APSA_NY13-308

Scientific Paper 3: Edith Wharton’s Two Worlds: Overcoming Phobia & Sexual Problems

Speakers: Deanna Holtzman, Nancy Kulish

Edith Wharton, the pre-eminent American writer, left a great deal of autobiographical material, letters, diaries, plus, of course, a vast collection of literary fiction and non-fiction. A fascinating theme runs through much of her work — that of living or being trapped between “two worlds.” This theme is critical to understanding Wharton’s psychology and the psychology of women in general. The authors will examine an unusual neurotic phobia suffered by Wharton as it is related to the theme of two worlds, and link these ideas more broadly to common sexual conflicts in women.

Audio CDs: 1

Audio CD

$15.00

$15.00

APSA_NY13-401

Helping Youth in Violent Communities to Help Themselves: Psychoanalysts at Work in Jamaica & Uganda

Speakers: Marie Rudden, Stuart Twemlow, Martha S. Bragin

The presenters will describe two different interventions, based on applied psychoanalytic principles that helped adolescents in violent communities. Stuart Twemlow describes a school project that radically changed a community and government, using low cost culturally attuned interventions. Martha Bragin discusses the Uganda Ministry of Education and Sports’ initiative to use traditional community strengths in supporting war-affected teachers and students.

MP3

$10.00

$10.00

APSA_NY13-406

Scientific Paper #6: Religious Imagery, Spiritual Practices & Personal Destiny in Psychoanalytic Therapy with Hindu Women

Speakers: Alan Roland, Salman Akhtar

While religious imagery entered into the Freudian opus over thirty years ago, the interface of spiritual practices and experiences with the psychoanalytic work on unconscious conflicts is a much more recent development. Personal destiny, however, with its accompaniments of reincarnation, planetary influences, astrology, and palmistry still remain an unwanted stepchild in psychoanalysis. Yet, they can be central to psychoanalytic therapy with highly educated, professional Hindu women. Two case studies are cited, one seen in three times a week, short-term psychoanalytic therapy in Bombay; the other in three times a week analysis in New York City over a few years.

MP3

$10.00

$10.00

Subtotal

$35.00