Dear Colleagues,
This week posts on the international psychoanalytic website are in my opinion particularly unorthodox – by which I mean they address topics that we as analysts might never have thought about in terms of psychodynamics. I will list those that caught my eye first, followed by the entire menu. Also, to refresh your memory, I have reposted all of this week’s announcements, even though some may have been there in prior weeks.
1) As an example of a “surprise” topic, I direct you to the “Brief History of the To-Do List. Did you know that the unconscious is so involved?
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2) There is in my mind an analogy between the mouse brain experiment finding that a cancer drug may be beneficial in Alzheimer’s disease and an action on a person’s part motivated by a seemingly unrelated unconscious wish/fear
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3) Please view the wonderful art exhibited at the APsaA meeting in January if you have not seen it there, and if you have.
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4) Conundrums, A Critique of Contemporary Psychoanalysis by Jon Mill is possibly a must read for psychoanalysts and others:
“This is the first book of its kind to offer a sustained critique of contemporary psychoanalytic thought favoring relational, postmodern, and intersubjective perspectives, which largely define American psychoanalysis today.”
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5) Alicia Gutman wrote an excellent paper on the overdiagnosis of Asperger Syndrome in the Letters to the Editor Category. As a child psychiatrist, I concur with her and urge you to read the article and her letter.
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Below is the full list of contents:
A. In “A DANGEROUS METHOD’ Category:
I. Cronenberg Goes Freudian
a) by Gary Chew in the Sacremento News on February 6, 2012. b)Other Posts on a Dangerous Method on this Website.
c) ‘A Dangerous Method’: Does Art Imitate Life? by on Aaron Levin in the Psychiatric News, Volume 47 Number 3 page 1a-31 on February 03, 2012.
d) A Dangerous Film Experiment: a review of “A Dangerous Method” By Dolores J. Nurss on the Media Boulevard website on January 30, 2012. e) Review: A Dangerous Method by Venessa Chan on the Beaver website on February 8, 2012.
To read a) to e) and view please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net ______________________________________________________
II. Introducing Freud, Jung and the other woman
a) Introducing Freud, Jung and the other woman by Katie Griffith on the News Record website on February 5, 2012.
b) David Cronenberg: Analyse this by Steve Rose on the guardian.co.uk website on February 5, 2012 .
c) Other Posts on A Dangerous Method on this website.
To read a) to c) and view please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net ______________________________________________________
III. A Dangerous Method Reviews
a) Fassbender On Spanking Lessons For Film Role on the KI.Fm website. b) Other Posts on A Dangerous Method on this website.
c) A Dangerous Method’: Misperceptions about Psychoanalysis By Joseph Burgo Ph.D. on the Movies and Mental Health Blog by by Joseph Burgo and Marla Estes on the PsycheCentral website.
d) Interview: Viggo Mortensen By Kate Whiting in the Yorkshire Post on February 3. 2012.
e) ‘A Dangerous Method’: Does Art Imitate Life? by Aaron Levin on the Psychiatric News website on February 3, 2012.
f) Viggo Mortensen on playing Sigmund Freud in his new film on the BBC News website on February 3, 2012.
g) Trailer trashViggo Mortensen channels the spirit of Sigmund Freud, Southwark says no to Brit grit, and let’s hear it (again) for Undefeated Jason Solomons in the The Observer on February4, 2012.
To read a) to g) and view please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net ______________________________________________________
B. In the ANNOUNCEMENTS Category:
IV. NPAP Conference with with Fabian Naparstek The Comedy of the Sexes
NPAP Conference (with the Lacanian Compass) on: The Comedy of the Sexes with Fabian Naparstek on February 24th at the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor.
To obtain the brochure for this event please go to
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V. NPAP Conference with Judith Butler on the Ideologies of the Superego
February 17, 2012 at Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang Building,
65 West 11th Street, 5th Floor, New York City.
For The Poster for this event please go to
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VI. Voyages Into the Internal World: Archetypes, Internal Objects, and Internal Saboteurs Conference ORI
Save the Date and Pre-register for 21st Annual ORI Conference:_Voyages Into the Internal World: Archetypes, Internal Objects, and Internal Saboteurs._Three Ways of Looking at Self-sabotage (with Jungian, Kleinian, and Fairbairnian Perspectives).
_When: February 25th, 2012 (9:30am-4:30pm
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ __________________________________________________________________
VII. Dreams in the Elderly with Herbert J. Cogan at NYPSI
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 8:30 p.m., Donations Accepted_Dreams in the Elderly, Herbert J. Cogan, MSW, Member, IPTAR
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VIII. Minding the Gap III with NYPSI
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MINDING THE GAP III: DREAMING: PSYCHOANALYSIS OR
NEUROBIOLOGY?_Saturday, May 5, 2012, 9:15 am to 4:45 pm, No Charge_No Registration Required_Location: Mt. Sinai Medical Center (Stern Auditorium)
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ___________________________________________________
IX. Psychoanalytic Approach to a Neurobiological Disorder: The Dyadic Treatment of a Toddler with Autism Spectrum Disorder with Susan P. Sherkow, M.D. at Special NYPSI location
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 8:15 – 10:00 PM, Free
Please Note that this meeting will NOT take place at NYPSI. Our auditorium is being renovated.
Please join us at:_the Hungarian House Meeting Hall_at 213 East 82nd St., between 2nd & 3rd Ave.
This is on the same North side of the street as NYPSI and just up the block towards 3rd Avenue.
A Psychoanalytic Approach to a Neurobiological Disorder: The Dyadic Treatment of a Toddler with Autism Spectrum Disorder Susan P. Sherkow, M.D .
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _________________________________________________________________
X. Open House and Clinical Presentation with Chaim Bromberg and Kate Washton at WCSPP
WESTCHESTER CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF PSYCHOANALYSIS &
PSYCHOTHERAPY_Excellence in Training_OPEN HOUSE and CLINICAL PRESENTATION Saturday, March 10, 2012
Please call or email to let us know if you plan to attend and for complete directions: 914-967-1300 _ wcspp_adm@earthlink.net 9:30 – 9:45 AM 9:45 – 10:15 AM_10:15 – 11:30 AM
Coffee, refreshments
Brief Description of Training Programs_Psychoanalytic Program Adult Psychotherapy Program Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Program Couples Psychotherapy Program Supervisory Program
Beyond Diagnosis:As a Treatment Unfolds_Presenters: Chaim Bromberg, Ph.D. Kate Washton, L.C.S.W.
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XI. Discussion of Freud’s Last Session at NYPSI
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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
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XII. Lucian Freud’s Daughter: He Was Like Sigmund
__Lucian Freud’s Daughter: He Was Like Sigmund on the Sky News Hd website on February 8, 2012.
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XIII. What Happened to Psychoanalysis in the Wake of the Sexual Revolution? with Dagmar Herzog at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
The Discussion Group on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: What Happened to Psychoanalysis in the Wake of the Sexual Revolution? A Story About the Durability of Homophobia and_The Dream of Love, 1950s – 2010s with DagmarR Herzog, Ph.D. at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________________ ________________
XIV. Psychological enslavement understood through Ferenczi’s concept of identification with the aggressor with Jay Frankel at NYFS
New York Freudian Society – NY Division Scientific Program
Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 8:30 – 10:00 pm, _Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Hatch Auditorium_Madison Avenue & 100th Street
Admission is free and no reservations are required._Free Certification of Attendance forms will be provided.
Psychological enslavement understood through
Ferenczi’s concept of identification with the aggressor:
Clinical and sociopolitical aspects
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XV. Off The Couch, Volume Vol II, Number 1
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XVI. Big Pharma on the Couch-Freud Gets the Last Laugh
To read Big Pharma on the Couch-Freud Gets the Last Laugh: Review of “Rx” by Kate Fodor, Reviewed by Fred Sander.
Please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/
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XVII. The Mind in Conflict with Ian Buckingham at NYPSI
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XVIII. THE MIND IN CONFLICT : Ian Buckingham, M.D. Thursdays_8:30 – 10 pm March 15 – May 3, 2012 (8 Sessions) Fee $80
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C. In the ART Category:
XIX. Dream on: Philip Carey plumbs the depths of his subconscious for the grist of his art
in the San Luis Obispo Tribune on February 6, 2012.
To read and view please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _____________________________________________________________________
XX. Empowering Consumers: A Fantastic Voyage To Unseen Information by Todd Essig on the Forbes Magazine website on February 4, 2012.
To read and view please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ______________________________________________________________________
XXI. Photos from the Exhibit on the Artistry of Psychoanalysis at the APsaA Meetings
Note From Jon Meyer:
As you know, I have posted pictures from the Fourth Annual Members Art_Exhibit, THE ARTISTRY OF PSYCHOANALYSIS: THE PSYCHOANALYST AS PHOTOGRAPHER AND ARTIST, on my web page. In addition, there are sets of images from psychoanalytic artists that exhibited in the show
To read and view please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ______________________________________________________________________
D. In the AUDIO/VIDEO Category:
XXII. John Reed on Big Banks’ Power and Influence
by Bill Moyers on the TruthOut website on February 1, 2012.
To read and view please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________________________________
E. In the BOOKS Category:
XXIII. Conundrums A Critique of Contemporary Psychoanalysis
By Jon Mills on the Routledge Mental Health Website.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ __________________________________________________________________
XXIV. An Anatomy of Addiction: Sigmund Freud, William Halsted, and the Miracle Drug Cocaine
by Howard Markel, Reviewed by Elizabeth on the Elizabeth Books’s blog on January 30, 2012.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ___________________________________________________________________
XXV. WR: The Wanderings of a Lost Soul
by David Rosen, review of Christopher Turner”s Adventures in the Orgasmatron: How the Sexual Revolution Came to America on the The Brooklyn Rial website.
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XXVI. Waiting for Sunrise by William Boyd
reviewed by Jane Shilling on the London Evening Standard website on February 2, 2012.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ __________________________________________________________________
F. In the CHINA Category:
XXVII. CAPA Seeks Teachers
For details, please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ________________________________________________________________________
G. In the GENERAL NEWS Category:
XXVIII. Are depressed kids bully magnets?
By Anne Harding on the CNN Health.com website on February 8, 2012.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ______________________________________________________________________
XXIX. Raising the Perfect Child, With Time for Smoke Breaks ‘Bringing Up B*b*,’ a French-Influenced Guide by Pamela DruckermanBy Susannah Meadows in the New York Times on February 7, 2012.
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XXX. The psychology of cupcakes
By Andrea Adleman in the Washington Post on February 7, 2012.
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XXXI. Psychologists highlight pitfalls of online dating
by Amanda Gardner on the CNN Health.com website on February 6, 2012.
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XXXII. Really? The Claim: Long Work Hours Can Cause Depression
By Anahad O’Connor in the New York Times on February 6, 2012.
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XXXIII. In Treatment: season three, DVD review
By Terry Ramsey on the Telegraph website on February 6, 2012.
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XXXIV. For mentally ill inmates, health care behind bars is often out of reach
By Elizabeth Chuck on the msnbc.com website on February 3, 2012.
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XXXV. A Postwar Picture of Resilience
By Anthony D. Mancini in the New York Times on February 06, 2012.
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XXXVI. Will Tiger Woods Ever Get Out of His Slump?
A Psychoanalytic Perspective By Gerald Schoenewolf on the Yahoo Sports website on February 3, 2012.
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XXXVII. Orgasm Inc.: Filmmaker Liz Canner on Women and the Orgasm Industry
by Tamara McClintock Greenberg on the Huffington Post website on January 30, 2012 .
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H. In the LETTERS TO EDITOR Category:
XXXVIII. Letters: It’s Asperger Syndrome … or Is It?
Letters to the Editor of the New York Times on February 3, 2012.
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I. In the MOVIES Category:
XXXIX. “Eraserhead” Film Screening
February 10, 2012.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ J. In the PAPERS Category:
XL. Analysts as “outsiders,” and outside the Big City by Charles Gardner, MD.
Our guest writer is Dr. Charlie Gardner. He co-authored the piece on gender and psychiatry posted recently But, there are several personal connections with this piece on practicing psychiatry and psychoanalysis in a small town: first a connection with his grandfather and father; second a connection we have from the 1980_s. Charlie Gardner’s grandfather was an old-time country doc who did home visits; drove a flivver. Charlie’s dad taught at the Yale Psychiatric Institute (and taught one of my dream courses). Charlie was a resident at Cornell Westchester when I was on faculty *
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K. In the POETRY Category:
XLI. POETRY MONDAY: February 6, 2012
POETRY MONDAY : February 6, 2012
Those of us who love poetry – and I assume that’s all of our readers – must have been saddened by the news that we have lost another luminary. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1996, Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska died on February 1 of this year at the age of 88.
There hasn’t been enough time to get permission to re-print her poems or her photo here, but I can recommend a definitive collection of her work. Poems New and Collected 1957-1997, translated by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh, won the 1996 PEN Translation Prize and was published by Harcourt, Brace & Company in 1998. Because she published so few poems in ….
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L. In the SCIENCE NEWS Category:
XLII. Cancer drug shows promise in mouse Alzheimer’s study
By David Brown in the Washtington Post February 9, 2012.
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XLIII. Pat Churchland fights for supremacy of the brain
on the Vancouver Sun website on February 4, 2012.
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M. In the UNCATEGORIZED Category:
XLIV. A Brief History of the To-Do List and the Psychology of Its Success
by Maria on the Atlantic Mobile website on February 10,2 012.
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XLV. Arthur Valenstein, 98; curiosity led to career in psychotherapy
on the Boston.com website February 9, 2012.
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XLV. A Short Course in Psychological Testing for Mental Health Professionals with William H. Braun at NYPSI
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A SHORT COURSE IN PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING FOR MENTAL HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS William H. Braun, Psy.D.
Tuesdays_8:15 – 9:45 pm April 3 & 10, 2012 (2 sessions) Fee: $30
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Though a lengthy list, I hope that you have been able to browse through it and chose those which appeal to you. Once again, I urge you to write your comments on the website and hope that you are enjoying the rich material that the international psychoanalysis site offers all of us.
Respectfully submitted by
Sasha Rolde