Rendering Unconscious welcomes Drs. Derek Hook and Jason Childs to the podcast! They’re here to talk about their upcoming course An Introduction to Freudian-Lacanian Psychoanalysis, which begins Saturday, May 2nd!
Rendering Unconscious episode 391.
On this episode, Jason and Derek discuss their upcoming 10-week course on Freudian-Lacanian psychoanalysis, starting May 2, which will cover key concepts such as the Freudian unconscious, the Freudian clinic, drives, the death drive, Lacan’s return to Freud, the symbolic, imaginary, and real, desire, jouissance, analytic ethics, diagnosis and technique. The course aims to provide a foundational understanding of Lacanian theory, emphasizing its clinical and theoretical implications. Derek and Jason also highlight the importance of understanding Lacanian social theory and its relevance to contemporary issues like racism.
An Introduction to Freudian-Lacanian Psychoanalysis, an online course, runs on Saturdays, from May 2nd–July 4th, for a total of ten 90 minute classes. More info and register HERE.
Enrollment in this course is open to all. It will assume no prior knowledge, and will seek to accommodate both newcomers and those more familiar with psychoanalysis. It will be valuable to undergraduate and graduate level students engaged with psychosocial studies; to psychoanalytic candidates and therapy trainees who aim to develop their knowledge base; to professional clinicians who wish consolidate or expand their understanding of analysis; to analysands currently grappling with the unconscious; and to anyone else who wants to develop a deeper grasp of psychoanalysis.
Jason Childs is a Lacanian psychoanalyst based in France, working in private practice both locally and internationally. He began his career in academia, as a literary theorist, where he published work on the relationship between philosophy and literature. Childs trained as a psychotherapist at Deakin University in Melbourne, and undertook his analytic formation via studies at the Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research, the Lacan Circle of Australia, and other international Lacanian organisations. He teaches psychoanalysis at Pulsion Institute, the Global Centre for Advanced Studies, and the Blanton-Peale Institute. He is the author of two forthcoming books: On Not Fitting In: Rem(a)inders of Lacanian Psychoanalysis (Routledge 2026) and Drive: Theory and Clinic After Freud and Lacan (Palgrave 2026).
Derek Hook is a Professor of Psychology and a clinical supervisor at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh. A scholar and practitioner of psychoanalysis, he is one of the editors (along with Calum Neill) of the Palgrave Lacan Series and of the four-volume Reading Lacan's Ecrits (with Calum Neill and Stijn Vanheule). He began his analytical training in London, at the Center for Freudian Analysis and Research. He is the author of Six Moments in Lacan (2016), Fanon, Psychoanalysis and Decolonial Psychology (2025) and the co-editor of Lacan on Depression and Melancholia (2023), in addition to many papers on various facets of the clinical and cultural dimensions of Lacanian Psychoanalysis. He maintains a YouTube channel with many lectures on Lacanian psychoanalysis.
Check out these previous episodes:
RU294: DEREK HOOK, CALUM NEILL & STIJN VANHEULE ON READING LACAN’S ÉCRITS
RU234: DEREK HOOK & STIJN VANHEULE – LACAN ON DEPRESSION & MELANCHOLIA
RU159: DEREK HOOK, SHEILA CAVANAGH, SHELDON GEORGE & MICHELLE STEPHENS ON LACAN & RACE
RU42: PROFESSOR DEREK HOOK ON POST-COLONIAL PSYCHOANALYSIS, PHILOSOPHY
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