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Researchers Start Job of Sorting Out Yiddish Writer’s Papers

Posted September 3rd, 2010 by Tamar Schwartz
Categories: Books






Click Here to Read: Researchers Start Job of Sorting Out Yiddish Writer’s Papers By Joseph Berger in the New York Times on August 31, 2010.

Chaim Grade

Stephen Hawking: God did not create Universe

Posted September 3rd, 2010 by Tamar Schwartz
Categories: Science News






Click Here to Read:  Stephen Hawking: God did not create Universe on the BBC UK website on September 2, 2010.

The Universe can create itself from nothing, says Prof Hawking

A Response to My Life in Therapy

Posted September 3rd, 2010 by Tamar Schwartz
Categories: Controversial

Click Here to Read:  A Response to “My Life in Therapy”: Daphne Merkin’s Long and Difficult “Education in Disillusioned Realism” Did Daphne Merkin’s four decades of psychotherapy fail miserably?  by Dr. Stephen Diamond on his Evil Deeds blog on the Psychology Today blogs on September 2, 2010.

Photography Friday: 91st Street Autumn by Paul Matkovic

Posted September 2nd, 2010 by Joel Seligmann
Categories: Photography

In addition to being a fine and dedicated photographer, Paul is a psychologist at the Metropolitan Center for Mental Health, and he was an intern at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute.

If you would like your photography to be considered for Photography Friday, please submit your images, in jpeg format, via email, to the Photography Editor, Joel Seligmann

Child’s Ordeal Shows Risks of Psychosis Drugs for Young

Posted September 2nd, 2010 by Tamar Schwartz
Categories: Controversial



Click Here to Read:  Child’s Ordeal Shows Risks of Psychosis Drugs for Young by Duff Wilson in the New York Times on September 1, 2010.

The website of the Oregon Psychoanalytic Center

Posted September 2nd, 2010 by Tamar Schwartz
Categories: Announcements




Click Here to Read: The website of the Oregon Psychoanalytic Center.

The Death Instinct by Jed Rubenfeld

Posted September 2nd, 2010 by Tamar Schwartz
Categories: Books








Click Here to Read: The Death Instinct by Jed Rubenfeld reviewed by Toni Whitmont on the Booktopia Blog on September 2, 2010.

Dora: The Girl Who Walked Out On Freud

Posted September 2nd, 2010 by Tamar Schwartz
Categories: Audio/Video








Click Here to Listen To: Dora: The Girl Who Walked Out On Freud produced Marya Burgess on the BBC Radio4Now website on September 1. 2010.

Reverse Psychology: On Ernst Weiss

Posted September 2nd, 2010 by Tamar Schwartz
Categories: Books










Click Here to Read:  Reverse Psychology: On Ernst Weiss by Elias Altman in The Nation on September 1, 2010.

Charlie Rose: The Brain Series

Posted September 1st, 2010 by Tamar Schwartz
Categories: Audio/Video

Click Here to Read: Charlie Rose: The Brain Series with videos of 10 tv shows where Charlie Rose discusses the brain with experts on the Charlie Rose website.

Note from Maggie Zellner:

Note that the episodes are posted in reverse chronological order on the website, with the first episode listed at the bottom of the page. Here’s a list of the topics and guests for episodes 2-9: Read the rest of this post »

The Fear of Death & the Treatment of Dying Patients: A Psychoanalyst, Psychiatrist Updates our Concepts

Posted September 1st, 2010 by Tamar Schwartz
Categories: Announcements

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The Fear of Death & the Treatment of Dying Patients:
A Psychoanalyst, Psychiatrist Updates our Concepts

Norman Straker, M.D. Read the rest of this post »

Madgirl: A Very Angry Child Starts Psychoanalysis on Madmen

Posted September 1st, 2010 by Tamar Schwartz
Categories: Announcements




Click Here to Read: Madgirl: A Very Angry Child Starts Psychoanalysis on Madmen by Prudence Gourguechon on the Huffington Post Website on August 31st, 2010.

Sally Draper on Madmen

Fred Pine on Developmental Concepts as Applied to Psychotherapy (NYPSI Colloquium 1989)

Posted August 30th, 2010 by Tamar Schwartz
Categories: Audio/Video

Fred Pine’s Lecture on “Developmental Concepts as Applied to Psychotherapy” at the New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute on January 03, 1989.

Click Below to Listen To: Introduction and Part 1


Click Below to Listen To: Fred Pine, Part 2


Click Below to Listen To: Fred Pine, Part 3


Please note: The audience-microphone used in the following Q and A segments (especially at the start of the second one) is not as clear as Dr. Pine’s own voice. The context of the questions may still be gleaned from listening to his clear answers. Click Below to Listen To: Fred Pine, Question and Answer, Part 1.


Click Below to Listen To: Fred Pine, Question and Answer, Part 2.


An idle brain may be the self’s workshop

Posted August 30th, 2010 by Tamar Schwartz
Categories: Science News

Click Here to Read: An idle brain may be the self’s workshop
Recent research suggests that mind-wandering may be important and that knowledge of how it works might help treat such conditions as Alzheimer’s disease, autism, depression and schizophrenia by Melissa Healy in Los Angeles Times on August 30, 2010.

What Makes a Successful Therapist-Patient Relationship?

Posted August 30th, 2010 by Tamar Schwartz
Categories: Uncategorized

Click Here to Read: What Makes a Successful Therapist-Patient Relationship? by Donna Flagg on the Huffington Post.com website on August 29, 2010.

Donna Flagg

Can Preschoolers Be Depressed?

Posted August 29th, 2010 by Tamar Schwartz
Categories: General News



Click Here to Read:  Can Preschoolers Be Depressed? By Pamela Paul in the New York Times on August 25, 2010.

Click Here to Read:  Preschooler Depression is the Real Deal by Jonathan Rottenberg in his Charting the Depths blog on the Psychology Today blogs on August 28, 2010.

Does Your Language Shape How You Think?

Posted August 29th, 2010 by Tamar Schwartz
Categories: Science News








Click Here to Read: Does Your Language Shape How You Think? By Guy Deutscher in the New York Times on August 26, 2010.

He marched forward creating controversies, facing criticisms: Felicitation to Gananath Obeysekere as he turns 80

Posted August 29th, 2010 by Tamar Schwartz
Categories: General News









Click Here to Read: He marched forward creating controversies, facing  criticisms: Felicitation to Gananath Obeysekere as he turns 80 By R.S. Perinbanayagam on the Sunday Times website on August 29, 2010.

An Additional Letter Re: My Life in Therapy

Posted August 27th, 2010 by Tamar Schwartz
Categories: General News

Click Here to Read: An Additional Letter Re: My Life in Therapy by Steven Kuchuck in the New York Times on August 26, 2010.

Growing Up Jung: Coming of Age as the Son of Two Shrinks

Posted August 27th, 2010 by Tamar Schwartz
Categories: Books










Click Here to Read: Review of Growing Up Jung: Coming of Age as the Son of Two Shrinks by Micah Toub, Reviewed By Carolyn See in the Washington Post on August 27, 2010.