Tyson talks with Sally Bjorklund about a psychoanalytic understanding of sexuality and gender identity, tracing the evolution of theories about sex and gender from Freud through to Contemporary Relational analytic theory. Their conversation touches on the uses of sex and gender, polymorphus perversity, and exploding dice.

Sally is a psychoanalyst practicing in Seattle. She works with adults and couples and provides clinical consultation for therapists. She was co-founder and faculty of Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy Seattle (RPPS). She is a clinical supervisor for the National Training Program of the National Institute for the Psychotherapies, is on the editorial board of the journal Psychoanalytic Perspectives, and teaches locally in various programs. She was a contributor to "Clinical Implications of the Psychoanalyst's Life Experience:When the Personal Becomes Professional” and has written and presented on various topics including sex and gender, adoption, aging, working with hard to reach patients and erotic transference.

https://www.sallybjorklund.com/

Further Learning:

Sexuality, Intimacy, Power by Muriel Dimen

Gender in Psychoanalytic Space edited by Muriel Dimen

Assuming a Body by Gayle Salaman

Gender Trouble by Judith Butler

Gender as Soft Assembly by Adrienne Harris

Gender Born, Gender Made by Diane Ehrensaft

Please Select Your Gender by Patricia Gherovici

Podcast interview with Avgi Saketopoulou on her new book co-authored with Ann Pelligrini, Sexuality Beyond Consent.

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