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  • Practice notes
  • Personal writing
  • Candidate resources
  • How to be a therapist
  • Institutes (DRAFT)
  • Personal writing

    My decision to become a classically trained psychoanalyst

    February 17, 2024

    My personal experience of analysis as a patient - and my decision to become a psychoanalyst.

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  • Musing

    Whining

    December 22, 2023

    Thinking about the word "whining," and what parents mean when we use it.

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  • Musing

    Penis envy

    December 11, 2023

    What do you think Freud had in mind when he wrote about "penis envy"? What I think he would mean TODAY is... we always want what we haven't got. Controversial? Not so much.

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  • Musing

    Has psychoanalysis been discredited? Has Freud?

    December 10, 2023

    Many say that psychoanalysis and Freud have been "discredited." Those who believe that don't know the psychoanalysis, or the Freud, that I know.

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  • Personal writing

    How psychoanalysis works – a metaphor

    December 9, 2023

    How psychoanalysis works: a metaphor from my life

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  • Candidate resources

    Analytic training (1): overview of the training landscape in New York – a gestural beginning

    December 3, 2023

    This is the first installation in a guide to prospective analytic candidates - a sort of overview of the analytic training landscape in New York. With much more to come.

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  • How to be a therapist

    Supervision

    November 24, 2023

    We all need constant supervision. It provides clinical insight, emotional support, ethical safeguarding, and networking benefits.

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  • How to be a therapist

    Getting referrals

    November 24, 2023

    Comprehensive, practical advice on generating patient referrals and handling them effectively.

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  • Musing

    A GPT weekend

    November 12, 2023

    I spent my weekend making GPTs, and you are the beneficiary!

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  • Practice notes

    Therapist letters

    November 5, 2023

    Should therapists write support letters for their patients? I don't do so, generally.

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