Brain halves become less alike as kids grow, especially in highly intelligent teens

By Tamar SchwartzMay 25, 2026May 25, 2026 Psychoanalysis, Science

Click Here to Read: Brain halves become less alike as kids grow, especially in highly intelligent teens by Karina Petrova on the PsyPost website on April 29, 2026.

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VOICES FROM ROOM – Close to Home

By Tamar SchwartzMay 22, 2026May 22, 2026 Literature, Psychoanalysis

Episode 54 of Voices from ROOM: A Podcast for Analytic Action, “Close to Home with Shari Appollon” is now available wherever you listen to podcasts.
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This week, Aneta and Isaac speak with Shari Appollon, a Haitian-American psychoanalytic candidate at the National Institute for the Psychotherapies. Apollon explores how her psychoanalytic training has complicated her vision of her family’s Continue reading VOICES FROM ROOM – Close to Home

Modern Relationship Trap: Mistaking Analysis for Intimacy

By Tamar SchwartzMay 22, 2026May 22, 2026 Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: Modern Relationship Trap: Mistaking Analysis for Intimacy: Why some couples talk about feelings without ever feeling close by Jill P. Weber Ph.D. on her Having Sex, Wanting Intimacy blog on the Psychology Today blots on May 18, 2026.

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Death Heebie-Jeebies and the Ego: Coping with Fears of Death and Dying

By Tamar SchwartzMay 22, 2026May 22, 2026 Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: Death Heebie-Jeebies and the Ego: Coping with Fears of Death and Dying (Vol. 6; Issue 20) by Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD on his Journeys into the Unconscious Mind website on May 20, 2026.

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The Clinical Encounter Up Close

By Tamar SchwartzMay 22, 2026May 22, 2026 Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: The Clinical Encounter, Up Close Five essays for Mental Health Awareness Month on the American Psychoanalytic substack on May 21, 2026.

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The Evolution of Brain and Intelligence

By Tamar SchwartzMay 19, 2026May 19, 2026 Psychoanalysis, Science

Click Here to Read: The Evolution of Brain and Intelligence: How come we are so smart and our brains so big? by Joachim I. Krueger Ph.D. on his One Among Many blog on the Psychology Today blogs on March 14, 2026.

The Pilot and the Flying Kite

By Tamar SchwartzMay 15, 2026May 15, 2026 Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: The Pilot and the Flying Kite: A Surprising Solution to a Complicated Marital Problem (Vol. 6; Number 19) Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD
May 12, 2026.

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