I love my work. It is different and profoundly moving every day. Yesterday the theme of the day seemed to have been “the inner voice”. Our inner voice is sometimes hard to hear. We might have not been taught to listen to it. We might have even been taught that our inner voice is wrong, bad or stupid. But when… READ MORE>>
Tag | Psychotherapy
Update on (and Free Reprints of) My Published Paper on My Work as a 2G Therapist with a 2G Patient
Posted by on April 26, 2020
In a previous blog post, I let you know about my recently published paper, one that means a lot to me personally. In this paper, I describe my psychotherapy relationship with a son of Holocaust survivors, and the remarkable ways in which our shared legacy and the personal differences in our family background interacted to propel changes in both of… READ MORE>>
My Paper on My Work as a 2G Therapist with a 2G Patient
Posted by on December 25, 2019
To those who expressed an interest in reading the paper I mentioned in my recent blog post about my work as a 2G therapist working with a 2G patient, you can download a copy of the accepted version of the paper by clicking on this link. This paper, entitled “Patient and Psychotherapist Meeting in Shared Intergenerational Transmission of Genocidal Trauma”,… READ MORE>>
Compiling a National List of 2G Therapists
Posted by on December 24, 2019
Over the recent years, I have been receiving requests for referrals from 2G and recently, increasingly more often, from 3G, for therapists who are themselves second generation. These requests come from all over the country, and my personal connections, while many, are not always sufficient to be able to suggest a 2G therapist where they are sought. From my many… READ MORE>>
My Recently Published Paper on Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma
Posted by on September 4, 2019
I am happy to share my most recent paper, entitled “Patient and Psychotherapist Meeting in Shared Intergenerational Transmission of Genocidal Trauma”, which has been published this past month by the journal Psychoanalysis, Self and Context in its online version and will appear in the hard copy issue in the spring. You can download a copy of the accepted version of… READ MORE>>
REMINDER: Upcoming Workshop for Mental Health Professionals About Neuroscience and Psychotherapy
Posted by on May 20, 2019
Presentation Date: 05/22/19
Location: Brooklyn, NY
On Wednesday, May 22 I will be presenting a full-day workshop hosted by the Ohel Institute for Training. The workshop is is entitled “Findings from Neuroscience: Implications for Psychotherapy” and… READ MORE>>