Dan Jacobs, MD, is a Training and Supervising Analyst at BPSI. His remarks below originally appeared in the Winter 2020 issue of the BPSI Library Newsletter, which can be read here. Hoban, Phoebe (2014). Lucian Freud: Eyes Wide Open. Boston: New Harvest, pp.174. For those who are interested in but not familiar with the life and work of Lucian Freud, Sigmund’s grandson, this primer is a good place to begin. Clear and concise, it traces Lucian’s...

Ellen Goldberg, PhD, is a Child Neuropsychologist and a Psychotherapist Member of BPSI. Olga Umansky, MLIS, is a BPSI Librarian and Archivist. Their remarks below originally appeared in the Summer 2020 issue of the library newsletter, which can be read here. System Crasher is a 2019 German drama film directed by Nora Fingscheidt and available on Netflix. The film received various European nominations and eight German film awards for best film,...

Ramon Greenberg, MD, talked to Howard Katz, MD, about his work on dreams and other contributions to psychoanalysis in an interview recorded for The Voice of Experience Series on October 9, 2020. Ramon Greenberg, MD, is a Psychoanalyst and Faculty Member at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute (BPSI) and a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is the author of numerous articles on the dream theory, sleep...

Olga Umansky, MLIS, is a librarian and archivist of the Hanns Sachs Library at BPSI. Her remarks below originally appeared in the Summer 2018 issue of the library newsletter, which can be read here. Sigmund Freud’s Portrait, 1929 signed by “Dr. Murray” in 1933BPSI Archives The handwriting analysis of both John Murray and Henry Murray revealed that the portrait of Freud donated to the BPSI Archives by John Baker, PhD, is likely...

Rita Teusch, PhD, Faculty Member of BPSI. Her remarks below originally appeared in the Winter 2018 issue of the Hann Sachs Library Newsletter, which can be read here. Novick, J. and Novick, K. (2016) Freedom to Choose. Two Systems of Self-Regulation. International Psychoanalytic Books. 236 pp. This immensely readable book details John and Kerry Kelly Novick’s clinical psychoanalytic work over the past 50 years. Trained at the Anna Freud...

Steven Luria Ablon, MD, read poetry from his new book “Dinner in the Garden” at our Meet the Author Webinar held and recorded on Oct 6, 2020. Discussion with a live audience was moderated by Dan Jacobs, MD. Click here to watch other webinars and interviews in our Meet the Author, The Voice of Experience, and Kravitz Award video series. Follow this link to watch video recordings of select BPSI events in the past.