International Journal of Controversial Discussions Issue Volume #4 Issue #1
By Categories: Psychoanalysis
 Click Here to Read: The International Journal of Controversial Discussions Volume #4 Issue #1.  The theme of the issue is Memoir and Psychoanalysis with a target paper by Merle Heidi Molofky, MFA, NCPsyA and edited by M. Sagman Kayatekin, M.D. There is also Review of Donnelley M. (2023). Treatment Resistance in Therapy: A Patient’s Perspective. Ireviewed be J. Christopher Fowler and a Response to Dr. Fowler by Marshall Donnelley This journal is supported by a generous grant from the American Psychoanalytic Foundation.
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Is a Therapist Allowed to Be Attractive? Beauty and style in the clinical encounter
By Categories: General, Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: Is a Therapist Allowed to Be Attractive? Beauty and style in the clinical encounter by By Sarika Persaud in The American Psychoanalyst on September 17, 2026.

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These Four Giant Dinosaur Footprints Discovered in North Dakota Might Represent the First Trackway Made by an Adult T. Rex Ever Found
By Categories: Science

Click Here to Read: These Four Giant Dinosaur Footprints Discovered in North Dakota Might Represent the First Trackway Made by an Adult T. Rex Ever Found. A high school teacher first spotted the remarkable trail while volunteering on a paleontological dig. Researchers suspect a hulking, full-grown dinosaur marched through the then-swampy landscape roughly 66.5 million years ago by Sarah Kutant on the Smithsonian Magazine website  on September 15, 2026.

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Trump Wants You to Look Away From the Iran War Fiasco
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Click Here to Read: Trump Wants You to Look Away From the Iran War Fiasco. The United States is losing the conflict, stoking chaos in the region, and inviting economic calamity—all with no end in sight by  by David Faris on the Nation   agazine substack on September 16, 2026.

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Why Do We Mix up Memories? A New Study Sheds Light. Think of your brain like a filing cabinet
By Categories: Psychoanalysis, Science

Click Here to Read: Why Do We Mix up Memories? A New Study Sheds Light. Think of your brain like a filing cabinet By Ian McDonough on the Katie Couric Media website on September 15, 2026.

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