AMIRALI ALIMOHAMMADI
PSYCHOTHERAPIST | RESEARCHER

Publications

Lecture
| Winter 2025 |
Main Language: Persian

Psychopolitics and Gender

This lecture explores narratives of abuse in psychotherapy and examines how culture, power, and the positions of therapists and clients influence the therapeutic process.
This lecture explores narratives of abuse in psychotherapy and examines how culture, power, and the positions of therapists and clients influence the therapeutic process.
Original Article
| January 2025 |
Main Language: English

A Comparative Study of the Effectiveness of Text‐Based Crisis Intervention and Phone‐Based Crisis Intervention in Reducing Emotional Distress Among Texters and Callers

Text-Based Intervention and Emotional Distress: The present study indicates that text-based interventions, such as SMS, can help reduce emotional distress and, particularly for at-risk youth, appear to be more effective than phone calls. This approach can be utilized in prevention programs.
Text-Based Intervention and Emotional Distress: The present study indicates that text-based interventions, such as SMS, can help reduce emotional distress and, particularly for at-risk youth, appear to be more effective than phone calls. This approach can be utilized in prevention programs.
Original Article
| January 2025 |
Main Language: English

Psychopolitics and Instagram: A Qualitative Study of the Psychic Life of Iranian Women Micro-Celebrities on Instagram

Female Micro-Celebrities on Instagram: This study investigates how Iranian female micro-celebrities engage with dominant discourses and neoliberal mechanisms through visual narratives and analyzes the psychological impacts on their experiences.
Female Micro-Celebrities on Instagram: This study investigates how Iranian female micro-celebrities engage with dominant discourses and neoliberal mechanisms through visual narratives and analyzes the psychological impacts on their experiences.
Original Article
| September 2023 |
Main Language: English

Mourning during corona: A phenomenological study of grief experience among close relatives during COVID-19 pandemics

Grieving Experiences During COVID-19: Research findings suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated restrictions may have transformed grieving processes and increased the prevalence of unresolved grief.
Grieving Experiences During COVID-19: Research findings suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated restrictions may have transformed grieving processes and increased the prevalence of unresolved grief.
Book Translation
| April 2023 |
Main Language: Persian

The End of Dissatisfaction? Jacques Lacan and the Emerging Society of Enjoyment

The Society of Enjoyment and Cultural Effects: This book examines how the transition to a pleasure-based society has complicated the pursuit of pleasure and, through the analysis of literary and cinematic works, sheds light on the social consequences of changing social orders.
The Society of Enjoyment and Cultural Effects: This book examines how the transition to a pleasure-based society has complicated the pursuit of pleasure and, through the analysis of literary and cinematic works, sheds light on the social consequences of changing social orders.
Original Article
| March 2023 |
Main Language: English

Outsiders on the storm: Precarity, persecution, and despair in Iranian political‐economic context

Hegemonic Psychodynamics in Iran: The present study shows that hegemonic psychodynamics can reinforce feelings of insecurity and instability, affecting social bonds and collective cohesion.
Hegemonic Psychodynamics in Iran: The present study shows that hegemonic psychodynamics can reinforce feelings of insecurity and instability, affecting social bonds and collective cohesion.
Book Review
| December 2021 |
Main Language: English

The Telemachus Complex: Parents and Children after the Decline of the Father.

Telemachus and the Absence of the Father: In the epic narrative, Telemachus faces challenges arising from the violence and injustice of the princes during his father’s absence and embarks on a perilous journey to restore his father and preserve the kingdom.
Telemachus and the Absence of the Father: In the epic narrative, Telemachus faces challenges arising from the violence and injustice of the princes during his father’s absence and embarks on a perilous journey to restore his father and preserve the kingdom.
Book Review
| Spring 2021 |
Main Language: Persian

The Summary of “Lacan’s Seminar on Anxiety: An Introduction” by Roberto Harari

Anxiety as a Node of the Psyche: Anxiety is a nexus of the most diverse and critical questions, a puzzle whose solution requires illuminating the entirety of our psychological existence. (Introductory lectures on psychoanalysis, Freud)
Anxiety as a Node of the Psyche: Anxiety is a nexus of the most diverse and critical questions, a puzzle whose solution requires illuminating the entirety of our psychological existence. (Introductory lectures on psychoanalysis, Freud)
Book
| April 2021 |
Main Language: Persian

Instagram: An Apparatus of Late Capitalism – A psychoanalytic treatise on the subjectivity of Iranian Micro-celebrities on Instagram

The Influence of Instagram on User Experience: This book examines how Instagram, as an ideological mechanism, shapes the experiences and perceptions of Iranian users and reproduces their subjectivity within the framework of modern capitalism.
The Influence of Instagram on User Experience: This book examines how Instagram, as an ideological mechanism, shapes the experiences and perceptions of Iranian users and reproduces their subjectivity within the framework of modern capitalism.
Original Article
| July 2021 |
Main Language: English

Psychoanalytic explanation of key personality traits of instagram micro-celebrities: A qualitative study

Narcissistic and Depressed Behaviors on Social Media: The study shows that social media, by reinforcing and normalizing certain behaviors, including narcissism and depression, can influence the personality traits of popular users.
Narcissistic and Depressed Behaviors on Social Media: The study shows that social media, by reinforcing and normalizing certain behaviors, including narcissism and depression, can influence the personality traits of popular users.
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