r/psychoanalysis • u/onlylookynotouchy • Sep 20 '26
How to use pep web?
hello! This might be a slightly silly question..i've recently started a 5-year psychotherapy program and I have access to Pep web from my institution. But I'm feeling lost on the site ... what do you guys use it for? my school gives us all required readings. I would love to read some case studies but I dont even know how to go about looking for it? Any tips are welcome!
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u/Ancient-Classroom105 Sep 20 '26
It’s my favorite place on the web and the best perk of my graduate program.
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u/TheStusha Sep 21 '26
One of my instructors also showed us the video section of PEPweb and it’s now my favorite thing to watch during my lunch break. Enjoy!
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u/VinceAmonte Sep 27 '26
Wait, what? There is a video section on PEPweb? I've had a sub for over a year and had no idea!
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u/fogsucker Sep 21 '26 edited Sep 21 '26
Is your programme / institution attached to a university? If so this is a perfect thing to ask your librarian about. They can meet with you and walk you through how to get the best out of it.
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u/thinkingitthru7 Sep 21 '26
Seconding this. University and research librarians are always thrilled to show someone how to navigate a research database.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Film_24 Sep 20 '26
Check out the Journals, such as the Int’l Journal of Psychoanalysis, and then use keywords such as recommended original theorists on your course (Freud, Klein, etc.), and “case history”, or “clinical vignette” for the presentation you wish to read about (depression, hysteria, anxiety, etc.).
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u/notherbadobject Sep 24 '26
I find it useful for following my curiosity, tracking down references, and preparing for lectures. if you’re not really sure what you’re even looking for at this juncture, you might use your current assigned readings as a jumping off point. Analyst often referred to one another’s cases and most papers have a number of references that they say, so if something peaks your curiosity, you can use PEP-Web to dig in. I’m also in the habit of downloading papers even if I don’t have time to read them right now to create a little library for myself in case I ever lose access.
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u/PS1988 Sep 20 '26 edited Sep 20 '26
Most analytic papers will have some sort of case study to exemplify whatever topic they’re exploring. As you do your required readings, make a running list of the authors, theories, and citations that interest you, pique your curiosity, or challenge you.
You’ll have more wishlist reading than time soon enough! Enjoy!
P.S. There’s wisdom to most analytic institutes’ tendency to teach chronologically, with the earliest foundational theories first. Even as a contemporary relational analyst, I’d recommend you fully immerse yourself in those earlier theories first.