Click Here to Read: Does Quantum Mechanics Reveal That Life Is But a Dream? A radical quantum hypothesis casts doubt on objective reality by John Horgan on the Scientific American website on February 2, 2022.

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Click Here to Read: Psychoanalytic Work in Today’s World: What Would Freud Think? by Jane S. Hall

Presentation given at Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (MITPP), 2009. Mt. Sinai Dept. of Psychiatry, 2010.

From the Presentation:
It is 2009: 100 years since Freud brought psychoanalysis to America delivering his introductory lectures at Clark University. The world has changed vastly since Freud created his baby. What kid of parent would he have been during separation/individuation, adolescence, and  adulthood? And, just what is psychoanalytic work in today’s world?  This paper touches on the some of the developmental difficulties of psychoanalysis, and suggests that, unlike Freud and his disciples, we try to listen to each other with open minds and a learning ears. We must respect the separation/individuation phase and cultivate our acceptance of “the other.” Individuation implies autonomy, seemingly at odds with institute life here in America. Factionalism during what some call the demise of psychoanalysis is suicidal. Listening to like minded individuals is soothing and helpful, but listening as well to those who challenge ‘received wisdom’ can lead to growth. As for psychoanalytic work – I will talk briefly about how I have evolved from my orthodox roots.

Click Here to Read: Anni Bergman, Therapist Who Listened to Children, Dies at 102: She was part of a groundbreaking study that observed how very young children separated from their mothers. Late in life, she became a photographer’s muse in the New York Times on October 17, 2021.

Click Here to Read: Tough Jews, Las Vegas, and the Legacy of Meyer Lansky: He left a disturbing legacy of inexcusable violence, but endures as a humanized figure of intense fascination for the American public by Larry Greenfield on the Jewish Journal website. Meyer Lansky in 1958, cropped. Image: Al Ravenna, World Telegram staff photographer. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

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