Carlos Pitillas
Carlos Pitillas, Ph.D., teaches psychoanalysis, developmental psychology, and psychoanalytic psychotherapy at different universities in Spain (he is primarily based at Pontifical Comillas University, in Madrid). He is also a psychotherapist in private practice, and has worked with families affected by social exclusion and trauma. At present, he coordinates the design of un upcoming Master’s Degree in Contemporary Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy that will be taught at Pontifical Comillas University, from January 2025. He has authored scientific papers and some books on trauma, intergenerational transmission, and treatment. He is the co-author of Soy lo que me persigue: el terror como ficción del trauma (the Spanish antecedent to the proposal that is presented here).
The Psychodynamics of Trauma and Modern Horror Cinema: I Am What Haunts Me
In this illuminating volume, Carlos Pitillas and Ismael Martínez-Biurrun provide in-depth analysis of contemporary horror films from a psychoanalytic perspective.
Drawing on Freudian... (more)