Category: Psychoanalysis

Tomasi Di Palma Alessandra
By Categories: History, Psychoanalysis

Alessandra Tomasi Di Palma (Nizza, 1896 – Palermo, 1982)

Pioneer of psychoanalysis in Italy, she has actively participated in the establishment of the Italian Psychoanalytic Society and its re-establishment during the years after the War. She has been the only woman to hold the position of President of the Italian Psychoanalytic Society. She played an active role in the organization of national and international conferences. She has been Honorary President of the Center of Psychoanalysis in Palermo.

The Life

Alessandra Tomasi, Baroness Wolff of Stomersee, Duchess of Palma, Princess of Lampedusa was born in Nice on November 27, 1896. She lived in St. Petersburg , in the Winter Palace, where her father, the baltic baron Boris Stomersee Wolff, was a high dignitary of Tsar Nicholas II. Her italian-born mother, Alice Barbi, was a famous opera singer. Continue reading Tomasi Di Palma Alessandra

Finding Ourselves in the Storms of Election 2020 at NCP Los Angeles
By Categories: EVENTS, Politics, Psychoanalysis

Part 1 : Arriving at this Political Moment Saturday, October 24, 2020 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM (PST) Pre-registration is required Registration closes at 4:00 PM PST on October 23 3 CE/CME Credits  Registration by October 18: $50; after October 18: $60 Students, candidates, interns and residents: $30   Peter Wolson, PhD, and Thomas Brod, MD

The first three-hour workshop will offer a schematic psychoanalytic overview of the major issues in what many regard as the most important presidential election of their lifetime. In their presentations, Drs. Wolson and Brod will explore such seminal issues as the conflict between Republicans and Democrats, authoritarianism vs. democracy, presidential Continue reading Finding Ourselves in the Storms of Election 2020 at NCP Los Angeles