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People Don’t Drown in Living Rooms by Orna Reuven and Yair Eldan
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Above are two clusters of chapters from a unique psychological novel, “people don’t drown in living rooms”. Written in two voices, in the form of epistolary exchanges between analyst and patient, this book is unique in its form as well as in its contextual content. Touching on the complexity of emotional and physical boundaries between therapist and client, through the tumultuous arena of erotic transference – as Danielle Knafo, professor, psychoanalyst and author, commented “This book teaches us more about the intensity of the love-hate dynamics that exist between patient and analyst than any journal article on the subject”.

This book was written by two authors; Dr. Orna Reuven, a psychoanalyst and lecturer from the Tel-Aviv Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis, and Dr. Yair Eldan, a lecturer of law from The Hebrew University, who together embarked on an adventure knowing how it would begin but with no view of where it would end. During the writing of this book, they took it upon themselves to restrict their Continue reading People Don’t Drown in Living Rooms by Orna Reuven and Yair Eldan

Development, Psychopathology, And Treatment Techniques Across The Life-Span by Ivan Sherick
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Click Here to Read a Review  of Introduction to Child, Adolescent, and Adult Development: A Psychoanalytic Perspective for Students and Professionals by Ivan Sherick; IPBooks (2012; 183 pages) (The first book of the three included in this volume)  Reviewed by Denia Barrett, LCSW. This review appeared in the AAPCSW Newsletter, Spring 2018 issue.

Development, Psychopathology, and Treatment Techniques Across the Life-Span: A Psychoanalytic Perspective is meant for students and professionals. It includes intact three former books, each devoted separately to the topics of development, psychopathology, and treatment techniques. It explains the psychoanalytic issues involved in language accessible and available to all. Clinical examples are provided. Recommended readings are included at the end.

IVAN SHERICK, PH.D. is a psychoanalyst trained to see people of all ages. He was in private practice in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He was trained in child/adolescent psychoanalysis at The Hampstead Clinic in London, England, under Miss Anna Freud’s direction. He later completed adult psychoanalytic training at The Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute. He is Emeritus Supervisor of Child and Adolescent Analysis at MPI. He is a former supervisor of adult psychodynamic psychotherapy in the Department of Psychiatry, the University of Michigan. He formerly was the Child Development Director of the Allen Creek Preschool in Ann Arbor, MI, a founding member of the Alliance of Psychoanalytic Schools.

The Developmental Lens by Gwyneth Kerr Erwin, Ph.D., Psy.D. from IPBooks
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Advance Praise for The Developmental Lens: A New Paradigm for Psychodynamic Diagnosis and Treatment by Gwyneth Kerr Erwin, Ph.D., Psy.D.

In the nearly thirty years I’ve known her, Dr. Gwyn Erwin’s passion has been to formulate, teach, and integrate contemporary relational psychoanalytic thinking, infant (and adult) development, and caring and effective treatment of trauma. This beautifully articulated and case-illustrated book accomplishes that goal in spades! A must-read for every therapist, teacher, student, and patient who is working and/or living with the debilitating effects of trauma in search of revitalized development.
—Alitta Kullman, Ph.D., Author of Hunger for Connection: Finding Meaning in Eating Disorders

Finally, a book that brilliantly weaves together multiple theories of trauma to create an integrated and comprehensive, easy to understand, narrative of Continue reading The Developmental Lens by Gwyneth Kerr Erwin, Ph.D., Psy.D. from IPBooks

Review of Raymond J. Lawrence’s Book: Harry Stack Sullivan and Anton T. Boisen Comrades and Revolutionaries in Psychotherapy
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Click Here to Read:  Review of Raymond J. Lawrence’s Book: Harry Stack Sullivan and Anton T. Boisen Comrades and Revolutionaries in Psychotherapy by Charla Hayden on the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy website.

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