Airports
Love is all around us. That is certainly evident at airports. I define love as a feeling which consists of strong affection. This feeling can not only be felt, but it can be witnessed. When one...
View ArticleTwo Cultures
I had my debut. I led a discussion of psychoanalytic psychotherapy with about 25 psychiatry residents in different years of training and with very varied backgrounds. I remembered being a psychiatry...
View ArticleDo Words Change Feelings?
As I prepare to teach my latency class, I am struck by this sentence from the article entitled Assaultive Behavior in the Analysis of Children by Herman Daldin PhD. He says "I believe verbalization...
View ArticleThe Nature of Excitement
Is excitement the mastery of fear? In the case of this blog, that would make sense. I have wanted to express myself in writing, but I have stopped myself because I was scared that I would sound stupid,...
View ArticleFriendly Fire
A term originally adopted by the US Military, friendly fire is fire from one's own side, as opposed to fire coming from enemy forces.read more
View ArticleBlogging: A New Form of Play
"Play becomes a source for initially trying on, practicing, and imaginatively elaborating the capacity for wit, humor, pathos and a whole host of affective experiences (tolerating the feelings) and...
View ArticleGender Identity Disorder: Do We Have To Say That?
Currently, gender identity disorder (GID) in boys is a syndrome in which young boys not only wish to be girls, but they also intensely dislike being boys. Boys with GID manifest an interest in...
View ArticleBoy or Girl?
But let me tell you, this gender thing is history. You're looking at a guy who sat down with Margaret Thatcher across the table and talked about serious issues. George H. W. Bushread more
View ArticleThe Three Essays on The Theory of Sexuality Revisited
The word on the street is that psychiatry has lost the mind in its quest for the brain. Is discussing this paper going to change that? My task is simply overwhelming. First, I will review the essay....
View ArticleSecret Science
In Russian folklore attributed to Doestoevsky, or Tolstoy or both, a man tells his younger brother to sit in the corner and not think of a white bear, only to find later that the sibling can think of...
View ArticleNew Year's Resolutions: A Psychoanalytic Perspective
Every year I think about what I need to do to make my life better. Every year I have the same idea. I should work less. I am self-employed and as such, it should be simple to dial it up or dial it...
View ArticleDivorce: What About The Kids?
"The central hazard of divorce for the child is not his acute unhappiness, however tragic this may be, but the possibility that the family disruption will in some way discourage his progress along the...
View ArticleTransference
My 24 year old male patient, who has entered my most recent posts, looks to me to struggle with his issues, but he does not look to me for comfort. I characterize our relationship as one which involves...
View ArticleMom's Birthday
Today is my mom's birthday. It is hard to think about a birthday when the person who was born is no longer with us. Normally, I would wake up and call my mom and I would wish her a happy birthday and...
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