When I was contemplating a clinical career after a long period in and around academia, I often worried about the "salvage value" of my former life. As it has turned out, the study of history is pretty good training for psychotherapy and psychoanalysis.

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