From Stalin & Trotsky to Chaplin, Jihadi Death Cult, EHR and No Big Bang(?) from Sasha Rolde on IP.net
By Categories: Announcements

Dear Colleagues:

I had intended to send this out to you on Valentine’s Day but yet again the unmerciful weather and the 3rd or so Noreaster of the last 2 weeks has made it difficult. Fortunately it is a long weekend and you may have time to read the rich material on the international psychoanalytic website this week. The posts continue to reflect the societal concerns and thus are relevant not just to us in the USA but globally. I therefore urge you again to write your comments on the website as you read

As usual, my choices for this week will be followed by the entire list of contents below.

1) I apologize if you missed the ” Savoir Faire and the Frame of the Cure-Part-II with Paola mile at Apres Coup ” but please read about it at least at:
Click Here to Read This Article  Continue reading From Stalin & Trotsky to Chaplin, Jihadi Death Cult, EHR and No Big Bang(?) from Sasha Rolde on IP.net

Contemporary Psychoanalytic Field Theory: A Comparative Perspective with Montana Katz at NPAP
By Categories: Announcements

THE PROGRAM COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOANALYSIS
PRESENTS
CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOANALYTIC FIELD THEORY:
A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
PRESENTER: Montana Katz, Ph.D.
DISCUSSANT: Martin Silverman, M. D.
MODERATOR: Alan Roland, Ph.D.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 8 P. M.
Refreshments Following the Meeting Continue reading Contemporary Psychoanalytic Field Theory: A Comparative Perspective with Montana Katz at NPAP

Writers Wednesday: Jane Austen
By Categories: Writers Wednesday

JaneAusten

Click Here to Read: Jane Austen on Wikipedia.

Click Here to Read: Jane’s World By Martin Amis in The New Yorker in the January 8, 1996 Issue.

Click Here to Read: Emma as a Masquerade: Womanliness and Power in Jane Austen’s Emma by Todd Hoffman in the Psychoanalysis & La Femme Journal in the January 201o issue.

Click Here to Read: Game Theory: Jane Austen Had It First By Jennifer Schuessler in The New York Times on April 22, 2013.

Continue reading Writers Wednesday: Jane Austen

Cast Into the Depths: Perilous Waters for the American Psychological Association by Roy Eidelson
By Categories: General News

RoyEidelson

Cast Into the Depths: Perilous Waters for the American Psychological Association by Roy Eidelson

In his book Life Lines, the late minister and theologian Forrest Church wrote, “When cast into the depths, to survive we must first let go of things that will not save us. Then we must reach out for things that can.”

These are words — and actions — that the leaders and membership of the American Psychological Association should take to heart as a new year begins, before the profession drowns in the torture scandal that has been building for well over a decade. Rescuing the APA will not be easy, but here are a few specific suggestions for where and how to begin. Continue reading Cast Into the Depths: Perilous Waters for the American Psychological Association by Roy Eidelson