Peter Shabad, Ph.D.Northwestern University Medical School
On a number of occasions I have told a story that is emblematic of my upbringing. When I was five years old, I had a…
Psychoanalysis was founded to discover truths of human nature and to heal by means of truthful discourse. Sigmund Freud, after experimenting with hypnosis, began working instead in the…
How psychotherapy can help dismantle oppression
I often tell patients- and have been told myself- that the issues we come in to work on in therapy have taken years, sometimes decades, and sometimes generations to…
Manifesto Fest is a collection of short pieces, written by psychotherapists, psychoanalysts and those who love talk therapy (and talking…) about why talking still matters.
Of course, we can all fall prey, in the heightened intensity of that which we call intimacy, to an unlinking of thought from meaning, a momentary lapse in our ability to remain grounded in the truth of the present. Sure, we may call upon a manualized…
Psychoanalysis — the obvious rendered uncanny; the uncanny, in a flash, rendered obvious. January 5, 2015: In his New York Times op-ed, Charles Blow joins a rising chorus of recent commentators in asserting that a most pernicious form of racism is unconscious. He…
How can I tell you? How can I convince you, my psychoanalyst brothers and sisters, that you are in danger?
Everyday that you wake and assume your seat behind the couch, listening with the third ear, you are committing a rebellious act. You, as an alive and functioning…
The Healing of Psychiatry
Robert A. Berezin, MD
Psychiatry is fast approaching a death spiral which we as a society may not be able to recover from.
In many residencies, psychotherapy is not even being taught. Many psychotherapists of all professions have been intimidated by…