BPSI Training and Supervising Analyst, Cordelia Schmidt-Hellerau, PhD, appeared on a recent episode of the IPA’s On and Off the Couch podcast to talk about her novels, her theoretical writings, and her work as chair of the IPA in Culture Committee. Click on the image or follow the link below to access the podcast:
Episode 104: The Eyes, The Drives, and Culture with Cordelia Schmidt-Hellerau, PhD
Cordelia Schmidt-Hellerau, PhD is the author of many papers and books on theoretical, clinical and applied psychoanalysis, including Life Drive & Death Drive, Libido & Lethe (2001) and Driven to Survive (2018), which was a finalist of the American Board & Academy of Psychoanalysis Book Prize. She is the author of three novels: Memory’s Eyes (2020) in English, Rousseaus Traum (2019) in German, and Memento (in progress). As the Chair of the IPA in Culture Committee she has edited a multilingual collection of stories The Analyst as Storyteller / El Analista como Narrador (2021). She works in private practice in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Members and partners can borrow all Cordelia Schmidt-Hellerau’s books from the BPSI library.
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