The Mystery of Max Eitingon: An Exchange

Click Here to Read: ‘The Mystery of Max Eitingon’: An Exchange by Stephen Schwartz, Vitaly Rapoport, and Walter Laqueur, reply by Theodore H. Draper in the New York Review of Books in the June 16, 1988 issue.

Freud and other psychoanalysts : (left to right seated) Freud, Sàndor Ferenczi, and Hanns Sachs (standing) Otto Rank, Karl Abraham, Max Eitingon, and Ernest Jones: Date: 1922  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Pie Fidelity

Click Here to Read:  Pie Fidelity by Pete Brown review – in defence of British Food:  From pork pies with mushy peas to the full English fry up … a sentimental celebration of a nation’s traditional grub by Jonathan Meades on the Guardian website on March 27,  2019.

A cooked toad in the hole in a baking dish, on a table ready to serve. Photo: Robert Gibert. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

The Buddhist Wheel of Life and Death and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with Paul Cooper at MITPP

THE BUDDHIST WHEEL OF LIFE AND DEATH AND PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 2019  9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

PRESENTER: PAUL C. COOPER, MS, LP
The Wheel of Life & Death functions as a pictorial representation of cyclic existence or “samsara.” It is comprised of a series of concentric circles that detail how the mind is structured and functions. It serves as a template for mapping out and understanding internal mental processes, the range of emotional and psychological states that contribute to our sense of identity and their behavioral manifestations that can contribute to identifying both internal and relational dynamics, which can expand our awareness and choices that in turn can contribute to healthy and constructive responses to self and others. This four-hour didactic and experiential workshop will examine the elements and dimensions of the wheel in relation to psychoanalytic concepts and practices with an eye toward personal growth and the therapeutic process and will include applications to clinical and meditation practice.

Learning objectives:
Participants will: 1) Develop enhanced psychoanalytic listening skills
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Review of ‘The Psychoanalyst’s Aversion to Proof’ by Austin Ratner

Click Here to Read:  Review of ‘The Psychoanalyst’s Aversion to Proof’ by Austin Ratner, Reviewed by  Grady Harp in the San Francisco Review of Books on  February 7, 2019.

Click Here to Read:  New book puts Freud and psychoanalysis back on the couch: Medical doctor turned Sammy Rohr prizewinning author Austin Ratner analyzes why Freud’s school of psychology isn’t doing as well as it used to By Cathryn J. Prince in the Times of Israel on February 7, 2019.

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