Animal phobias often unwarranted fears

By Tamar SchwartzFebruary 1, 2018June 14, 2018 Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: Animal phobias often unwarranted fears: Charlotte’s Web Spinning tails by Charlottte A. Corbeil on the Viera Voice website on January 31, 2018.

Photo: Darius Baužys

Save the Date: Freedom to Choose with Jack and Kerry Kelly Novick on May 18, 2018 at CFS

By Tamar SchwartzJanuary 31, 2018July 6, 2018 EVENTS, Psychoanalysis

Friday, May 18, 2018, 8:00-10:00pm, Mt. Sinai’s Goldwurm Auditorium

The Contemporary Freudian Society will honor Jack and Kerry Kelly Novick for their contributions to our profession, focusing on the latest: FREEDOM TO CHOOSE: TWO SYSTEMS OF SELF-REGULATION IPBooks $25

Kimberly Kleinman and Donna Roth Smith
will be joining the panel for an evening of play

Jane Hall, Chair
The NY Scientific Program Committee

Facebook should get rid of its app for young kids, child development experts tell Mark Zuckerberg

By Tamar SchwartzJanuary 31, 2018June 14, 2018 Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: Facebook should get rid of its app for young kids, child development experts tell Mark Zuckerberg By Association Press on the Los Angeles Times website on January 30, 2018.

Click Here to Read: Turn Off Messenger Kids, Health Experts Plead to Facebook By Cecilia Kang in The New York Times on January 30, 2018.

Giacomo Casanova: A Biographical Portrait with Laurence Bergreen at NYPSI

By Tamar SchwartzJanuary 31, 2018July 6, 2018 EVENTS, Psychoanalysis

Giacomo Casanova: A Biographical Portrait

Laurence Bergreen, Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at 8 pm, New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute
247 East 82nd Street, NYC (btwn 2nd and 3rd Aves), $15 – General Admission, $10 – Student Admission
No charge for NYPSI members/students, Register HERE, visit nypsi.org or call 212.879.6900

NYPSI Works in Progress Seminar: Giacomo Casanova: A Biographical Portrait
This presentation is drawn from Laurence Bergreen’s most recent book, Casanova: The World of a Seductive Genius (Simon & Schuster, 2016). Casanova’s life as a libertine, as well as his brilliant intellect and importance in European letters (he met both Voltaire and Mozart), will be discussed. The impact of two major traumas on his personal life will also be examined: first, the abandonment in early childhood by his mother, an actress and courtesan, and second, the early death of his father. Continue reading Giacomo Casanova: A Biographical Portrait with Laurence Bergreen at NYPSI

France Is Great, But Their Kids Have ADHD Too

By Tamar SchwartzJanuary 31, 2018June 12, 2018 Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: In reply to a bizarre post on psychiatry and parents David Rettew M.D. David Rettew M.D.on his ABCs of Child Psychiatry on the Psychology Today blogs on October 15, 2016.

Photo: Weaver J (2013) Sesame Street Provides Lessons about Natural Brain Development in Children. PLoS Biol 11(1): e1001463. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001463;