Click Here to Read: The Peculiar Parade Of Thanksgiving Traditions on the NPR website on November 25, 2015.
Patriotic Turkey: Detail from a vintage Thanksgiving greeting card.
LLyrical Tuesday is dedicated to Paris. I have selected 5 of literally hundreds of songs inspired by Paris and Parisians. Some of them are written and performed by Americans, others by French artists. One instrumental for reflective moments, and others for their melodies and lyrics. All are filled with love, about love, and prove that music is the glue that holds us together. Paris will always be a place for lovers.
https://youtu.be/K764er7D20s April in Paris – Ella and Louis
https://youtu.be/UmALxQ9T4M0 Modern Jazz European Concert (includes Django, La Ronde, and Vendome)
https://youtu.be/LACZU05vmbk Under Paris Skies Yves Montand Sous le Ciel de Paris lyrics: Jean Drejac
https://youtu.be/0feNVUwQA8U La Vie en Rose Edith Piaf (voice and lyrics)
https://youtu.be/Sk7_HY9svAw Ne Me quitte pas – Jacques Brel (voice and lyrics)
Ne me quitte pas. Moi, je t’offrirai Je t’inventerai On a vu souvent Ne me quitte pas. |
Don’t leave me You have to forget Everything can be forgotten That is flying away already Forget the time The misunderstandings And the time that was lost Trying to understand how These hours can be forgotten Those that are killing sometimes With whys that hurt like punches The heart of happiness Don’t leave me Don’t leave me Don’t leave me Don’t leave me I will offer you I will invent for you We have often seen Don’t leave me |
THE METROPOLITAN CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH and THE METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE FOR TRAINING IN PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY invite you to
A CLINICAL WORKSHOP
THE FEE IN CLINICAL PRACTICE: ITS RAMIFICATIONS FOR THERAPIST AND PATIENT
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2015
Presenter: Barbara Stimmel, Ph.D.
This workshop will focus on the very complicated, yet predictable, importance of the fee. Money, in all its real, and psychically real, meanings has ongoing and changing impacts upon the therapeutic couple. We will review some of the literature and then look at the fee in its practical and psychic force. Participants are invited to bring a vexing or Continue reading The Fee in Clinical Practice: Its Ramifications for Therapist and Patient with Barbara Stimmel at MITPP
L.J.Gould Center for Systems-Psychoanalytic Studies
SAVE THE DATE: Monthly Systems-PsychoanalyticCase Conference
Wednesday, December 9, 2015, 11:30am-1:00pm
IPTAR West Conference room: 140 West 97th Street – NYC
Mohan Sikka CPCC, CGT
Is Daddy Always Right?
When Decision-Making Norms Seem So Arbitrary
Drawing on systems consultations with non-profits, Mohan will explore:
a) the impact of distorted accountability mechanisms
b) how over-reliance on charismatic and narcissistic leaders maintains stress and anxiety within these systems, and
c) the costs and benefits of intervening to “make changes” in such contexts. Continue reading Is Daddy Always Right? When Decision-Making Norms Seem So Arbitrary with Mohan Sikka at IPTAR