‘Becoming Freud: The Making of a Psychoanalyst,’ by Adam Phillips

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Click Here to Read:   ‘Becoming Freud: The Making of a Psychoanalyst,’ by Adam Phillips An excerpt from a new biography of young Sigmund Freud explores how the Dreyfus Affair affected the thinker By Yale University Press on the Tablet website on June 6, 2014.

Click Here to Read: : ‘Becoming Freud’ by Adam Phillips
Exploring Freud’s roots in language and literature, Reviewed by Michael Robbins in the Chicago Tribute on June 20, 2014. Continue reading ‘Becoming Freud: The Making of a Psychoanalyst,’ by Adam Phillips

Another brilliant Onion critique of mental health…

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Nation Wondering Why Struggling Mental Health System Can’t Just Pull Itself Together

Quit Feeling Sorry For Yourself And Make An Effort,’ Citizens Say

Americans say they want the nation’s mental health system to get better, but admit they are fed up with it just languishing in its own misery and doing nothing to help itself. Continue reading Another brilliant Onion critique of mental health…

The Claustro-Agoraphobic Dilemma: Psychic Retreats and Working Toward Psychic Spaces – Technique in Theory and Practice” Facilitator: Susan N. Finkelstein at CFS

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Continuing Education Mini-Course

“The Claustro-Agoraphobic Dilemma: Psychic Retreats and Working Toward Psychic Spaces – Technique in Theory and Practice”
Facilitator: Susan N. Finkelstein, LCSW, CFS Training Analyst

These five meetings will focus on Henri Rey’s concept of marsupial space, and the claustro-agoraphobic dilemma as well as Dana Birksted Breen’s concepts of temporality and psychoanalytic theories of mind. Continue reading The Claustro-Agoraphobic Dilemma: Psychic Retreats and Working Toward Psychic Spaces – Technique in Theory and Practice” Facilitator: Susan N. Finkelstein at CFS

IPA Visiting Scholar Clinical Weekend November 21-23, 2014

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SAVE THE DATE: IPA Visiting Scholar Clinical Weekend

November 21-23, 2014

“Knowledge as Construction, Knowledge as Experience: Reflections on Psychic Change”

The focus of the weekend will be to underline how different theoretical persuasions lead to differences in therapeutic aim, therapeutic action, and therapeutic technique.

Friday, November 21, 2014 8:00pm Scientific Paper and Discussion Continue reading IPA Visiting Scholar Clinical Weekend November 21-23, 2014