Kimberlyn Leary On Psychoanalysis and Social Equity – TAP Interview

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Kimberlyn Leary, PhD, MPA, is BPSI Trustee Member, Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School/McLean Hospital, Associate Professor, at the Department of Health Policy and Management of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Lecturer in Public Policy, at Harvard Kennedy School. Her interview to Justin Shubert, PsyD, PhD, psychoanalyst in Los Angeles and Co-founder of the Committee on Diversities and...

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Spanish Conversation About Teen Parents – AUDIO

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In a recent episode of Alexandra M. Harrison’s podcast series, Diego Quiros interviews Malu Jimenez about a study of teen parents in Peru, in particular discussing teen fathers. Click on the player below to listen. 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...

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Dr. Paola Contreras Speaks About Her Work With Victims of Trauma – AUDIO

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In a recent episode of Alexandra M. Harrison’s podcast series, BPSI Member Paola Contreras, PsyD speaks about her work with victims of trauma in Latin America and in the US. Click on the player below to listen. Paola Michelle Contreras, PsyD is BPSI Psychoanalyst Member, Co-Chair of Community Division and the 2019 Arthur R. Kravitz Award recipient (click here to watch a recent video interview about her humanitarian work). Since 2006 Dr....

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Ten Big Bets: Transforming Education During the Pandemic and Beyond

Posted in Library Corner, Recent Work, Social Awareness

Ten Big Bets: Transforming Education During the Pandemic and Beyond (PEAR and Clover Press, 2020) is a new book by BPSI Psychoanalyst and Faculty Member, Gil G. Noam, PhD. The global pandemic has thrown schooling into disarray. Teachers, parents, and children alike face uncertainty, while distance learning strains the human connections that make schooling meaningful. In this book, noted Harvard psychologist and educator Dr. Gil Noam reminds the...

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Caste – Book Review

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Marcia Smith-Hutton is BPSI Psychotherapist and Library Committee Member. Her below remarks originally appeared in the Spring 2021 issue of the library newsletter, which can be read here. Wilkerson, I. (2020). Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. Random House, 496 pp. The tentacles of white supremacy stretch far. The tyranny of caste is that we are judged by attributes that we cannot change (or cannot easily change), such as the...

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Lullabies – AUDIO

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In a recent episode of her podcast series, Alexandra M. Harrison, MD discusses the universal and culture specific qualities of lullabies and why it is so good to sing to your baby. Click on the player below to listen. 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...

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