Early last summer, my son called to tell me to drop everything and go online. Tickets for the Chicago run of "Hamilton" beginning in November were going on sale in just a few minutes, and, if I wasn't logged into the Ticketmaster site promptly,
Reactions to the 2016 IAPSP Conference in Boston Heather Ferguson, New York City The musicality of words and actions, along with the analyst's expressive freedom, were subtle potent themes, for me, during the 39th IAPSP conference in Boston--from Mal Slavin's spontaneous arm chair drumming as a way
To make sense of the current presidential campaign we must understand the fundamentally different psychological relationship between each candidate and their supporters. We believe that the key issue is the nature of the candidate's leadership. The psychoanalyst Heinz Kohut identified two common types of
Like many of us, I feel chronically behind in my reading not just with my New Yorkers, which I mercifully don't see in stacks any longer thanks to my IPad e-subscriptions, but even with the New York Times. As someone who entered the clinical
I am well past laying out a new outfit and buying school supplies, but when August rolls around, the enduring memories of starting a new academic year seem to sharpen my focus on professional development opportunities. If your annual calendar, like mine, starts with
I might be one of the few people who ever actually enjoyed writing my doctoral dissertation. Why? Because it gave me a chance to think about what sensibilities, knowledge, skills, and perspectives it took to be a good psychoanalyst and how these could
Our third report from IAPSP Institutional Members across the world comes from Israel. The Israel Association for Self Psychology and the Study of Subjectivity The Israel Association for Self Psychology and the Study of Subjectivity was established in 1999 in order to provide a professional and organizational
In my fourth interview for this column, which attempts to explore the lives and work of IAPSP members from different parts of the world, I am pleased to dialogue with Eldad Iddan from Jerusalem, Israel. This interview is most timely since the whole IAPSP community