Why do we cheat? Is technology ruining our lives? Can we really be happy in this life? In this episode Dr. Susi Ferarello is joined by Dr. Nicolle Zapien to discuss about technology, the way it affects our personal life and what psychoanalysis can do to make our life better. Dr. Nicolle Zapien is a licensed clinician with two decades of experience. She is currently a candidate training at the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California (PINC). She is a member of the PINC visiting scholar committee and its ethics committee. Dr. Zapien recently won an IPA research grant to study teleanalysis during COVID using phenomenological research methods. She is the founder of the Center for Psychoanalysis and Technology (www.centerforpsychoanalysisandtech.com) and the host of Technology and the Mind (http://centerforpsychoanalysisandtech.com/episodes/), a podcast dedicated to conversations with seasoned psychoanalysts about the impact of consumer technology on our minds and relationships.From 2015 to 2019, Dr. Zapien served as Professor and Dean of the School of Professional Psychology and Health at California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS). During this appointment she oversaw six clinical training degree programs, the department of field placement, and five training clinics. While at CIIS, she also served on the IRB and chaired the research committee.She has authored 2 books, Clinical Treatment Directions for Infidelity and Ethical Experience, as well as several academic articles addressing decision theory, ethics and clinical practice.She works in Oakland California in private practice.

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