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"I can't tell anyone, so I tell everyone", wrote Frigyes Karinthy1 in one of his poems, lending his voice to all those who hide silently behind their actions before deciding to take up a pen and expose their thoughts. To be able to do this, to "tell everyone", one has to ignore the time-honoured adage: "A secret life is a happy life". But the desire to "have one's say" triumphs over the fear of confronting the world with all its dangers, real or imaginary. A psychoanalyst who undertakes to go over the course of her professional life and presents the ideas connected with it will, of course, revive certain memories. To be able to speak about herself, the analyst, like everyone else, must overcome some resistance. Analytic practice is based on the ability to listen, to remain attentive to the other. However, an analyst can only listen to those who come to him in search of themselves if he listens to himself. Immersion into the patient's past causes his own past to resurface. By changing the internal narration, the analysis makes it possible to carve out a place for oneself in the world. The psychoanalyst chooses this practice out of a desire to understand, but as the author of the present work points out, at times he must also be able to accept his own inability to understand, or the fact that he may misunderstand. The practice of psychoanalysis gives rise to questions formulated in discussions with colleagues.

"This is an exciting and excited collection of essays by a talented group of psychoanalysts, scholars and artists who take us right into the dark, antic, ribald, mocking heart and brilliant mind of that enfant terrible of Spanish film--Pedro Almodóvar. His wildly joyous, and viciously murderous, transgressive social misfits loving and torturing each other leap out here on the edge of fragmentation - yet are held together by this analytic approach that never lectures but urges exploration. The chapters are a film festival--a carnival of his movies. Spanish history and how it holds trauma is also offered. Power, desire and intense passion is fulsomely addressed by the editors; a fascinating read."Rosemary H. Balsam, F.R.C. Psych., Assoc. Clinical Prof Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine. Training and Supervising Analyst, Western New England Institute for Psychoanalysis. Author: Women's Bodies in Psychoanalysis, Routledge.

Rose Winer is having panic attacks about a man climbing in the window and raping her. Returning to New York from Berkeley, where free love is rampant, she hopes that sleeping in her parents' house will make her feel safe. When that doesn't work, she begins psychoanalysis.Through her turbulent relationship with her analyst, Joan Wiseman, Rose's life is changed forever. She is transformed from a wounded, angry, and insecure girl to a happily married psychoanalyst and university professor. But when her critical mother has a stroke and Joan gets cancer, all of Rose's progress is put to the test.Part fiction, part memory, this book is an intimate look at psychoanalysis through the eyes of a patient and an analyst, based on Roberta Satow's experience as both. While there are many books about transference and countertransference in psychoanalysis, this book illustrates the depth of the connection between the patient and analyst, their experience of each other, and the curative effects of that relationship for both of them.

My warning to myself is also a warning to the reader (if there be one)]. Every story ought to be considered first as a story for this very reason. Whether one calls it a story, a novel, a memoir, even an affidavit, it is a whole before it is true, false or a mixture of both. But how can I claim that I want to be accurate and yet say that the story is fiction? Am I pretending to accuracy while writing a false story? Or may I claim that the story is psychologically accurate? Or are all accounts of a life true and false at the same time? I will consider that as I read this story, I may see the true (as I perceived it) and the false (as I perceive it now), and true and false might meet someday and greet each other in wary friendship.

In this sequel to Smoke Ring Day, Arnie Brucher, freshly "recovered" from a lengthy stay in a psych hospital tries to make a go of college life in the late 60s,early 70s. Amidst the smoldering cauldron of the social and political currents of the times, he continues his experimentation encountering a parade of characters as he tries to find where or if he belongs.

¿From the Foreword by Daniel S. Benveniste, PhD: "Arnie doesn't promote the illusion of psychoanalysis progressing in some sort of rational and orderly development. No, for Arnie Richards, psychoanalysis is a human tradition. It's in the hands of a thought collective that pushes and shapes psychoanalysis as a function of history, institutional politics, personality cults, rivalries, schisms, innovations, animosities, collaborations, and group dynamics. His story is unique insofar as he is an insider who became a participant-observer and then an advocate for outsiders, whether they are analysts, psychologists, social workers, mental health counselors, or even representatives of excluded theoretical perspectives. Beyond all this, Arnie has illuminated his memoir with photos, poems, and documents that amplify his story and bring it to life. One could easily critique his memoir as just being his perspective-and indeed it is. But, oh, what a vantage point he has for conveying his perspective. So, sit back and enjoy this trip into the life and work of a real troublemaker-a world-class psychoanalyst who has made a career out of making good trouble for psychoanalysis."

¿"g h anonymous" is anoctogenarian. This is her first book. The story begins on the cover. "g h" is sitting on her rollator at aBus Stop. She checks the NYC BusTracker app on her iPhone. Whileshe waits, she notices a treedirectly across the street thatappears to be a ballerinaperforming a pirouette. Shecaptures a picture of the moment. Later, she reviews 11 years ofiPhotos with a view to editing themand incorporating them into a book. "EUREKA ". . . iPhone as iBook!!! This little book is presented fromthe perspective of an adult childprepared to enter darkness insearch of light.

¿"g h anonymous" is anoctogenarian. This is her secondbook. "iPhone as iBook"."g h" invites you along on a strollthrough a garden on a pleasant day.You see what she sees . . . what doyou see? What are you thinkingabout what you see? As the stroll dissolves, new imagesunfold to elicit thoughts and reprisefamiliar themes. Finally, free play begins . . . theiPhone as an instrument of visualmusic. You are invited to participate.

The year is 1948 and Leo Durocher, feisty manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, has committed the ultimate act of betrayal by defecting to the rival New York Giants.This traitorous act is very much on Jonathan Manheim's mind as he recounts the events of a tumultuous year in his life, a year involving love, ambition and acts of betrayal. And is through the experiences that he has in this year, the year of Durocher, that he learns the true meaning of loyalty and friendship.

"I couldn't put this book down. Penny's heartfelt vulnerability and gift as a storyteller come through every page. She does such an incredible job of providing insight into the world of psychoanalysis in such a relatable and honest way. Her story is inspirational and educational for anyone.""I was curious, as many are, as to what psychoanalysis is like. Incredibly moving, insightful, and for anyone considering therapy, this is a must read."Most books about psychotherapy are written from the clinician's perspective. There is very little written directly from the patient's point of view. This book is intended to provide my perspective as a patient in psychoanalytic therapy and to illustrate how it transformed my life. This book will bring you into the psychoanalyst's office where you can eavesdrop and observe what a successful psychoanalysis is like.Penny Mishkin first sought psychoanalysis when she was 24. She was born with a severe visual impairment which resulted in a disability which presented many challenges. By nature, Penny was introspective and analytical and so she knew psychoanalysis was the right therapy to help her. Fittingly, her analysis began on Columbus Day. This was a perfect metaphor for her setting sail on a journey to a new world. This is the story of her transformation as a result of psychoanalysis

Elite citizen-soldiers speak of their inner lives, how they became such a select group of fighters, what it is like to face an enemy, including the ambivalence, hesitance, as well as certitude about protecting their families, who live within kilometers of the battlefield that is Israel. All these men chose to leave active military service, but continued as officers in the reserves. The author, a psychoanalyst, interviewed these soldiers over the years of the Second Intifada and Lebanese War. Each one had some family member or friend killed. They speak and want to be heard. These Jewish soldiers are the Macabees of today, but they tell of the tension between being a fine soldier versus being humane. The real action for these men is their inner reactions: fears and hopes and memories that will not rest.

Arnold Wilson provides a broad in-depth survey of clinically relevant psychoanalytic concepts and processes. It is rich, enlightening, challenging and integrative. His substantial mastery of the material allows him to offer a delineation of key issues through contextual considerations and detailed consequential distinctions.--Marvin Hurvich, Ph.D.

In the course of my long professional career as a psychoanalyst I have written about how mind works, about personality and self-development, dreaming, language, culture, destructiveness, psychosis and more. I have never thought of myself as a poet. Over the past half-century, emotions surrounding particular experiences have moved me to write poems. Recently I realized that I had accumulated 26 of them. They describe aspects of my journey through life. To my pleasant surprise, IPbooks has agreed to help me offer them to you.

Much of the concern about whether psychoanalysis is a science or an art pertains to its respectability, perceived reality, professional status, and, of course, the question of who is qualified to practice it. While both Einstein and Feynman expressed serious doubts about the scientific status of psychoanalysis, the theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer consulted several psychoanalysts for personal concerns in London and Paris in the 1920s and participated in Siegfried Bernfeld's psychoanalytic study group in the late 1930s in San Francisco (Benveniste, 2006). While I have found no reference to Oppenheimer regarding psychoanalysis as either a science or an art, he clearly had a more positive view of the value of psychoanalysis, whether it was a science or not. In the collection of articles to follow, we will hear from a number of distinguished psychoanalysts who have strong arguments for their differing positions. Following each article, another distinguished author, or authors, will offer discussion allowing us all to witness and share in the debate.The editors of the International Journal of Controversial Discussions issue on which this book is based hope that in bringing these authors and their articles and discussions together, we will stimulate further thought and productive debate on this important and controversial topic in psychoanalysis. The editors of IJCD hope that in bringing these authors and their articles and discussions together, we will stimulate further thought and productive debate on this important and controversial topic in psychoanalysis.

If Fellini met Kafka, the comical with the dark side of the absurd . . .Sine, a professor of creative writing, accompanies Sam, a neuroscientist, on a conference trip to a Hotel Castle. Sam wants to present a new device, the monitor. Sine wants to recover from the months of tending to her mother who just passed away. When they arrive at the hotel, Sine is in a dream­like state . . .With refined narrative mastery and extraordinary depth in exploring the unconscious, Cordelia Schmidt-Hellerau confirms herself in this book as a writer of the highest caliber: the protagonists of the story move in a fluctuating, dreamlike dimension, between synchronicity and diachronicity, and page after page they become more real than real, just as in dreams. The tale weaves thread upon thread an initially enigmatic and puzzling tapestry, which gradually resolves into a picture of intense humanity where awe, sorrow, resentment, sweetness and gratitude find their proper place in the narrator's heart. For the reader, a moving experience of recognizing the complexities of life and affection, without discounting or self-deception, in a story dreamed and told with an unmistakable personal style.-Stefano Bolognini, MD, IPA Past PresidentMemento is a poignant story of life, loss, tragedy, aging, death and birth. The main character Sine and her internal world and life are vividly captured through the images evoked within the reader with beautiful language. One is brought forwards and backwards within this personal world of Sine, her relationships to herself and others, and the loss and reappearance of them in many forms that populate her mind. As a psychoanalyst and novelist, Cordelia Schmidt-Hellerau brings the reader into the world of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, or Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five, where nothing makes sense, things are absurd, timeless and confused - and yet one can understand. This book is a journey through the labyrinth of the dream world and mind of the narrator and her characters.-Abbot A. Bronstein Ph.D., Psychoanalyst, Writer, and Associate Editor International Journal of Psychoanalysis Cordelia Schmidt-Hellerau's Memento is a restorative, haunted Odyssey into memory, dreams and loss, fulfilling Freud's observation in -Creative Writers and Day-Dreaming: "Past, present and future are threaded . . . on the string of the wish that runs through them."-Ellen Pinsky, PsyD, author of Death and Fallibility in the Psychoanalytic Encounter: Mortal Gifts.

Ella, a psychologist living in Tel Aviv, receives a surprising email from her former patient, Itamar. Itamar's email marks the beginning of a tumultuous correspondence that traverses the distance from Tel Aviv to New York and explores the boundaries of their relationship. When Itamar reveals he is hiding from authorities and asks Ella for money, the seemingly guarded and levelheaded psychologist travels to New York to meet him. As the plot unravels and emotional turmoil sets in, the defined boundaries between psychologist and patient are challenged as both try to bridge the gulf between them, in an attempt to find a common ground of sane understanding.Written in the form of a modern epistolary novel, the email correspondence between Ella and Itamar, People Don't Drown in Living Rooms spins the tale of a psychologist and patient caught in an impossible situation, raising the everlasting question about the essence of psychotherapy.This fictional correspondence was written in two voices; DR. YAIR ELDAN, a lecturer on law, wrote the voice of Itamar, and DR. ORNA REUVEN, a psychoanalyst and psychology lecturer, wrote the voice of Ella."An incredibly profound and emotional reading experience!" - Dr. Galit Atlas, psychoanalyst, faculty NYU, an essayist and author"An engrossing, addictive novel of letters, the reading of which is in itself a roller coaster of identifications, and which manages at the same time to touch deeply on the essence of the analytical relationship and to exceed all its rules and boundaries." - Prof. Dana Amir, a clinical psychologist, supervising and training analyst, poetess and literature researcher"This book teaches us more about the intensity of the love-hate dynamics that exist between patient and analyst than any journal article on the subject." - Danielle Knafo, professor, psychoanalyst, author

Ted Jacobs's new novel, The Way it Ends, grips the reader from its opening pages. Jacobs's protagonist Dr. Strickman, a psychoanalyst turned amateur gumshoe, sets off to uncover how his brother died-murder or suicide? A subplot of Israeli Palestinian conflict masterfully adds depth and tension to this engaging, dark and, yet, humorous tale.-KERRY MALAWISTA, PHD author of the novel, Meet the Moon."A great read that touches the heart. As moving as it is intriguing."-ANDREW POTOK, author of Ordinary Daylight

"This remarkable novel takes us through a girl's struggles with adversity from midteen age on an early twentieth century shtetl to womanhood through encounters with abusive uncles, consignment to a Budapest brothel and escape to Manhattan's teaming poverty-stricken Lower East Side, all rendered with rich attentiveness to family and peer relations and exquisite, historically accurate descriptions of her surrounds. A diary takes the place of an ailing twin as confidante, letters as family interactions. Development has never been more compellingly described than in this gracefully handled account; and one will find no better source for acquainting readers both male and female with the impact and significance of family and friends in the formation of a woman. Nor is there a better account of artistry's taking root as the protagonist moves from an unskilled but literate person through the needle trades to becoming a clothing designer. Wexler notes that this novel sprang from first having tried to recreate pasts of older characters in her recent memoir A Pot from Shards and then deciding instead to let herself freely imagine other pasts and other characters - just as her protagonist moves from sewing what is presented to her to designing on her own."-DAVID CARLSON, MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine; Training and Supervising Analyst emeritus, Western New England Institute for Psychoanalysis."Joan Wexler has created a vivid portrait of a sixteen-year-old Eastern European girl, who flees to New York's Lower East Side beforeWorld War I. Fannie's path is the journey of those millions who went down into "steerage" and after one trial after another-made safe landings, new lives. Although Fannie's story is told in diary and letters-the most personal, remarkably, becomes universal."-LINDA GRAVENSON is a writer and developmental editor. She is coeditor of Simon & Shuster's In the Fullness of Time: 32 Womenon Life after 50. (lindagravenson.com)"Make Me the Sky is a beautifully written, moving, and compelling new novel about nine years in the life of a midadolescent girl, Fannie, who leaves her family in Galicia four years before the onset of World War I, and who immigrates alone to the Lower East Side of New York City. Expected and unexpected hardships and suffering, poverty, the need to make potentially lifealtering decisions quickly, frequent losses of loved ones but also the realization that one may find love again, profound sadness and hope all characterize Fannie's journey and her transition into young adulthood. Joan Wexler paints an historically accurate and riveting picture of the lives of many poor young female Jewish immigrants who left Eastern Europe alone during the few years before and after World War I, and who came to the United States. As Fannie understands the nature of personal freedom and its meaning to her, she can love again. In the end love and family triumph in a manner that underscores human decency, resilience, and our adaptive capacities. It is a terrific book."-STANLEY POSSICK, MD, Psychiatrist & Psychoanalyst, Yale Medical School

The Psychopathology of Everyday Life: Poems is a sort of primer to L.A.W. Brakel's world view and empathic capacities. The Psychopathology of Everyday Life: Poems the author goes deep using simple language.

"What do we know, and how do we know it? What are the limits of knowing, and how can we self correct to adjust for them? These questions, even when unthought, shape how we think, how we live, and inexorably how we practice in the immediacy of each analytic moment. From his lifetime of relentless curiosity and deep immersion in both the laboratory of clinical psychoanalysis and the academe of philosophy, Charles Hanly brings refreshing clarity to our struggles with evidence and truth, individuality and relationalism, emotions and ethics. And he does all of this with a rare lucidity, making this profound study engaging to read as well as valuably enlightening to learn. Full Michelin stars-Well worth the journey." -WARREN S. POLAND, MD, author of Intimacy and Separateness in Psychoanalysis"This brilliant book on psychoanalysis-a treasure of psychoanalytic and philosophical insight-is arguably our most sophisticated work to tackle what is perhaps the deepest problem bedeviling our field (and human sciences generally): how to settle competing, contradictory theoretical claims within the field. There are, broadly, two different views on how to proceed. The first view claims that theories must be scientific, and thus correspond to "the facts," and that the facts are primary, and they determine the best theory. This is a call for empiricism, in which "the facts" decide between theories. The second view argues there is a problem with the first view: there are many facts in life, and our theories predispose us to select which facts we attend to, and even determine what constitutes a relevant "fact." In this view, theory is primary. What matters is that the theory is internally coherent and appealing to the individuals using it-in terms of it being consistent with other theories, addressing questions of interest, even on aesthetic, or increasingly today, social grounds. This more relativistic view undermines the idea that there are determinative facts, and sees the resort to empiricism as a naïve enterprise. But this view is not without problems. Patients come to analysts suffering. This suffering, for them, is a central "fact" of their lives. In response, analysts represent themselves to patients as able to, in fact, provide help. So the empirical question, "Are some of the different approaches, in fact, better than others therapeutically?" won't go away. The answer affects what we say to our patients, what we teach, and whether analysis is, as Freud thought, a science, or not. No one, to my knowledge has thought through this problem more deeply and constructively in psychoanalysis than Charles Hanly. His thought is distinguished by probity, clarity, and his writing is accessible, elegant, and rooted in clinical and philosophical depth. Hanly makes the strongest case I know of that while Freud recognized that our theories (even our childhood theories) can determine what we notice as fact, the goal must always be to clinically test if a particular intervention is therapeutic, and this means correspondence theory and empiricism must remain central to psychoanalysis. -NORMAN DOIDGE, MD, FRCPC, Training and Supervising Analyst, Toronto Institute of Psychoanalysis, author of The Brain That Changes Itself

"In an age in which truthtelling has been under siege, Richard Reichbart-scholar, teacher, author, President of a major psychoanalytic institute-tells a truth many would choose to hide. This memoir offers us his own personal experience with psychosis over a three year period when he was in his twenties. He graphically portrays both the feel and the logic of a psychotic episode foreshadowed by his separation from college and from law school and ultimately precipitated by the loss of his beloved grandfather. His search for his identity led him to the Navajo reservation which was 'ideal for the nurturance of my psychosis.' He gives testimony to the help he received from two outstanding psychoanalysts who worked with him to unpack and weave together the effects of childhood events and fantasies on his adult personality. A book for those at all levels of psychoanalysis, one that demonstrates the possibility of psychoanalyzing psychosis."- JANICE LIEBERMAN, PHD"In this brave and unflinchingly honest memoir, the eminent senior psychoanalyst Richard Reichbart takes us with him when as a young man he descended into madness and then recovered his sanity through psychoanalysis. A law school graduate in search of something or someone he had lost, he wanders into a years long abyss of hidden meanings and uncertain identity. Frightened and alone, he has the good fortune of finding the help he needs. This memoir of madness is unique in its multiple perspectives. Reichbart first wrote about how he understood his psychosis soon after recovery, and now many years later writes about it again with a much deeper and more nuanced understanding after a second analysis and with the wisdom of age and experience. Some readers find it uncomfortable to confront the fact that a healer of minds, a psychoanalyst, had once been so troubled. But I can assure those readers Dr. Reichbart is not alone, and his story is a powerful testament to the curative power of a psychoanalytic relationship."-MICHAEL MOSKOWITZ, PHD

"There is an aspect of psychoanalytic thinking...that should now be made explicit: The era of the domination of American ego psychology, which found its culmination in the ideas of Heinz Hartmann, is over" ( 1999)With these words Dr Manuel Furer marked the transition of psychoanalysis from the field into which he entered as a candidate in the 1950's to the field in which he had emerged as an important leader throughout the subsequent half century.The transition is ongoing and has not been easy. The first two sections of this volume depict Furer's efforts realistically to integrate this transition, to separate out new ideas from old, to criticize some new theories and to support others, all the while striving to preserve what he held to be the fundamental clinical techniques of psychoanalysis.The first part of this volume "Psychoanalytic Technique in the World of Pluralism" contains papers devoted to the discussion of various theoreticians and their influence toward the progression or retrogression of the field. The second part of this volume "Psychoanalytic Training" extends this discussion into the field of education, and conveys Furer's dedication as a teacher, supervisor, and administrator.Readers may well recognize Manuel Furer more readily from the third part of this volume "Psychoanalysis and the Developing Child" Here will be found his most important contributions toward the study of the emotional disorders of early childhood, and also his work on eparation/Individuation with Margaret Mahler. As was well known to every child who met him, and every adult who worked with him, Manny Furer had special gifts of warmth and empathy. His signature concept of "emotional refueling" conveys these gifts.The introductions to the Freud lectures and to the Furer Symposium offer biographical portraits of one of our generation's most multitalented psychoanalysts.

Link and the Shooting Stars explores the universal search for one's identity in a lively, original way through the experiences of Link, a young horse gifted in empathy but grappling with contradictory and confusing messages about life from those who love him. The story interweaves Link's vibrant inner world of curiosity, confusion, and even despair with the many adventures and challenges he overcomes during his quest to find where the shooting stars land-a quest that is, at its core, a search for Home, for the place where he can feel at peace with his own self.Link and the Shooting Stars is for children and adults alike. Younger children will benefit from reading the book with their parents or primary caregivers, while older children will enjoy reading it on their own or with an adult. Reading the book together will help them to understand and be able to talk with each other about difficult family dynamics and the misinterpretations that often lead to strife between parent and child and to challenging, "acting out" behaviors. Professionals in education, mental health, child development, and related fields will find the book useful in their work with young people, whether in their private practice or in educational and other institutional settings.

"In these thoughtfully curated volumes we have access to the work of one of the most influential and thought-provoking psychoanalytic writers today. In the creative hands of Dr. Kavaler-Adler, British and American Object Relations theories are fashioned into a vital, dynamic theory of Developmental Mourning, a developmental process that is central not only to healing trauma, but to the growth of separation-individuation processes, "selfevolution," creativity, eroticism, and reparation: the core elements of what it is to be human and alive. Dr. Kavaler-Adler's writing is so thoroughly infused with her enthusiasm and passion that we encounter the theory with visceral clarity and truly feel the pain and joy of her clinical work. Dr. Kavaler-Adler illustrates the power of the use of countertransference with poignant and healing effect, never more vividly than in her chapters on Group Therapy. In these chapters we witness the working through of primitive affects and developmental progressions embedded in the powerful dynamics of the group with Dr. Kavaler-Adler's illuminating understanding through the lens of Developmental Mourning. We are indebted to International Psychoanalytic Books for bringing the works of one of the master clinicians of our time together in these collected volumes."-ROBERT GROSSMARK, PHD, ABPP, author of The Unobtrusive Relational Analyst: Explorations in Psychoanalytic Companioning and The One and the Many: Relational Approaches to Group Psychotherapy¿¿"Susan Kavaler-Adler's Volume I of the Selected Papers highlights her original contributions to psychoanalytic theory and technique. Drawing upon the theories of Freud, Klein, Winnicott, Balint and many others, she illustrates and illuminates her concept of developmental mourning. An independent, philosophical psychoanalyst, Kavaler-Adler bridges past and present in theory and practice. Demonstrating the beneficial clinical outcome of mourning for loss in self and object relationships, she also emphasizes the reparative and growth promoting aspects of mourning the detrimental consequences of traumatic experience. She describes the appreciation of the new when one can separate from fixation to traumatic loss. Reading and reflecting upon Dr. Kavaler-Adler's insightful papers is a fascinating, rewarding psychoanalytic journey."-HAROLD P. BLUM, MD, Training and Supervising Analyst, New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute; affiliated with NYU Medical School and the Psychoanalytic Society of Rio de Janeiro

"Jane Hall gives us a 'fresh,' melodic, openminded and profound text that deserves readers who 'know how to listen'. Her progressive vision of psychoanalysis, born of experience and love of healing, is wise and courageous, demystifying what is merely formalist and pointing to the truth.A valuable book to recognize and protect the most authentic values of our psychoanalytic work." -STEFANO BOLOGNINI, IPA Past President"Jane Hall weaves a creative tapestry of psychoanalytic thinking, clinical work, neuroscience and child development. This tapestry is interwoven with strands of poetry and music. Probing many of the traditional assumptions of psychoanalytic theory, The Power of Connection always returns to the essential question: how do therapists and patients connect in conversation and how does that conversation lead to change. An engaging and enlightening read for all in the mental health field." -KERRY MALAWISTA PHD, author, When the Garden isn't Eden, and Meet the Moon."The essential tasks of a student of psychoanalysis is to discover and develop their own analytic voice. In this new work by Jane Hall, new students and seasoned analysts alike will find both a sophisticated and accomplished guide, as well as an eager companion in learning. Drawing from decades of experience as both patient and analyst, Jane engages and confronts longstanding psychoanalytic perspectives and traditions, and then, infuses them with newly emerging research. Her Jazzinspired "riffs" on core analytic ideas offer the reader important and fresh viewpoints, but they also invite and model for the reader how to join in with "riffs" of their own. Accessible and challenging, this book is as much about the necessity of the evolution of psychoanalysis, as it is a reflection upon a life's work that is still in progress."-AIMEE RADOM, PHD, Clinical Psychologist"Jane Hall has done something special in this book. In an engaging and entertaining way she tells the inside story of both how a psychoanalyst thinks and what it's like to be the therapist in a psychoanalytic treatment. She is able to blend professional language, which she always explains, with regular commonsense language in a way rarely seen. It results in a book that is richly annotated with the thoughts of many of our best psychoanalysts and is never dumbed down, but is never abstruse. I highly recommend it."-LANCE DODES, MD, President of Psychoanalysis NOW; the New Center faculty."This is not a 'how to' book, but a wonderful model of 'how to be' as a healer and a person.Every reader will find something of value in the conversation that is The ower of Connection."-RICHARD ALMOND, MD, faculty, Stanford Medicine