Publications

Shanun, S. (2026). Responsibility and the emergence of radical hope. Psychoanalysis, Self and Context, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/24720038.2026.2648535
Shanun, S. (2026). Erotic Transference in the Hyperlink Experience. Psychoanalytic Inquiry, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/07351690.2026.2665590
Shanun, S. (2025). Analytic freedom and the loving gaze. Psychoanalysis, Self and Context, 20(2), 168–186. https://doi.org/10.1080/24720038.2024.2389171

Psychoanalytic Contributions

I present, teach, write and publish in the field of psychoanalysis. I created and host Connections and Conversation, a psychoanalytic presentations series and the Decentralized Learning Experiences at psychoanalytic inquiry.

Psychoanalytic Inquiry

Presentations

Shanun, S. (2024). Analytic freedom and the Loving Gaze. The 45th International Association for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, Rome.

Shanun, S. (2024). Analytic freedom and the Loving Gaze. Connections and Conversation, Online.

Shanun, S. (2025). American Psychoanalytic Association 2025 Annual Meeting and at the American Psychoanalytic Association, Annual Meeting in San Francisco: Erotic Transference In The Hyperlink Experience, San Francisco.

Shanun, S. (2025). Responsibility And Radical Hope as Connecting and Creating Meaning. The 46th International Association for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, Pasadena.

Shanun, S. (2025 ). Introduction to Bionian Field Theory (2 parts). Decentralized Learning Experiences , Online.

Shanun, S. (2026). Introduction to Field Theory. The Place Within , Online.

Shanun, S. (2026). Analytic freedom and the Loving Gaze. Huston Psychoanalytic Society, Online

  • “The analyst follows the patient with a similar combination of love and curiosity that goes into the work of following a character through a story.”

    Daniel Goldin

  • "the more a person is “infinite” , i.e., the more she is part of a growing human community, the more perspectives she has on things, and the more mature or free she becomes"

    Giuseppe Civitarese

  • "A feeling of surprise will often be the sign that a radical reversal of perspective has taken place"

    Giuseppe Civitarese

  • "Psychoanalysis understood as a development of Narrations or opening up of possible worlds"

    CIVITARESE & FERRO