On and Off the Couch: Memoir of a Psychoanalyst by Beverly Kolsky from IPBooks.net

By Tamar SchwartzJuly 8, 2022July 8, 2022 Books, Psychoanalysis

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On And Off The Couch is a beautifully written love letter to psychoanalysis and its power to transform a life. Kolsky gives us an insider’s look into her own journey of becoming free and independent as a woman, and as a psychoanalyst. This compelling memoir reveals the author’s devotion to her patients, the lucky beneficiaries of her own self exploration. We are fortunate that she found her voice, one worth listening to.
—Lisa Sokoloff, LCSW, PsyA, Supervisor and Instructor IPS

When neither residence on an idyllic Greek island nor all-consuming romance can cure the restlessness of an empty self, Kolsky finds her way to the journey within, and she takes us along for the ride. This undaunted accounting from analysand to analyst is a testament to the enduring power of Continue reading On and Off the Couch: Memoir of a Psychoanalyst by Beverly Kolsky from IPBooks.net

A Plea for Reconsideration of Penis Envy: Sigmund Freud a Feminist in His Time by Harmon Biddle

By Tamar SchwartzJune 20, 2022June 20, 2022 Psychoanalysis

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Review of Staring Night by Robert C Abrams, Reviewed by Claire Hilton

By Tamar SchwartzMay 30, 2022May 30, 2022 Books, Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: Book Review: Claire Hilton on Staring Night: Queen Victoria’s Late-life Depression by Robert C Abrams (New York: International Psychoanalytic Books, 2020. ISBN 978-1-949093-55-1) on The Medical Humanities Blog on February 10, 2021.|
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The lie of the banality of evil: Hannah Arendt’s fatal flaw by Henry Zvi Lothane, M.D.

By Tamar SchwartzMay 24, 2022May 24, 2022 Politics, Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: The lie of the banality of evil: Hannah Arendt’s fatal flaw by Henry Zvi Lothane, M.D. Published in: Naso, R.C. & Mills, J. (eds.) (2016). Ethics of evil/ Psychoanalytic Investigations. London: Karnac, Chapter 7, pp. 233-264.
Click Here to Read: How To Think About Evil: A Response To Richard J. Bernstein Ph.D. On Arendt’s Banality Of Evil by Henry Zvi Lothane, M.D. Published in Issues in Psychoanalytic Psychology, 36:1-20, 2014.|
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Some thoughts on reading “The Mystifying Rise in Child Suicide “ by Andrew Solomon in the New Yorker by Bennett Roth

By Tamar SchwartzMay 24, 2022May 24, 2022 Psychoanalysis

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Review of Surrogate by Karen Fund, Reviewed by Ken Fuchsman

By Tamar SchwartzMay 22, 2022May 22, 2022 Books, Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: Review of Surrogate: How A Woman Named Sandra Made Me A Mother By Karen L. Fund, Reviewed by Ken Fuchsman.
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The Narcissism of Small Differences in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

By Tamar SchwartzMay 5, 2022May 5, 2022 Politics, Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: The Narcissism of Small Differences in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict by Natylie Baldwin on the Anit-War.com wensote pm May 05, 2022.
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