Olga Umansky, MLIS, is a librarian and archivist of the Hanns Sachs Library at BPSI. Her remarks below originally appeared in the Spring 2020 issue of the library newsletter, which can be read here. Joseph Brodsky wrote this Russian chant fifty years ago. Some thought it mocked the absurd reality outside his Leningrad apartment, while others read it as a reproach to internal exiles popular among Soviet intellectuals. The poem is funny and...

In the third of 3 episodes about remote learning, Alexandra M. Harrison, MD, and Eileen Berger give tips about how to help your teenager with remote learning and preparation for the future. Alexandra Murray Harrison, MD is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute in Adult and Child and Adolescent Psychoanalysis, an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School at the Cambridge...

Shari Thurer, ScD, is a BPSI Psychotherapist Member. Her below remarks originally appeared in the Spring 2020 issue of the library newsletter, which can be read here. Reading Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan tetralogy is a bit like listening in on a psychoanalytic session. Her characters’ thoughts, emotions and dialogue are raw, unfiltered. Her novels trace the course of a complicated, intense, volatile relationship between two women over six...

Rita Teusch, PhD, is a Faculty Member of BPSI. Her remarks below originally appeared in the Fall 2019 issue of the Hanns Sachs Library Newsletter, which can be read here. Felix Deutsch in a BPSI seminar room, 1941. Felix Deutsch Collection, BPSI Archives. For many years, the Felix Deutsch collection at BPSI included Dr. Gerrit Hohendorf’s German-language dissertation on the evolution of Felix Deutsch’s psychosomatic theory. We...

BPSI Training and Supervising Analyst, Joan Wheelis, MD, appeared on a recent episode of the IPA’s “Off the Couch” podcast in conversation with Susan Mailer. Follow the link below to listen. Episode 74: Analyst Daughters of Famous Fathers Write Memoirs: A Conversation between Susan Mailer and Joan Wheelis,...

In a recent episode of her podcast series, Alexandra M. Harrison, MD, discusses remote learning with elementary school aged children with an expert educator, Eileen Berger, giving helpful tips about how parents can support their children with resources on the web and by collaborating with teachers. Alexandra Murray Harrison, MD is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute in Adult and Child and...