A Dog as a Family Member – AUDIO
In a recent episode of Alexandra M. Harrison’s podcast series, Monique Udell, animal behavior researcher, talks about human-dog bonding, evolutionary factors influencing the social wellbeing of dogs, and intervention programs aimed at improving the lives of dogs and the humans they live with. 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...
read moreFred, Ethel, and Me
A friend was enjoying a walk through the woods behind her home when she heard a high-pitched cacophony of yipping, and yowling coming from a coyote and two baby kittens fighting for their lives. She rescued the them and I took both kittens when they were eight weeks old. They are named Fred and Ethel after my favorite characters on the I Love Lucy show. Ethel is a black small cat with slightly rough fur. She reminds me of T.S. Eliot’s Rum Tum Tugger “who is a curious cat. For he will do as he do do.” Fred is the biggest cat my vet has seen....
read moreGil Noam – The Kravitz Award Series – VIDEO
The recipient of the 2016 Kravitz Award, Gil Noam, PhD (Habi.), EdD, talks about his work with children and educators in an interview to Ann Epstein, MD, recorded in the BPSI Library on Oct 29, 2021. Gil Noam, EdD, Dr. Habil. is a nationally recognized developmental and educational psychologist, the founder and Advisory Board Chair of the Partnerships in Education & Resilience (PEAR) Institute, director of the Institute for the Study of Resilience in Youth at McLean Hospital, and a faculty member of the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and...
read moreDog is Love – AUDIO
Speaking about his book, Dog is Love: Why and How Your Dog Loves You, Professor Clive Wynne introduces a new sub-series of Alexandra M. Harrison’s podcasts on “Dogs and Kids” with a discussion of the amazing capacity of dogs to love us. As an adult animal behavior scientist, Prof Wynne studied dogs’ amazing capacity to make emotional bonds with humans, and he describes experiments demonstrating this bond in his discussion with Dr. Harrison. Click on the player below to listen. Alexandra Murray Harrison, MD is a Training and...
read moreMeet the Author with Cordelia Schmidt-Hellerau – VIDEO
Cordelia Schmidt-Hellerau, PhD met with Dan Jacobs, MD, Director of the Library, and the online audience to discuss her new book Memory’s Eyes: A New York Oedipus Novel (IPBooks, 2020) at our Meet the Author program recorded via ZOOM on Jan 10, 2022. A couple of copies of autographed books are still on sale in the library. Click here to purchase your copy for $20 (shipping cost is included in the price). Follow this link to watch other webinars and interviews in our Meet the Author, The Voice of Experience, and Kravitz...
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Understanding and Preventing Suicide and Self-Harm – VIDEOS
BPSI Member, Mark Schechter, MD, clears up some common misconceptions about suicide and self-harm in these recently recorded videos. Click on the players below to watch. Mark Schechter, MD is the Chair of Psychiatry at North Shore Medical Center, and a part-time Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is a member of the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, and a member of the Boston Suicide Study Group. He teaches about suicide in the Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean residency program, and has published papers...
read moreTemperament- AUDIO
In a recent episode of Alexandra M. Harrison’s podcast series, Nancy Snidman, Director of the Child Development Unit of the University of Massachusetts Boston, talks about the highly sensitive child in terms of temperament, revealing the large overlap of sensory processing problems and high reactive temperament. Professor Snidman also has some important tips for parents of children with high reactive temperament. Click on the player below to listen. Alexandra Murray Harrison, MD is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Boston...
read moreThe Voices of Experience: Jim Herzog and Lora Tessman – VIDEO
Jim Herzog and Lora Tessman met in the BPSI library on Oct 22, 2021 to talk about their life, work, and important contributions to psychoanalysis for our Voice of Experience series of video interviews. Jim Herzog, MD, is an adult training and supervising analyst and a child and adolescent supervisory analyst at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. He is also an assistant professor of psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School, an adjunct professor of psychiatry at the University of Hamburg, Germany, and a supervisory analyst at...
read moreSelective Mutism – AUDIO
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 Supervising Analyst at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute in Adult and Child and Adolescent...
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