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Jamieson Webster — The Hamlet book that I wrote with the philosopher Simon Critchley (who was my husband at the time) was very funny because everyone has a private theory of Hamlet, and sometimes these private theories are quite crazy.
Feb 20, 2016 · Jamieson Webster is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst in private practice in New York where she works with children, adolescents, and adults.
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In December, I spoke with Webster about the relief of sex, the breaking of boundaries, and the possibilities of psychoanalysis. This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity. I recently listened to a lecture by psychoanalyst Darian Leader with a refreshingly blunt title: What is sex?
Somewhat to his surprise, Critchley’s suggestion was to interview him and his wife Jamieson Webster—psychoanalyst and co-author with Critchley of works including Stay, Illusion!: The Hamlet Doctrine —about love in light of the recent breakup of their marriage.
Jamieson Webster is a psychoanalyst in New York City; she teaches at The New School, is a founding member of Das Unbehagen, and a graduate of The Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. Her first book is The Life and Death of Psychoanalysis (London: Karnac, 2011).
BIO. Jamieson is a psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City and part-time faculty at The New School for Social Research. She is the author, most recently, of On Breathing (Peninusula Press, UK; Catapult, US), as well as, Conversion Disorder: Listening to the Body in Psychoanalysis (Columbia, 2018) and, with Simon Critchley, Stay ...
Faculty. Jamieson Webster. Part-time Assistant Professor. Email. websterj@newschool.edu. Download vCard. Profile. Psychoanalysis has always felt more at home in philosophy than in psychology for me given the nature of the challenge it presents for thinking through questions of consciousness, reason, truth, reality, and identity.
