Alessandra Lemma

Visiting Professor, Psychoanalysis Unit, UCL; Consultant, Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families

[Alessandra Lemma @drlemma]

Delighted to share my new paper, “At the Meniscus of Self-Understanding: Rethinking the Examined Life in Times of AI”. I explore how some adolescents use conversational AI as an external “skin”, offering surface coherence while flattening psychic depth.
📄 https://t.co/pVARDeRRaO

[Alessandra Lemma @drlemma]

Great conference coming up on epistemic trust in psychotherapy at UCL Psychoanalysis Unit
22 March - 23 March 2025 https://t.co/oRvPL8QGQy

[Alessandra Lemma @drlemma]

@demetriastudy Unfortunately not…so sorry.

[Alessandra Lemma @drlemma]

I want to thank all my colleagues and students past and present for their ongoing support of my textbook: An Introduction to Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy that I first wrote over twenty years ago. The Third Edition, containing several new chapters, came out this week.

[Alessandra Lemma @drlemma]

@AnnalisaB It was such a pleasure to speak with you about body image and how it develops. Thank you for drawing attention to this important subject.

[Alessandra Lemma @drlemma]

I am honoured to be giving the first Irma Brenman Pick Memorial Lecture. All proceeds go towards the Johannesburg Psychoanalytic Clinic, which offers low-fee and pro bono psychoanalysis to the community. Please join us online. https://t.co/Y0rrVzZZI4

[Alessandra Lemma @drlemma]

@AnnalisaB [email protected]

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@AnnalisaB Yes! Giambrone & Partners Studio Legale Associato 
Via Della Liberta 37/I, 90139 Palermo, Italy

[Anna Freud @annafreuduk]

We're delighted to invite you to our first dynamic interpersonal therapy (DIT) conference!

Hear about the latest clinical applications of DIT, including to support trauma, complex presentations and group settings.

https://t.co/HysdGOwtaa

#DIT #DynamicInterpersonalTherapy

[Alessandra Lemma @drlemma]

@The_IJP This is a wonderful, beautifully written paper- I highly recommend reading it!

[Alessandra Lemma @drlemma]

@paulcmasa Indeed! But still interesting…

[Alessandra Lemma @drlemma]

A sobering conclusion from this new review of psychotherapy outcomes: “Although most psychotherapies lead to better outcomes compared to control conditions, response rates are modest” https://t.co/swlEaDzKgc

[Alessandra Lemma @drlemma]

We are thrilled that the second edition of the DIT book is finally out with updates and several new chapters. We are thrilled to be joined by Deborah Abrahams and Patrick Luyten as co-authors @AFNCCF

[Alessandra Lemma @drlemma]

@GrantHBrennerMD Hi, yes at the bottom of table 1 they do give that data and it does look like it’s very brief therapy except for BPD which was 53 sessions. So the length of therapy may be one of the problems here.

[Alessandra Lemma @drlemma]

@ADAWnews That’s not the conclusion I take away from this study but rather that we have more to understand about how to best support people with mental health problems and that psychotherapy of all kinds, whilst very important, is not a panacea.

[Alessandra Lemma @drlemma]

@DrPoulRohleder Many thanks Poul!

[Alessandra Lemma @drlemma]

Griefbots are AI-powered bots designed to help individuals cope with the loss of a loved one. There are concerns about the potential risks of relying on technology to support the process of mourning.  I outline my thoughts on this here #Griefbots
https://t.co/qD5tRdImeC

[Alessandra Lemma @drlemma]

@Contactalex1 The definition of pornography in British law is a “sexually explicit representation that has the function or intention of sexually arousing its audience”. This definition is unhelpfully broad, but it is at least non-evaluative…

[Alessandra Lemma @drlemma]

The Online Safety Act is now law in the UK. The government is currently undertaking an important review of the effects of pornography. In this paper I outline why as clinicians we should routinely ask patients about their consumption of online pornography https://t.co/NNZRAvmsOI

[Alessandra Lemma @drlemma]

@manasikumar229 @Mark_Solms Yes, that is a real shame but I am now told that there is a strong possibility that it will be recorded and that it be possible to purchase the recording. I will post further details as and when they are available.

[Alessandra Lemma @drlemma]

The Revised Standard Edition of Freud’s works edited by @Mark_Solms is shortly to be published. Here are the details of the launch conference celebrating this historic event and exploring the ongoing relevance of Freud’s ideas in the 21st-century.