Hi all. So many of us were struck by the song "You Want it Darker," the title song from Leonard Cohen's last album. The curious mixture of dark prophecy and spiritual depth made the song both inspiring and puzzling, especially its refrain, "You want it
This column attempts to explore the lives and work of IAPSP members from different parts of the world. In this seventh interview, I am pleased to dialogue with Martin Gossmann from Berlin, Germany. Martin was co-chair with Andrea Harms of the 41st IAPSP Annual
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In keeping with our tradition of discussing child or adolescent case material during the annual meeting of the Child & Adolescent Initiative, Valeria Pulcini of Milan presented her work with Titti and Sonia. This presentation, entitled "And Analyst Makes Three: Reaching Empathic Depths in the
Hi all, Doris asked me to contribute a poet's column of the eForum, so here is a first of an occasional offering. I welcome members to send me thoughts on poems (including your own) that seem to relate to the psychoanalytic process. I thought I might
Ernie often said he felt as though an angel sat on his shoulder and guided him through his wonderful life. Happily, Jill Gardner interviewed Ernie several years ago and documented that wonderful life for us. The interview tells Ernie's story in his own words, far
Reactions to the 2018 IAPSP Conference in Vienna Zeynep Atbaşoğlu Anatolian Psychoanalytic Psychotherapies Association, Turkey The Vienna Conference was an enormous gift for us, after studying and practicing self psychology under the supervision of Allen Siegel, an excellent teacher who guided, taught and contained the Turkish self psychology
At the recent meetings in Vienna, most participants visited Freud's apartment and consulting room (with all but one room empty because he took the furniture with him to London in 1938). I went instead to a far more important site, that of Kohut's home
The outpouring of remembrances, appreciations and condolences on the IAPSP listserv following the death of Ernest Wolf on August 22 led me to post a link to an interview I did with Ernie for a profile of him in 1999. For those who missed it,
We are happy to present a profound, unique and thought-provoking paper: A Story of a Split and Hope. This paper is the fruit of collaboration between analyst - Amina Taiber - and her supervisor - Yossi Tamir. The paper unfolds a process that most often