Dear colleagues,
As the APsaA meetings are drawing close, this is the last weekend to browse thru the international psychoanalytic website prior to the NYC meeting and travel back and forth so I hope that you will take the time to read the posts and voice your opinions.
This week I have highlighted the following:
1) the various programs in the Announcements Category sound extremely inviting and should be attended by those who can.
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2) I hope you will “enjoy” the “Buy,Buy the American Pie” video satire
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3) For psychoanalysts like myself, who feel that some of our colleagues err on the side of commenting about the emotional makeup of our political leaders in the public domain, please read the Oedipus Rex Complex by Maureen Dowd ( a non-analyst) in the NY Times!
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4) Please read the interesting letter from Chuck Fisher and his wife Leah from their sabbatical.
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5) Finally Susan Shaw Sailer’s poetry will touch all with its realism and honesty
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Below is the table of contents for this week:
A. In the DANGEROUS METHOD Category:
I. Dangerous Method Reviews
a) A light touch with ‘A Dangerous Method’ Viggo Mortensen, David Cronenberg, Michael Fassbender and screenwriter Christopher Hampton talk about the twists and turns of the film. By Michael Ordo*a in the Los Angeles Times on January 3, 2012.
b) The Birth of Psychoanalysis in “A Dangerous Method” By J. Hoberman in the NewTimes on January 5, 2012.
c) Other Posts on A Dangerous Method on this website.
To read a), b) & c) please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/
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B. In the ANNOUNCEMENTS Category:
II. Psychoanalytic Couple and Family Therapy with Fred Sander at NYPSI
PLEASE JOIN NYPSI AS IT CONTINUES ITS CENTENARY
CELEBRATION_CELEBRATING A CENTURY OF ADVANCEMENT THROUGH
SELF-KNOWLEDGE_THE NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY &
INSTITUTE:_Extension Committee
247 East 82nd St., between 2nd & 3rd, NY, NY, 10028_
212-879-6900_
www.psychoanalysis.org
PSYCHOANALYTIC COUPLE & FAMILY THERAPY_-Fred Sander, M.D., 1st & 3rd Tuesdays of the Month, 7:30 – 9 pm_
January 3, 2012 – May15, 2012, Dates may vary slightly
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
III. Principle of Psychosomatic Pathology with Muriel Morris & Larry Goldblatt at NYPSI
PLEASE JOIN NYPSI AS IT CONTINUES ITS CENTENARY
CELEBRATION_CELEBRATING A CENTURY OF ADVANCEMENT THROUGH
SELF-KNOWLEDGE
_THE NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE:
Extension Committee_
247 East 82nd St., between 2nd & 3rd, NY, NY 10028_
212-879-6900_www.psychoanalysis.org
PRINCIPLES of PSYCHOSOMATIC PATHOLOGY: Theory & Practice for Psychoanalysts & Psychotherapists_-Muriel Morris, M.D. & Larry Goldblatt, M.D.
Thursdays, 7:45 – 9:15 pm, January 19 – March 8, 2012_(8 Sessions), Fee $160
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
IV. Discussion of Freud’s Last Session at NYPSI
PLEASE JOIN NYPSI AS IT CONTINUES ITS CENTENARY CELEBRATION_ CELEBRATING A CENTURY OF ADVANCEMENT THROUGH SELF-KNOWLEDGE THE NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE:_
Theater Series_
247 East 82nd St., between 2nd & 3rd, NY, NY, 10028
212-879-6900_www.psychoanalysis.org.
DISCUSSION OF FREUD’S LAST SESSION
Mark St. Germain, Playwright, Jack Thomas, Producer, The Rev. Daniel Simons, Trinity Wall Street, Dan Prezant, NYPSI_Fred Sander, NYPSI_ Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 7:30 – 9 pm,
$10 donation, RSVP admdir@nypsi.org (more…)
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _____________________________________________
V. Clinical Workshops at the University of Essex
Clinical Workshops in collaboration with the Institute of
Psychoanalysis at the University of Essex, UK.
February 25th 2012 -Presenter: Christine Miqueu-Baz Consultant: Michael Parsons.
April 28th 2012 -Presenter: Anne Patterson Consultant: Kenneth Wright.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________________
VI. On Looking and Being Looked At with Janice Lieberman at MITPP
The Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic
Psychotherapy,_The Metropolitan Center for Mental Health and The Metropolitan Society of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists Invite you to a Scientific Meeting:
Friday, February 3, 2012, at 8:00 P.M.
ON LOOKING AND BEING LOOKED AT:THE ANALYST AS RELUCTANT SPECTATOR Presenter: Janice S. Lieberman, Ph.D.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ________________________________________________________
VII. AAPDP Conference at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
a) Brochure for AAPDP Conference at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand on Janary 25- 27, 2012.
b) Academy Members Give Grand Rounds at Chulalongkorn University MedicalSchoolinThailand Authors: Luis Angel Garza, M.D. and Christina Kitt Garza, M.D.
To read a) & b) please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _________________________________________________
VIII. Blind Men, Elephants, and Psychotherapy Effectiveness: Skewed View of Treatment Realities & How to Fix Them J. Christopher (Chris) Fowler at the Consortium for Scientific Research
19th Annual Research Conference: Blind Men, Elephants, and Psychotherapy Effectiveness:_Skewed View of Treatment Realities & How to Fix Them
J. Christopher (Chris) Fowler, Ph.D.
Sunday _ 05 February 2012 8:15 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. ,
Auditorium, George Washington University Hospital_
900 23rd Street NW, Washington DC.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _____________________________________________
IX. The Mind in Conflict with Ian Buckingham at NYPSI
PLEASE JOIN NYPSI AS IT CONTINUES ITS CENTENARY CELEBRATION_ CELEBRATING A CENTURY OF ADVANCEMENT THROUGH SELF-KNOWLEDGE_THE NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE: Extension Committee_ 247 East 82nd St., between 2nd & 3rd, NY, NY 10028_
212-879-6900_www.psychoanalysis.org
THE MIND IN CONFLICT-_Ian Buckingham, M.D.
Thursdays 8:30 – 10 pm January 12 – March 1, 2012_(8 Sessions) Fee $80
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/
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X. Psychoanalytic Career Paths with Sabrina Cherry at NYPSI
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CELEBRATION_CELEBRATING A CENTURY OF ADVANCEMENT THROUGH
SELF-KNOWLEDGE_THE NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE:_WORKS IN PROGRESS_
247 East 82nd St., between 2nd & 3rd, NY, NY 10028_
212-879-6900_www.psychoanalysis.org
Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 8:30 p.m.
Free_Psychoanalytic Career Paths: A Prospective Study of Recent Graduates_- Sabrina Cherry, M.D.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _____________________________________________________
C. In the AUDIO/VIDEO Category:
XI. Buy, Buy American Pie
Buy, Buy American Pie on YouTube.
To view and listen please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ __________________________________________
XII. Adrienne Cooper’s Musical Life Podcast
By Jon Kalish on the Jewish Daily Forward website
January 02, 2012.
To view and listen please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ __________________________________________________________
XIII. Lady Gaga’s ‘Marry the Night’ Video and the Transformation of Shame
By Joseph Burgo Ph.D. on the Psych Central Website.
To view and listen please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ __________________________________________________________
C. In the EDITORIALS Category:
XIV. Oedipus Rex Complex
By Maureen Dowd in the New York Times on January 3, 2012.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ________________________________________________________
D. In the GENERAL NEWS Category:
XV. The certainty epidemic
“We all seem convinced we’re right about politics, religion or science these days. What makes us so sure of ourselves?”
by Robert Burton on the Salon website on February 28, 2008.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ________________________________________________________
XVI. Climb Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and become self-actualized
by James L. Fisher on the TC Plam website on January 4, 2012.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________________
XVII. Protocol to Treat Anorexia Is Faulted
By Roni Caryn Rabin in the New York Times on January 2, 2012.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________________
D. In the MOVIES Category:
XVIII. Film series explores Woody Allen’s Psyche
Sharon Hoffmann in the Kansas City Star on January 4, 2012.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________________
E. In the PAPERS Category:
XIX. Father’s Day 1994 by David James Fisher
“Last Father’s Day” Dr. D. J. Fisher
Jimmy Fisher returns. Dr. Fisher wrote the review of the
Spielrein-Jung-Freud_movie, which moved many readers.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ________________________________________________________
XX. Peripatetic Psychoanalyst III: Perchance to Dream
Chuck Fisher and his wife Leah are taking a six month travel sabbatical. Prior to this break, Chuck has studied Dream Rituals of the Achuar of Ecuador: here are observations on African dream rituals. Next, week, dancing with the Ghanians._Nathan Szajnberg, MD, Managing Editor
“Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Leah and I are enjoying adventures in Cape Town, South Africa. It’s a comfortable place to stay, much more reminiscent of San..”
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ______________________________________________________
F. In the PHOTOGRAPHY Category:
XXI. Eve Arnold’s most memorable shots – in pictures
on the guardian.co.uk website on January 5, 2012.
To view please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ___________________________________________________
XXII. Photography Friday: Dr. Michael Goldfein
Michael Goldfein is a doctor of Pediatric Medicine on Martha’s Vineyard.
If you would like to have your photography considered for
internationalpsychoanalysis.net’s Photography Friday, please send your jpeg images to Joel Seligmann, the photography editor.
To view please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _________________________________________________
G. In the SCIENCE NEWS Category:
XXIII. Men, women really do have big personality differences
By Rachel Rettner on MyHealthNewsDaily blog on NBC Today website.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ________________________________________________
XXIV. Forget Ritalin and Cramming: Molecular Pathways in the Brain May Reveal the Best Learning Strategies
By Gary Stix in the Scientific American on January 5, 2012.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ______________________________________________
H. In the UNCATEGORIZED Category:
XXV. A Dangerous Method
a) A Dangerous Method by Sam Adams on the City Paper website.
b) Keira Knightley Is Ferocious in the Erotic “Dangerous Method” By Sean Burns on the Philadelhpia Weekly website on Janary 4, 2011.
c) Other Posts on A Dangerous Method on this website.
To read a), b) & c) please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ __________________________________________________
XXVI. Psychoanalysis and the Mad Artist: H*lderlin’s Empty Center
by Daniel Tutt on the The The website.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
XXVII. Poetry Monday: January 2nd, 2012: Susan Shaw Sailer
Is there, can there be, anything worse than failure to protect those we have the responsibility to protect? Perhaps what’s worse is making money from that neglect and treating the death of human beings as “collateral damage.”
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________
Once more I urge you to write comments, rebuttals and questions on the website after reading these very interesting posts connecting us to the world at large
Respectfully submitted by
Sasha Rolde