The American Society of Psychoanalytic Physicians is pleased to announce that Harold P Blum, MD is recipient of the Sigmund Freud Award for 2015. Some previous awardees include Otto Kernberg, Charles Brenner, Arnold Richards, Glen Gabbard, Henry Lothane, Robert Michels, Aaron Beck, James Strain, Elise Snyder, Mark Solms, and, most recently, Richard Friedman. Dr. Blum was cited for his essential and significant contributions to the practice, scholarship, and science of psychoanalysis.
Dr. Blum is a senior Training and Supervising Analyst at the Psychoanalytic Institute of the New York University Medical Center. He is President of the Psychoanalytic Research and Development Fund. He was also Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at NYU. Dr. Blum was a legendary editor of the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, inspiring both readers and contributors. He also served as Executive Director of the Sigmund Freud Archives. He is widely recognized as an important Freud Scholar and the author of significant and original psychoanalytic writings. Some important books include Defense and Resistance: Historical Perspectives and Current Concepts, (1985), Female Psychology: Contemporary Psychoanalytic Views (1977), and Reconstruction in Psychoanalysis: Childhood Revisited and Recreated (1994). Dr. Blum has been highly influential as a leader in psychoanalysis both nationally and internationally. In 1990 he was an inaugural recipient of the prestigious Sigourney Award for Psychoanalysis.
For more information about the ASPP Freud Award dinner and presentation on Tuesday, November 17, please contact Dr. Ahron Friedberg at ahronfriedberg@gmail.com.