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The Analyst’s Mortality: Risk, Possibility and Gift
In this paper, I address my personal experience of my analyst's sudden death, linking that loss to a subject the literature has long neglected: a striking fact that led me to wonder why the analyst’s mortality is so particularly avoided in our profession. The universal – “no one likes to think about death” – is only the surface.
Meet the Author Webinar with Cordelia Schmidt-Hellerau, PhD
Memory's Eyes: A New York Oedipus Novel (IPBooks, 2020) is written for readers who enjoy playing with concepts and storylines, here namely the classical Oedipus myth, Sophocles’ three Theban plays, the psychoanalytical concept of the Oedipus complex, and its pop-cultural adaptations in cartoons and jokes.
Featured Paper
"Psychoanalysis and Our Cultural Crisis," an article by this month's BPSI author, José Saporta, MD. Click the banner to read an excerpt of the content.

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