David James Fisher and Joshua Hoffs
JOSHUA A. HOFFS, M.D. (1933-2024)
By David James Fisher, Ph.D.
Joshua Hoffs, M.D. passed away peacefully at home on Sunday August 4th surrounded by loving family, friends, and colleagues. His death is a significant loss to the psychoanalytic community. As a clinician, he was supportive, kind, insightful, and consistently non-judgmental. Being able to bracket out judgment, Josh functioned as an open-minded and caring analyst, who was available to guide his patients toward fulfillment in their relationships, work, and attitudes about themselves. He did not hesitate to educate and inform as well as deal with unconscious dynamics. Many younger members of the New Center for Psychoanalysis sought out his counsel and his Continue reading JOSHUA A. HOFFS, M.D. (1933-2024)