in an autonomous society, a society that is necessarily composed […]
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