This paper presents the view that the ‘need to be beguiled’ is a fundamental experiential dimension immanent within the drive organization of the human psyche.

Training and Supervision Analyst Chris Joannidis shared one of his articles approaching the analytic situation from a different angle with Psike Istanbul.

Director of the European Psychoanalytic Film Festival, Psychoanalyst Andrea Sabbadini shared with us his article on the Film Miele (2013) directed and written by Valeria Golino. The article was originally published in Rivista di Psicoanalisi, LXI (2): 515-525, 2015. Our beautiful city Istanbul plays a part in the film as well. 

Civitarese looks at Bion's 'notorious' Grid and tackles with the question what it can tell us about the 'Truth Drive', which is identified as the key principle of Bion's entire oeuvre.

Psychoanalyst Andrea Sabbadini looks at the effects of new technologies on psychoanalytic work and identity.