Dear colleagues,
As winter keeps us more or less indoors despite the mild weather on the east coast, the international psychoanalytic website provides us with an opportunity to read numerous posts this week worthy of our attention. The horizon of psychoanalysis is widening despite predictions of biological psychiatry taking over and our posts are an increasing testimony to that effect. Theater, film, and news articles more and more address psychological roots of many societal problems. This week I will again begin with a list of few that I picked out as stand outs in this area, followed by the usual list.
I have omitted some announcements which I had listed in previous weeks, but please make sure that you glance at them if you have the opportunity to attend any of them.
The following are my choices.
1) The film ***A Dangerous Method*** has brought the public***s attention to Jung and Freud.
Writer Kate Ferguson on the Ham and High website has taken advantage of this to publish a well written history of the London Hampstead Clinic started by Anna Freud.
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2) Hamlet seems to be cropping up: I was intrigued by the conversation of Simon Critchley***s and Cornell West talk on the Faith of the Faithless *** referring to Hamlet***s incapacity to love. Please read and listen.
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3) The book launch on The City Within a City about the efforts of Jews in the Aryan side part of Warsaw during WWII, to be introduced by Emanuel Berman, with Leon Hoffman as speaker should be most enlightening and I urge all interested to go.
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4) Please make sure that you read the letters to the editor of the NYTimes re Topic of Miller, which include a letter from our very own Henry Friedman, M.D.
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5) Similarly the review of Elizabeth Young Bruehl***s book Childism: Confronting Prejudice Against Children, by Peter Monaghan is a must.
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6) The group dynamics at the recent events at Penn State discussed by a group therapist are an important contribution to all, but especially to us who are interested in how individual dynamics blend with group dynamics. Please read Bennett Roth***s article.
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7) The post on ***Being Alone Together*** comments on the increasing need/wish of individuals to live alone and the possible result of inability to be intimate. It brings to my mind ***The Lonely Crowd*** *** see what you think.
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8) Similarly, we seem to say the same words ( in this case write the same acronyms ) and mean different things now then in the past. I always thought that MCI referred to myocardial Infarction. In fact in modern times (current) it means ***mild cognitive impairment***. Who would have thought *** and further more that it might be caused by of all things *** eating.
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9) The brain imaging findings in infants who later develop autism are very exciting and go along with the previous study from England on responses to facial expressions in infants *** a must read for all those interested in this ever increasing affliction. See in the SCIENCE NEWS Category.
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Below is this week***s list of contents:
A. In the ***A DANGEROUS METHOD*** Category:
I. A romp through Hampstead***s psychoanalytic past
by Kate Ferguson on the Ham and High website on February 17, 2012.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ________________________________________________________
II. Rhoades Review: ***A Dangerous Method*** is more Jungian than Freudian
a) Rhoades Review By Shirrel Rhoades in The Daily Advance on February 14, 2012.
b) Other Posts on A Dangerous Method on this Website.
To read a) & b) please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ________________________________________________________
III. Cigars held the key for Viggo***s new challenge
in the North Devon on February 9, 2012.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ________________________________________________________
B. In the ANNOUNCEMENTS Category:
IV. Shanghai Congress 2012: Call for Papers
Chinese Psychoanalytic Congress Shanghai 2012 September 20th-22nd, 2012***Welcome Dear friends and colleagues:***It***s our great pleasure to announce that the 3rd Chinese Psychoanalytic Congress will be held from Sept.20 to 22, 2012 at Everbright International Convention and Exhibition Center in Shanghai, China. This congress is jointly organized by Shanghai Mental Health Center and Psychoanalytic Committee of Chinese Mental Health Association.
The theme of the 2012 congress is ***Clinical Practice of Psychoanalysis in Current China***, which reflects our commitment to the past and future in
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _________________________________________________________
V. What Would Hamlet, the Queen of Pop, Die Antwoord and Machiavelli Do Together?
by Annie Fabricant on the Huffington Post website on February 16, 2012.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ______________________________________________________
VI. Jamieson Webster on the Life and Death of Psychoanalysis 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:***BOOKSTORE & THE A. A. BRILL LIBRARY
247 East 82nd St., between 2nd & 3rd, NY, NY, 10028
212-879-6900***www.psychoanalysis.org
Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 8 pm, Donations Accepted
NYPSI TAKES GREAT PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING THE FIRST OF TWO EVENINGS DEVOTED TO BOOKS PUBLISHED BY NYPSI CANDIDATES
Dr. Francis Baudry will interview NYPSI Candidate Dr. Jamieson Webster About her new book: The Life and Death of Psychoanalysis (Karnac 2011)
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________________
VII. Inspired ***Midsummer*** twist would make The Bard cheer
Hedy Weiss in the Chicago Sun Times on February 16, 2012. Titania (Tracy Michelle Arnold) professes her love to the magically transformed Bottom (Ron Orbach) in ***A Midsummer Night***s Dream*** at Chicago Shakespeare Theater.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________________
VIII. NYPSI Open House
CELEBRATING A CENTURY OF ADVANCEMENT THROUGH SELF-KNOWLEDGE***THE NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE:
***247 East 82nd St., between 2nd & 3rd, NY, NY 10028
212-879-6900
NYPSI: OPEN HOUSE & COCKTAILS FOR PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES
Thursday, March 8, 2012, 7:30-9 p.m.,
LOCATION: admdir@nypsi.org (more***)
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ________________________________________________________
IX. Kate Fodor***s ***Rx***: Play and Discussion with Fred Sander and Dan Prezant 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,
Saturday, March 3, 2012, 2 pm, at Primary Stages,
59 East 59th St.; NY, NY***PSYCHOANALYSIS & THEATER
See a Professional Play and Stay to Participate in an After Play Analytic Discussion with Fred Sander, M.D. & Dan Prezant, Ph.D. Kate Fodor***s world premiere of ***Rx*** about America***s love affair with Big Pharma.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ __________________________________________________________
X. On Site: Being at the Scene of Conflict
Saturday March 24 at Yale Child Study Center,
200 South Frontage Road, New Haven, CT.
with Vamik Volkan, MD and Leora Kahn, Executive Director,
PROOF: Media For Social Justice
Please see the attached brochure for program information and registration
a) The brochure PDF
b) ***On Site*** examines the psychological experiences of participant observers at scenes of conflict. This year***s symposium will focus in particular on the intersection of photojournalism and psychoanalysis. We will explore the psychological experiences of individuals bearing witness to conflict. As participant observers we must confront the limitations and ***.
To read a) & b)please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ __________________________________________________________
XI. Richard Lasky at IPTAR West
MASTER CLINICIANS Series, Presenter: Richard Lasky, IPTAR West Conference Room,
140 West 97th Street.
March 16, Friday, 2-3:30 p.m.
Richard Lasky will present the analytic treatment of a neurotic patient with a focus on hysterical displacement mechanisms. Some examples are the generation of exaggerated emotional display and thought; the emotional use …..
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _______________________________________________________
C. In the AUDIO/VIDEO Category:
XII. Local musician makes ***SoundClouder*** of the day
By Stanley A. Miller II in the Journal Sentinel on February 17, 2012. One of his more popular songs on SoundCloud, ***Psychoanalysis,*** is embedded on this site. Enjoy.
To listen please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ___________________________________________
XIII. Simon Critchley on The Faith of the Faithless talk
with Cornel West on the BAM blog website on February 10, 2012.
To listen please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ___________________________________________
XIV. 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.
To listen please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ___________________________________________
D. In the BOOKS Category:
XV. Website for When Someone You Love Has Chronic Illness
By Tamara McClintock Greenberg.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ___________________________________________
XVI. BOOK LAUNCH: CITY WITHIN A CITY by Basia Berman
FRIDAY MARCH 2, 2012 1:00 to 2:30 P.M.*
at YIVO Institute for Jewish Research,
15 West 16th Street, NY, NY 10011
I would like to describe this state within a state, or rather city within a city, this most underground of all underground communities, whose members met with each other, worked and talked in the midst of a population which didn***t suspect anything; where every street, every coffee shop, every tram stop called to mind dozens of unique adventures. Every name was false, every word that was uttered carried a double meaning, and every telephone conversation was more encrypted than the secret diplomatic documents of embassies.***
This diary was written in Polish when Basia (Batya), and her husband Dr. Adolf- Abraham Berman, lived on the Aryan side of Warsaw***the part designated by the Nazis for Polish Christians only***and led a secret network helping thousands of Jews to hide and survive.
SPEAKERS:***Introduction by EMANUEL BERMAN, Son of the author, editor of the English translation; SAMUEL KASSOW, Author of Who Will Write our History? AVIVA BLUMBERG, Child Survivor, Warsaw Ghetto; LEON HOFFMAN, Psychoanalyst, will speak about Leon Kupferstein, to whom this book is dedicated .
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ___________________________________________
XVII. At the Last, a Scholarly Defense of Children
A review of Childism: Confronting Prejudice Against Children by Elisabeth Young-Bruehl, reviewed by Peter Monaghan in the Chronicle of Higher Education on January 1, 2012.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ___________________________________________
XVIII. Topic of Miller
Letters to the Editor of the New York Times Book Review: Topic of Miller (in response to Jeanette Winterson***s review of ***Renegade: Henry Miller and the Making of ***Tropic of Cancer,*** *** by Frederick Turner) in the New York Times on February 10, 2012. These letters include a letter from Henry J. Friedman, Associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ___________________________________________
E. In the EDITORIALS Category:
XIX. The female body as battlefield
by Anne Taylor Fleming on the Politico.com website on February 9, 2012.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ___________________________________________
F. In the GENERAL NEWS Category:
XX. For Punishment of Elder***s Misdeeds, Afghan Girl Pays the Price
By Alissa J. Rubin in the New York Times on February 16, 2012. Shakila, 10, was abducted and held for about a year as part of a traditional Afghan form of justice known as ***baad.***
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ___________________________________________
XXI. What Is Character and How Does it Change?
by Robert Stolorow on the Huffington Post website on February16, 2012.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ___________________________________________
XXII. A group therapist examines the recent events in Penn State
by Bennett Roth.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ___________________________________________
XXIII The Therapist May See You Anytime, Anywhere
By Benedict Carey in the New York Times on February 13, 2012. HELPING HANDS One commonly used program tries to treat those who tend to fixate subconsciously on hostile faces.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ___________________________________________
XXIV. Social psychologist: Lust makes you smarter and evidence that seven deadly sins are good for you
on the Medical Express Psychology & Psychiatry website on February 12, 2012.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ___________________________________________
XXV. AMA News
Leading the News***Overeating may double risk of MCI in seniors. ABC World News (2/12, story 2, 0:25, Muir) reported, ***A new study out tonight shows that the more calories you eat the higher your risk. for memory loss.***
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ___________________________________________
XXVI. Being Alone Together
a Debate with articles by Bella DePaulo, Juli Slattery, Thomas Matlack, Kate Bolick, Keith Hampton, and***Mary McRae, in the New York Times on February 12, 2012.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ___________________________________________
G. In the MOVIES Category:
XXVII. ***Inception***: Lost in Dreams, Guilt and Grief
***Imagine being trapped in a dream, unable to awaken, unable to find your way to reality. Let that dream have at its core a traumatic loss. That is the nightmarish experience endured by Dominic Cobb, the central protagonist (hardly a hero) of Christopher Nolan***s film, Inception. For better or for worse, any viewer who manages not to get distracted by the non-stop action and special effects is also prone to being trapped in this nightmare
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ___________________________________________
H. In the OBITUARIES Category:
XXVIII. The Cautionary Tale of Whitney Houston***s Tragic Early Death
by Todd Essig on the Forbes Magazine website on February 12, 2012.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ___________________________________________
I. In the PAPERS Category:
XXIX. Rudolf Ekstein: On the 100th Anniversary of his Birth by N. Szajnberg, MD Managing Editor
Rudi Ekstein, when he came to Chicago, called himself ***Rudi Appleseed.*** This captured his humor, his sense of wandering and his adopted America. He was a regular at the Orthogenic School, Dr. B. (Bettelheim) and he bantered warmly, even as Dr. B. insisted that the milieu was more useful for severely disturbed children than individual psychotherapy (at the early phases of residential care). Rudi, transplanted from Topeka to LA, now sporting Hollywoodish frilly tuxedo sleeves and collar, although tieless, leonine headed with full hair, was a physical counterpoint to bald Dr. B. Both were short, both were brilliant, dedicated pedagogues, clinicians.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ___________________________________________
XXX. Remarks on 50 Years of the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy And Psychoanalysis by Martin Nass
Martin L. Nass, Ph.D., ABPP This talk was given at The NYU Postdoc 50th anniversary.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ___________________________________________
XXXI. NYPSI Gets Gopnik-ed by N. Szajnberg, MD, Managing Editor
***Children reconnect us to romance***..The passions *** rise for them everyday***.They compel us to see the world as an unusual place again. Sharing a life with them is sharing a life with lovers, explorers, scientists, pirates, poets. It makes for interesting mornings.*** from Through the Children***s Gate.
Adam Gopnik, interviewed by Lois Oppenheim, brought this warm sensibility to NYPSI***s centennial celebration last Friday night; it was a stellar hit for ***.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ___________________________________________
J. In the SCIENCE NEWS Category:
XXXII. Brain-imaging differences evident at 6 months in infants who develop autism
The e! Science website on February 17, 2012.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ___________________________________________
XXXIII. What***s New? Exuberance for Novelty Has Benefits
By John Tierney in the New York Times on February 13, 2012.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ___________________________________________
K. In the UNCATEGORIZED Category:
XXXIV. Alabama Plans to Close Most Hospitals for Mentally Ill
Saturday, February 18th, 2012
By Robbie Brown in the New York Times on February 17, 2012.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ___________________________________________
XXXV. IPTAR CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHOTHERAPY PROGRAM OPEN HOUSE Sunday, March 4th
PLEASE JOIN US***for an informal gathering to learn about training at our CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHOTHERAPY PROGRAM***(the CAP program) ***Sunday, March 4th, 3:00-5:00 p.m.,
At the home of Bettina Buschel, Faculty, graduates, and candidates will be there to describe the program,, talk about their experience, and answer any questions. Refreshments will be served.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ___________________________________________
XXXXVI. Valentine***s Day: Your Brain on Love
by Lucy L. Brown, Ph.D on the Huffinton Post website on February 14, 2012.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ___________________________________________
XXXVII. 101st Anniversary of the New York Psychoanalytic Society
which was founded on February 12, 1911.
a)NYPSI website
b) Video about NYPSI on YouTube.
c) 2011 Centennial Meetings of the New York Psychoanlaytic Society and Institute
d) Arnold Richards: A.A. Brill and the Politics of Exclusion Given on November 28, 1995 as 47th Brill Lecture at the New York Psychoanalytic Society.
To read a) to d) please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ___________________________________________
this concludes the list of posts for this week. I hope that many of you found articles of interest and will join in the posting and discussion on the international website. We look for your ideas!
Respectfully submitted by
Sasha Rolde