Archive for October, 2010

Psychologists Profit on Unending U.S. Wars by Teaching Positive Thinking to Soldiers

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010




Click Here to Read: Psychologists Profit on Unending U.S. Wars by Teaching Positive Thinking to Soldiers by Bruce Levine on the Huffington Post website on

The Myth of Self Help by Gerald Alper

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

Click Here to Read: The Myth of Self Help by Gerald Alper, reviewed by Leo Uzych on the Metapsychology Reviews website.

Freud thrived in ‘red’ Vienna

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

Click Here to Read: Freud thrived in ‘red’ Vienna, letter to the editor by Judith Deutsch in the Sunday Star on October 14, 2010.

Full and Empty: Recognizing Painful Affects at the Core of Eating Disorders with Nancy Cromer-Grayson at MITPP

Monday, October 18th, 2010

THE METROPOLITAN CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND THE METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE
FOR TRAINING IN PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY

FULL AND EMPTY: RECOGNIZING PAINFUL AFFECTS
AT THE CORE OF EATING DISORDERS
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Presenter: Nancy Cromer-Grayson, LCSW (more…)

Adoption: The Search for Meaning and Identity at MITPP

Monday, October 18th, 2010

THE METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE FOR TRAINING IN  PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY
160 West 86th Street, New York, NY 10024 o (212) 496-2858
mitppnyc@aol.como www.MITPP.org

OPEN HOUSE & CLINICAL PRESENTATION
FOR THOSE CONSIDERING POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
ADOPTION: THE SEARCH FOR MEANING AND IDENTITY

Wednesday, November 17, 2010 (more…)

Analyst Abroad: Passion for Travel to 198 Countries with James J. Strain at NYPSI

Monday, October 18th, 2010

PLEASE JOIN NYPSI FOR A YEAR LONG CELEBRATION OF OUR CENTENARY
CELEBRATING A CENTURY OF ADVANCEMENT THROUGH SELF-KNOWLEDGE
THE NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE:
WORKS IN PROGRESS
247 East 82nd St., between 2nd & 3rd, NY, NY 10028

Wednesday
October 27, 2010
8:30 p.m.
Analyst Abroad: Passion for Travel to 198 Countries
James J. Strain, M.D. (more…)

Combat Stress Driving Up Army Crime, Drug Abuse, Suicides

Monday, October 18th, 2010




Click Here to Read: Combat Stress Driving Up Army Crime, Drug Abuse, Suicides By David Wood on the Politics Daily website on October 17, 2010.

Stephen K. Firestein’s Presentation on Termination of the Therapeutic Relationship on 06/06/89 at NYPSI

Saturday, October 16th, 2010


Click Below to Listen To: Introduction and Part 1 of Stephen K. Firestein’s Presenatation on Termanation of the Therapeutic Relationship at the NYPSI Colluquium on the Applicaitno of Psychoanalytic Principles to the Practice of Psychotherapy on June 6, 1989.


Click Below to Listen To: Part 2 of Dr. Firestein’s Presentation:


Click Below to Listen To: Part 3 of Dr. Firestein’s Presentation:


Click Below to Listen To: Question and Answer Period for Dr. Firestein’s Presentation:


Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science

Saturday, October 16th, 2010






Click Here to Read: Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science By Daniel Freedman in The Atlantic in the November 2010 issue.

Click Here to Read: Evidence debased medicine by Trish Groves, deputy editor, BMJ ont he BMJ website on October 13. 2010.

Click Here to Read:   The Emperor’s New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth by Irving Kirsch on The Amazon.com website.

“It Could Happen to You”: A Daydream that Cheats Conscience

Friday, October 15th, 2010

With December two months away, I’ll count down month by month with a comparison of three diverse films, ending in December with, of course, It’s a Wonderful Life.

For most people, the fantasy of It’s a Wonderful Life endures.  By identifying with its characters, we can believe that there is meaning to our own lives and purpose to our sacrifices.  I want to contrast it with another, more recent film with the same outward theme, but which gives only ephemeral pleasure. (more…)

Ncaps Seminar

Friday, October 15th, 2010

Ncaps Breakfast Seminar Sunday, October 17, 2010 at 9:00am – 12 noon

Topic: Rinse, Lather, Repeat:
Repetition compulsion in the life of the therapist and patient

At:

NY Psychoanalytic Society 245 East 82nd Street NYC
(more…)

Inside the Revolution at AIP

Friday, October 15th, 2010

THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOANALYSIS OF THE KAREN HORNEY PSYCHOANALYTIC CENTER
329 East 62nd Street — New York, NY 10065
(212) 838-8044 — www.aipnyc.org — aipkh@aol.com 
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We celebrate the 125th Anniversary of Karen Horney’s Birth
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SCIENTIFIC MEETING
Thursday, October 21, 2010 at 8:00 PM

INSIDE THE REVOLUTION: POWER, SEX, AND TECHNIQUE IN FREUD’S “WILD” ANALYSIS (more…)

Thesis, antithesis, synthesis: The way diseases of the psyche are diagnosed is changing rapidly

Friday, October 15th, 2010




Click Here to Read:  Thesis, antithesis, synthesis: The way diseases of the psyche are diagnosed is changing rapidly. Doctors are struggling to keep up in The Economist on October 14th, 2010.

What Babies Can Say Before They Can Talk

Friday, October 15th, 2010






Click Here to View: What Babies Can Say Before They Can Talk: Interview with Paul Holinger on the Good Morning Texas TV show on October 14, 2010.

Claustrophobia, Mother’s Womb, and the Wish to See the Light

Friday, October 15th, 2010

Click Here to Read: Claustrophobia, Mother’s Womb, and the Wish to See the Light by Isaac Tylim.

Daniel Paul Schreber: 100 Years Later: The Modern Experience and the Performance of Paranoia

Friday, October 15th, 2010




Click Here to Read:  Conference Flyer for Daniel Paul Schreber: 100 Years Later: The Modern Experience and the Performance of Paranoia in Sonnestein, Dresden, Germany on April 13 to 15, 2011.

Click Here to Read:  Call for Papers for The Conference:  Daniel Paul Schreber: 100 Years Later: The Modern Experience and the Performance of Paranoia

Art on the couch

Thursday, October 14th, 2010






Click Here to Read:  Art on the couch on the BBC website on October 14, 2010.

Roman Catholics: Monks in Psychoanalysis from 1966

Thursday, October 14th, 2010









Click Here to Read: Roman Catholics: Monks in Psychoanalysis from Time Magazine on December 02, 1966.

Panic attacks feared during miner rescue

Thursday, October 14th, 2010

Click Here to Read: Panic attacks feared during miner rescue
Hypertension, blood clots also concerns; Wednesday start likely on the MSNBC website on Ocotber 10, 2010.

Psychoanalytic Principles of Child Development with David Sawyer and Ronald Rawitt at NYPSI

Thursday, October 14th, 2010

PLEASE JOIN NYPSI FOR A YEAR LONG CELEBRATION OF OUR CENTENARY CELEBRATING A CENTURY OF ADVANCEMENT THROUGH SELF-KNOWLEDGE

THE NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE:
Extension Division
247 East 82nd St., between 2nd & 3rd, NY, NY, 10028

PSYCHOANALYTIC PRINCIPLES OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT

David Sawyer, M.D. & Ronald Rawitt, M.D.
Wednesdays, 7:30 – 8:30 pm
October 20 – November 17, 2010 (more…)