Click Here to View: The website of Ernest Kafka, Psychoanalyst and Photographer.
“A Neurotic’s Neurotic”: An Appreciation of Allen Wheelis by Daphne Merkin
The Council of Fellows of the White Institute Sponsors a Proclamation on Interrogation
Proclamation on Psychologists’ and Other Professionals’ Participation in Coercive Interrogation
Description/History:
Psychologists have participated and continue to participate in illegal and unethical coercive interrogations and related activities in detention centers at Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere.
The American Psychological Association has thus far declined to condemn such participation in absolute terms.
This is in contrast to most other professional organizations including the American Psychiatric Association. Continue reading The Council of Fellows of the White Institute Sponsors a Proclamation on Interrogation
Review of “Responsibilities, Risks, and Ramifications” by Judy Leopold Kantrowitz
Review of “Practical Psychoanalysis for Therapists and Patients” by Owen Renik
Dreaming by the Book: Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams and the Psychoanalytic Movement by Lydia Marinelli and Andreas Mayer reviewed by Arnold D. Richards
Click Here to Read: Dreaming by the Book: Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams and the Psychoanalytic Movement by Lydia Marinelli and Andreas Mayer reviewed by Arnold D. Richards.
This article has been previously published
Richards, Arnold (2007, Summer). Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association 55(3), 1085-1090 and appears here with the requisite rights and permissions.
David Sachs on Placing Symptoms in a Cultural Context
Click Here to Read: David Sach’s Contribution on “Placing Symptoms in a Cultural Context” given at the Panama Conference on October 6, 2007. This aticle has not been published.
From Oct.24 to Oct.28 , here in Panama, the First School of Psychoanalysis sponsored by ILAP (LatinAmerican Psychoanalytic Institute), an IPA affiliated organization, took place. Invited and Present were Dr. Claudio Laks Eizirik ,IPA Presiden-Brazil, Dr. Juan Carlos Jimenez, FEPAL President-Chile, Dr. Paolo Fonda-Director for the Institute for Eastern Europe- Italy Dr. David Sachs-Director for Allied Centers-IPA- USA, Dr. Javier Garcia-Director of ILAP-Uruguay. Continue reading David Sachs on Placing Symptoms in a Cultural Context
Discussion Group #59: Educators and Analysts Working Together
Discussion Group #59: Educators and Analysts Working Together:
A Collaborative Approach to Optimize School Climate and Learning in an Independent School
Date: Thursday January 17, 2008
Time: 2:00 – 4:30 P.M.
Chair & Presenter: Stephen Kerzner, M.D.
Co-Chair & Discussant: Dan Frank, Ph.D., Principal, Francis W. Parker School, Chicago, IL and Publisher of the journal, Schools
Discussant: Christine Kieffer, Ph.D.
Presenter: William C. Bussey, Educator, Counsellor and Provost, Noble & Greenough School, Dedham, MA
This group is geared to psychoanalysts and other mental health professionals with an interest in education, as well as APsaA Educator Associates and other K-12 educators.
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“Is Community Psychoanalysis ‘Real’ Enough to Be Made Part of the Core Curriculum?”
An Invitation from Alice Maher:
Please come to our symposium on Saturday, January 19th, at 12:00 PM at the American Winter Meetings at the Waldorf Astoria to hear Prudy Gorguechon, Mark Smaller and Jeff Taxman discuss the topic, “Is Community Psychoanalysis ‘Real’ Enough to Be Made Part of the Core Curriculum?” I’m excited to catalyze a discussion that will address the vitally important intersection of the theoretical and applied aspects of our work.
Until recently, when APsaA members referred to analytic work in the community, most of you would think of the word “analytic” with quotation marks around it. It was the copper, not the “pure gold” of classical analysis. Those who worked outside the consulting room were considered to be the ones who couldn’t tolerate the intensity of individual work and needed to dilute it. Continue reading “Is Community Psychoanalysis ‘Real’ Enough to Be Made Part of the Core Curriculum?”