boston psychoanalytic society & institute

Thinking Psychoanalytically (and Historically) about the State of the Nation: 1938, 2018 with Elizabeth Lunbeck, PhD
The voice of psychiatrists and psychoanalysts of the 1930s and 1940s is absent from current popular socio-political writing. How might these thinkers help us to better understand our patient’s anxieties about the current political situation?
The Edge of Chaos: Play in the Analytic Setting with Judith Yanof, MD
In play spaces co-created with his analyst, the child experiments, improvises, and tries out new ways of being and making meaning. Using clinical examples, Drs. Yanof, Choice, and Vasiliauskas will discuss these ideas and their applications to therapeutic action in adult analysis.
The Image of Psychoanalysis (The 2018 Fall Art Exhibit)
Join us for an opening reception to celebrate the 22 artists chosen for this exhibit. Click the banner for more information.
Featured Paper
"Mortality, Integrity, and Psychoanalysis (Who Are You to Me? Who Am I to You?)", an article by this month's BPSI author, Ellen Pinsky. Click the banner to read an excerpt of the content.

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