Restoring the Core of Clinical Practice – A Book Review

Posted in History, Library Corner

Randall H. Paulsen, MD, is BPSI Faculty Member. His remarks below originally appeared in the Fall 2019 issue of the Hanns Sachs Library Newsletter, which can be read here. Milberg, L. & Knowlton, K. (2019). Restoring the Core of Clinical Practice: What is a Balint group and how does it help? Independently published, 69 pp. Human relationships and the desire to make a difference motivate people to go into health care professions. When...

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Women Histories in Photos – Jenny Waelder-Hall

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Olga Umansky, MLIS, is a librarian and archivist of the Hanns Sachs Library at BPSI. Her remarks below originally appeared in the Winter 2021 issue of the library newsletter, which can be read here. Jenny Waelder-Hall. BPSI Archives Several archival researchers have recently looked into Jenny Waelder-Hall’s materials at BPSI. Klara Naszkowska, PhD, a Fulbright and Visiting Scholar at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University has...

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Alexandra Harrison on the IPA’s Off the Couch Podcast – AUDIO

Posted in History, Social Awareness

BPSI Training and Supervising Analyst, Alexandra Murray Harrison, MD, appeared on a recent episode of the IPA’s Off the Couch podcast, discussing her work and the nature of altruism with the program host, Harvey Schwartz, MD. Click on the link below to listen to the program on the podcast web page. Episode 80: A Psychoanalyst and Magic Moments: Working with Caregivers of Traumatized Children with Alexandra Harrison, M.D. (Cambridge,...

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Gift of Poetry – Donald Hall Materials at BPSI Archives

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Olga Umansky, MLIS, is a librarian and archivist of the Hanns Sachs Library at BPSI. Her remarks below originally appeared in the Winter 2021 issue of the library newsletter, which can be read here. Donald Hall in the 1970s near Eagle Pond, NH. Photograph by Jane Kenyon. Reproduced with permission of the Donald Hall & Jane Kenyon Estate BPSI Candidate Member, John Martin-Joy, MD, trusted our archives with a fascinating and moving...

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Finding Order in Meaning, Being and Becoming through Memoir: Fred Griffin’s Interview with Joan Wheelis

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Fred L. Griffin, MD, is Training and Supervising Analyst at the Dallas Psychoanalytic Center. His comments and interview with BPSI Training and Supervising Analyst, Joan Wheelis, MD, about her recently published memoir originally appeared in the Winter/Spring 2021 issue of The American Psychoanalyst, which can be read here. Below is a brief excerpt of the content: There is a growing interest in memoir among the general readership, andan...

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Balm in Gilead – A Book Review

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Shari Thurer, ScD, is a BPSI Psychotherapist Member. Her below remarks originally appeared in the Winter 2021 issue of the library newsletter, which can be read here. Lawrence-Lightfoot, S. (1995). Balm in Gilead: Journey of a Healer. Penguin Books, 368pp. Reading Balm in Gilead during the pandemic was literary comfort food. The book is fundamentally the story of a Black family, who, by dint of hard work and middle-class values, did well,...

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