Clinical
Papers from Psychoanalytic Practice
Overview
Clinical papers emerging from psychoanalytic practice. These papers draw on case material and clinical process to develop theoretical arguments — they overlap with other research lines (Chinese subjectivity, gender and trans experience) but are grounded specifically in the encounter between analyst and patient.
Publications
Published
- published Erika First Prize 2024 Qiao, X. (2025). Deprivation and disruption: The development of narcissistic vulnerability and toxic masculinity in some Chinese contexts. Psychoanalysis, Self and Context, 20(2), 237–253. DOI → Chinese
- published Qiao, X. (2025). Gaming the unconscious: The relational and social unconscious in a contemporary Chinese case study. Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in China, 8(1–2), 14–24. DOI → Chinese
Forthcoming
- forthcoming Qiao, X. Self-Hollowing: Ghosts Within Ourselves. Psychoanalysis, Self and Context.
In Progress
- in progress Existence Tax: Transgender Non-Existence as Structural Condition (APSA Roughton Award 2026 submission) → Queer
- in progress The Defensive Production of Certainty: Compulsive Translation as a Clinical Dimension in Laplanche's Model (APSA Award, deadline June 2026)
Professional Publications
- professional Qiao, X. (2026). The Inner Negotiator: AI as Transitional Object and Echo in the Treatment of Complex Trauma. APsaA Committee on AI Report.
Awards
- award 2024 Erika Schmidt Essay Prize (First Prize), Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute — Toxic Masculinity