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Letter to the New York Times Editor re: Patching Up the Frayed Couch
To the Editor:
I would like to add to the article Patching Up the Frayed Couch recognition of the contribution to psychoanalytic scholarship made by members on the New York Psychoanalytic Society The editors of two of the most important journals in psychoanalysis the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association and the Psychoanalytic Quarterly were for decades members of NYPSI.
Just as the venerable New York Times has been reinventing it self the article points out for me the need for NYPSI and psychoanalysis to reinvent ourself for a new time.
Arnold Richards
Member NYPSA
Former Editor JAPA
Click here for Link to the New York Times Article: Patching-up the Frayed Couch
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/09/nyregion/thecity/09anal.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=thecity
COWAP Conference: Who is My Mother? Who is My Father? Who am I?
Nathan Szajnberg on Leonard Bernstein’s Music
Review of the Movie “Hustle and Flow”
Review of: Understanding Dissidence and Controversy in the History of Psychoanalysis edited by Martin Bergmann
The Brain That Changes Itself
The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doidge, M.D.
Reviewed by Jane S. Hall
Psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, writer, and researcher Norman Doidge delivers a revolutionary message in “The Brain That Changes Itself,” a very important and informative book that should be read by all. Dr. Doidge takes the reader by the hand and carefully explains that the brain can and does change throughout life. Contrary to the original belief that after childhood the brain begins a long process of decline, he shows us that our brains have the remarkable power to grow, change, overcome disabilities, learn, recover, and alter the very culture that has the potential to deeply affect human nature.
Clear, fascinating, and gripping is how I would describe this invitation to understand how the brain can work. I say “can work” because Dr. Doidge gives new hope to everyone from the youngest to the oldest among us; from the stroke victim to the person born with brain abnormality; from those who can not seem to learn to those whose neurotic suffering has stunted growth through denial and other defenses; and from those who cannot feel to those who feel too much. Continue reading The Brain That Changes Itself
This is an audio file taken from a video interview of Jacob Arlow conducted by Frank Parcells of the Michigan Psychoanalytic Society in the 1980’s as part of his oral history project. It ranges widely about Dr Arlow’s life, work and interests. (1 hour)