In honour of Israel, 5 Israel-themed stories on Jewish Fiction.net

JewshFiction.net

With tomorrow the 19th anniversary of Rabin’s assassination, and yesterday (more happily) the 97th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration (“His Majesty’s government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people…”), Israel is on our minds these days. So here, for your pleasure, are 5 excellent stories either set in, or about, Israel:
1)  The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem – An Israel girl struggles with her relationship to her mother, but finds solace in her interesting grandmother. Continue reading In honour of Israel, 5 Israel-themed stories on Jewish Fiction.net

Class 5: Aggression: The Impulse to Mastery and the Reaction of Anger by Drs. Martin Blum and Jonathan Easton

Click Here to Read:  MartinBlumClass 5 Aggression: The Impulse to Mastery and the Reaction of Anger by  Drs. Martin Blum and Jonathan Easton.

Click Here To Read: Some Quotes on Aggression, Ego instincts and the Instinct for Mastery by Martin Blum and Jonathan Easton.

Click Here to Read: Class 4 of Theory Course: The Ego Ideal, the Grandiose Self, and Ardent Love by Drs. Martin Blum and Jonathan Easton.

Click Here to Read:  Class 3 of Theory Course by Drs. Martin Blum and Jonathan Easton on this website.

Click Here to Read: Class 2 of Theory Course by Drs. Martin Blum and Jonathan Easton on this website.

POETRY MONDAY: November 3, 2014

CarolynKizer                    Galway Kinnell
Carolyn Kizer                                             Galway Kinnell

Once again, instead of presenting a new poet, this column needs to pause for memorial. We seem to be losing, in short order, our whole “greatest generation” of American poets. Earlier this year it was Maxine Kumin at 88 and now, at 89, Continue reading POETRY MONDAY: November 3, 2014

On ‘Closed Mind’ Panel by Dr. Jorge E. García Badaracco

JaneSHall_300x-186x300Jorge E. García Badaracco

Click Here to Read: On ‘Closed Mind’ Panel by Dr. Jorge E. García Badaracco.

In 2009 at the IPA meetings in Berlin, there was a panel called the Closed Mind. Jorge Garcia Badaracco from Argentina, now deceased, wrote a very forward thinking paper that I think is relevant today. It has never been published and I am pleased to post it here in the hope that all psychoanalysts read it seriously. For me, it holds answers to many of the dilemmas our profession faces in today’s world.

Jane Hall
janehallpsychotherapy.com