In The Media: John Martin-Joy
Recently John Martin-Joy, MD, and his book Diagnosing From A Distance were quoted in a New York Times obituary for editor Warren Boroson. To view the article, please click here. Boroson, along with with Ralph Ginzburg, created a provocative article and survey of psychiatrists about Barry Goldwater’s mental health. “‘I think he, with Ginzburg, was important in trying to push forward the frontiers of free speech on behalf of public understanding of the mental health of public figures,’ Dr. Martin-Joy said....
read moreFred Busch: Psychoanalysis at the Crossroads: An International Perspective
BPSI Member Fred Busch, PhD, is set to release his latest work on March 15th; Psychoanalysis at the Crossroads: An International Perspective. Preorders of the book can be made here. About the Book In this clear and thoughtful book, an international group of distinguished authors explore the central issues and future directions facing psychoanalytic theory and practice. The book explores four main questions in the development of psychoanalysis: what psychoanalysis is as an endeavor now and what it may be in the future; the effect of social...
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American Imago Call for Papers: Comics on the Couch
The field of narrative medicine recognizes that stories articulate the language of the body. Rita Charon, the founder of the field of narrative medicine, brought both patient and practitioner to a fuller recognition of stories as a source of medical insight and intervention: stories that may take shape in words but originate through bodily drives. Drawing lessons from psychoanalysis about “attention, drives, and relationships,” she reminded us that the nineteenth-century photographs of hysteria captured images of bodies telling stories not...
read moreAndrea Celenza; Transference, Love, Being: Essential Essays From the Field
BPSI Member Andrea Celenza’s newest manuscript Transference, Love Being: Essential Essays from the Field was released in 2022 and will be featured in BPSI’s Meet the Author event this October. Click the link here to purchase this book. Book Description Through a series of expansive essays, Transference, Love, Being explores the centrality of love in psychoanalytic practice. Starting with the immersion of the analyst, this book reimagines several aspects of the psychoanalytic process, including transference,...
read moreThe BPSI Library Committee Presents Beyond the Binary: Essays on Gender
We are happy to announce the publication of Beyond the Binary: Essays on Gender, a manuscript edited by BPSI Member Shari Thurer, ScD, in collaboration with the Library Committee. This is the fourth publication sponsored by the Library Committee of the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute and the first published by Phoenix. Click here to purchase a copy! About the Book: The increase in the number of non-binary children and adults in our society raises important treatment questions as well as much controversy. It seems...
read moreIn the News: Robert Waldinger, MD
Psychiatrist and BPSI Member Dr. Robert Waldinger has been all over the news promoting his new book, The Good Life: Lessons From the World’s Longest Study of Happiness. Recently, he stopped by WGBH’s Boston Public Radio, sharing the study’s findings on the importance of interpersonal relationships for feelings of long-term happiness and fulfilment. Click here to watch the interview. About the Book What makes a life fulfilling and meaningful? The simple but surprising answer is: relationships. The stronger our relationships,...
read moreDr. Anna Ornstein: “My Mother’s Eyes”
The Terezin Music Foundation will be premiering a short film featuring BPSI Member and Holocaust survivor, Dr. Anna Ornstein, in conversation with Terezin Music Foundation executive director Mark Ludwig. “On this date—which is also her 96th birthday—Anna talks about her childhood in Nazi-occupied Hungary, the murder of most of her family, her years in Auschwitz with her mother, and her life after liberation. She reads from her memoir, “My Mother’s Eyes,” and—most importantly—offers a profound, urgent message for today. An unforgettable...
read moreIPA Off The Couch, Episode 105: Musical Improvisation and Free Association with Rafael Ornstein, MD
Click here to listen to the episode. Episode Description: We begin by recognizing the well-known analytic challenge which is to learn the basic scales and then learn to improvise – both being essential tools for creating a dependable and creative analytic space. Rafael shares with us his early familial psychoanalytic influences and his search to find his own voice. We discuss the similarities between analytic free association and musical improvisation. He demonstrates his clinical observations with three live musical renditions – first the...
read moreLawrence Brown: On Freud’s “Moses and Monotheism”
BPSI member Larry Brown’s latest work, On Freud’s “Moses and Monotheism,” was published on November 30th, 2022. Book orders can be made here. From Routledge: On Freud’s “Moses and Monotheism” discusses key themes in Sigmund Freud’s final book, Moses and Monotheism, written between 1934 and 1939. The contributors reflect on the historical context of the time during which the book was written, including Freud’s mindset and his struggle to leave Austria to escape the Nazi regime, and investigate its...
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