where I think about the practice – and the business – of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy
It’s hard to know how to choose an analytic training institute. I’ve written a bit about the institute landscape in New York, and I expect I’ll continue to do so. Here, though, I intend to lay out the questions I suggest potential candidates (students of psychoanalysis) ask when deciding where…
Better Help and its ilk don't scare me.
I find AI helpful. But. I have to use it right.
My personal experience of analysis as a patient - and my decision to become a psychoanalyst.
Thinking about the word "whining," and what parents mean when we use it.
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.
Many say that psychoanalysis and Freud have been "discredited." Those who believe that don't know the psychoanalysis, or the Freud, that I know.
How psychoanalysis works: a metaphor from my life
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.
We all need constant supervision. It provides clinical insight, emotional support, ethical safeguarding, and networking benefits.