The life within us.
The life between us.
Intera People Co brings psychoanalytic ideas into everyday life through online seminars and workshops on the layers of the mind and how we connect with one another, in plain language, for anyone who is curious about themselves and other people.
What We Explore
The inner life
The feelings, fears, and patterns we carry without always knowing it.
The life between people
How families hold their stories, how groups develop unspoken rules and roles, and how communities come together and fracture.
Communities that understand themselves
Spaces where people feel safe enough to name what is happening beneath the surface, and to stay in relationship through conflict.
Everything we offer is educational. You come to learn, reflect, and think together, not to receive treatment.
The Royal Road: Freud, Dreams, and the Mind at Night
An engaging, beginner-friendly look at how the unconscious builds a dream.
Saturday, November 14, 2026, 9:00–10:30 AM PT
Live on Zoom · Pay-what-you-can, $10–$75+
Potential Space
A Winnicott study group for clinicians and candidates, reading his work slowly and in the order he wrote.
Sundays, 8:30–10:00 AM PT, starting January 17, 2027
Live on Zoom · Offered at a nominal fee
This fall, 60 leaders and 9 engineers have brought these ideas into their teams and personal lives—one conversation at a time.
★★★★★
“Great session with practical tips at the end to get started on the journey to one understand and two break out of the legacy code!”
M.B., workshop attendee · via Luma
Psychoanalytic ideas have mostly stayed behind closed doors. We hope to help nudge them open a little wider.
Read our storyMeet the Founder
I’m Chandra Rai, a psychoanalyst and writer. After fifteen years as a systems engineer in Silicon Valley, I trained as a psychoanalyst, and I founded Intera to bring deep psychological understanding out of academic and clinical silos and into everyday life, work, and community.
Stay in Touch
Occasional essays, reflections on human dynamics, and early announcements about upcoming seminars and workshops. Thoughtful writing, delivered every few weeks.