In a recent episode of Alexandra M. Harrison’s podcast series, Katherine Schwab discusses the interesting phenomenon of children who do not speak a word at school but are chatterboxes at home. Katherine is a therapist who works with these children and has some creative ideas about how to help them come out of their shells outside of their safety zone. Click on the player below to listen. Alexandra Murray Harrison, MD is a Training and...

The recipients of the 2021 Kravitz Award, Ayelet Barkai, MD and Ruth Drasin, PhD, talk about their work co-directing the Boston chapter of the national organization A Home Within in an interview to Patricia Potter, MD, recorded in the BPSI Library on Oct 1, 2021. The mission of A Home Within is captured in the organization’s motto, “One Child, One Therapist, For as Long as It Takes.” In order to address the trauma and disruption inherent in the...

In a recent episode of Alexandra M. Harrison’s podcast series, BPSI Member and renowned infant researcher Ed Tronick discusses a recent study of infants’ responses to their mothers wearing masks. Tronick created the famous still face experiment that demonstrated the sensitivity of infants to their mother’s contingent responses, primarily communicated by facial expression. In this study, he wanted to know whether mothers’ masking during...

The Arthur R. Kravitz Award Recipients of 2015 and 2017, Deborah Choate, MD and Karen Melikian, PhD talk about their community work in a video interview recorded on Aug 20, 2021 in the BPSI Library. Deborah Choate, MD, received the Kravitz Award in 2015. For many years she was a psychiatric/psychoanalytic consultant with the homeless and disadvantaged community, volunteering at organizations that helped women who are homeless or living in...

In this episode of Alexandra M. Harrison’s podcast series, Jessica Merle gives thoughts on how to manage reactions of other adults, including teachers, health professionals, extended family, and friends to a highly sensitive child. It’s the 2nd episode in a new series on the “Highly Sensitive Child”, the 1st episode can be accessed here. Click on the player below to listen. Alexandra Murray Harrison, MD is a Training and Supervising...

In a recent episode of Alexandra M. Harrison’s podcast series, an accomplished professional woman and the mother of a highly sensitive child describes mothering her wonderful yet challenging child and what she has learned from this experience. It’s the 1st episode in a new series on the “Highly Sensitive Child”. Click on the player below to listen. Alexandra Murray Harrison, MD is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Boston...