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Similarities Between Kabbalah and Psychoanalysis

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Aden Ratner-Stauber A native to Calfornia, Aden Ratner-Stauber spent a year learning in Israel after High School and graduated from NYU in 2011. She studied in Gallatin school of Individualized Study with a concentration in “The Psychology of Intolerance”. Currently getting her doctorate (PsyD) in Clinical Psychology, Aiden's study focuses are trauma, family violence, and comparing Jewish mysticism to psychoanalytic theory. Her goals after graduating are to make Aliyah where she plans to open a private practice, resarching and working with victims of terrorism. She also aims to teach at seminaries and yeshivas, as well as being an eductor at Universities regarding the fusion of Psychology and Judaism.

Aden's paper discusses how although there has been research on the similarities between Kabbalah and Psychoanalysis, a direct comparison between Freud’s id, ego and superego and the Jewish mystical counterparts of the animal and divine soul, has not yet been analyzed. Therefore, this paper examines the striking parallels between Freud’s id, ego, and superego and the Jewish Mystical book The Tanya’s (Aramaic for “The Teaching”) theory of the animal soul, divine soul, and the war between the two. Aden investigates how the two seemingly disparate disciplines, Jewish Mystical Chassidus and Psychoanalysis, can overlap harmoniously in some areas. 
 
This presentation was delivered at the Sinai Scholars Academic Symposium 2012.
The Sinai Scholars Symposium is a yearly conference for university students, hosted by the Sinai Scholars Society.  Students from around the world gather with an esteemed panel of Ivy League professors, world-class Torah scholars and experts in their field to study, discuss and present their thoughts on various subjects that deal with Judaism and the modern world.  Each student prepares an academic paper which they present to their colleagues and a panel of judges.  

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Provider: Sinai Scholars Society
Video title: Similarities Between Kabbalah and Psychoanalysis
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