October News & Events at Austen Riggs

By Tamar SchwartzOctober 7, 2019October 7, 2019 EVENTS, Psychoanalysis

October News & Events: The Riggs Blog – Recent Stories
Centennial Conference Photos

On Sept. 21-22, we welcomed more than 200 individuals to our Centennial Conference–The Mental Health Crisis in America: Recognizing Problems, Working Toward Solutions.

We are grateful to everyone who helped to make the conference happen and to everyone who was able to attend; it was a truly inspiring day and a half of learning, community, and partnership. >> View Photo Gallery
Suicide Prevention Awareness on the Radio

Research Psychologist Katie Lewis, PhD, appeared on the WAMC program Vox Pop, hosted by Ray Graf, to discuss suicide prevention awareness month and take calls from listeners.

Lee Watroba, Erikson Institute Program and Community Outreach Manager for the Austen Riggs Center and Chair of the Berkshire Coalition, appeared Continue reading October News & Events at Austen Riggs

Seven Reasons Why Most Major Depression is Probably Not a Brain Disorder

By Tamar SchwartzOctober 5, 2019October 5, 2019 Psychoanalysis, Science

Click Here to Read: Seven Reasons Why Most Major Depression is Probably Not a Brain Disorder By Edward Hagen on the Evolution Institute website.

Photo: Sander van der Wel from Netherlands.

“The Other Woman” – Eliza Davis and Charles Dickens

By Tamar SchwartzOctober 3, 2019October 3, 2019 Literature, Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: “The Other Woman” – Eliza Davis and Charles Dickens by Murray Baumgarten, University of California, Santa Cruz, in the Dickens Quarterly Vol. 32, No. 1, March 2015.

Charles Dickens circa 1860. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Freud’s Bar: Tickling the Unconscious with Sarah Boxer

By Tamar SchwartzSeptember 28, 2019September 28, 2019 EVENTS, Literature, Psychoanalysis

Tickling the Unconscious: EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS 5433 College Avenue, Oakland, CA 94618(2 blocks south of the Rockridge BART Station) 510-653-9965
Moderator: Dorian S. Newton, PhD – Member, San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis WEDNESDAY, October 16, 2019 – 6:30PM
How to Psychoanalyze a Bunny Presenter: Sarah Boxer
“A charming, respectful examination of Freud’s work in comic form.” Kirkus Reviews
Join us for a whimsical evening with Sarah Boxer, the author of In the Floyd Continue reading Freud’s Bar: Tickling the Unconscious with Sarah Boxer

Coming Soon to 192 Books: How to Psychoanalyze a Bunny: A Book Talk with Sarah Boxer

By Tamar SchwartzSeptember 28, 2019September 28, 2019 EVENTS, Literature, Psychoanalysis

Coming Soon to 192 Books: How to Psychoanalyze a Bunny: A Book Talk Friday, October 25, 7 PM 192 10th Avenue B/t 21st & 22nd Street New York City

Sarah Boxer’s In the Floyd Archives and Mother May I? (IPBooks, 2019)

Sigmund Freud’s The Ego and the Id

By Tamar SchwartzSeptember 26, 2019September 26, 2019 Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: Sigmund Freud’s The Ego and the Id. Freud died 80 years ago this week. In this “Virtual Roundtable,” three scholars debate the legacy of his 1923 text by Elizabeth Lunbeck , Amber Jamilla Musser and Todd McGowan on the JStor Daily website on September 21, 2019.

Google Images. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

CUTV News Radio Spotlights Dr. Susan Kavaler-Adler

By Tamar SchwartzSeptember 26, 2019September 26, 2019 Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: Press Release for CUTV News Radio Spotlights Dr. Susan Kavaler-Adler.