In a recent episode of the IPA’s “Talks on Psychoanalysis”, Cordelia Schmidt-Hellerau presented “Driven to preserve self and object”, investigating the structuring function of the object in tension with the subject and its drives; the role of the aggression as an intensified expression of a need; and her original term “Lethe”, describing the energy of these preservative drives. Click on the player above to listen. You...

Edward Shapiro, MD, discussed his new book Finding a Place to Stand: Developing Self-Reflective Institutions, Leaders and Citizens (Phoenix Publishing House, 2020) with his colleague, Jonathan Kolb, MD. The book draws on psychodynamic systems thinking to offer a new understanding of the journey from being an individual to joining society as a citizen. With detailed stories, the steps – and the conscious and unconscious linkages – from being a...

Ellen Goldberg, PhD, is a BPSI Psychotherapist Member. Her below remarks originally appeared in the “What Are We Watching” section of the Spring 2020 issue of the library newsletter, which can be read here. “Unorthodox” is a four-part Netflix mini-series loosely based on a memoir by Deborah Feldman. Ms. Feldman successfully left the Satmar Hasidic sect, which is considered one of the wealthiest and most powerful communities in...

Follow this link for the AUDIO version of this interview. Nigel C. Gibson, PhD, an Associate Professor at Emerson College and BPSI Community Trustee, recently interviewed Helen Neville and Lou Turner, the editors of “Frantz Fanon’s Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Clinical Work: Practicing Internationally with Marginalized Communities”, a new book on Fanon’s legacy in the mental health profession.  The interview was produced and...

Our member, Fred Busch, PhD, appeared in the recent episode of the IPA podcast to talk about his new paper “Self-Criticism as a Lifeline”. The program aired on June 17, 2020. Click on the player above to listen or follow this link to discover this and other conversations in the IPA “Talks on Psychoanalysis” series. Fred Busch, PhD, is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute....

Joan Wheelis, MD, discussed her new memoir “The Known, the Secret, the Forgotten” (W.W. Norton, 2019) with Steven Ablon, MD, and Andrea Celenza, PhD, and a live audience via a Webinar Meet the Author held on Tue, Jun 2, at 7:30-9pm EST. The program was organized and recorded by the library of the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. Click here to watch other interviews in our Meet the Author, The Voice of Experience, and...