“ Attachment theory is a psychoanalytic theory that extended its field to the neurosciences, to clinical trials, and to behavioral observations such as going to the schools and seeing teachers and children together. We can observe children’s’ behavior and use psychoanalytic theory to understand them allowing us to detect problems even in infancy. ” Humberto…

“ My intent behind that was to startle people into thinking about how normal so many of the underpinning psychological elements of fraud and the relationship between deceiver and deceived is, and to uncover people’s misunderstanding of people who commit fraud  as necessarily some radical other. ” Alexander Stein, Ph.D. New York Episode Description: Steven…

“What makes the human being need to be in relationships and how can one affect these relationships to allow growth? I am encompassing something which is moving from the sciences to relationships.” Yehudah Fraenkel, MD Jerusalem Episode Description: Harvey Schwartz welcomes Dr. Yehudah Fraenkel, who is a psychiatrist, a psychoanalyst and a member of the…

“ There is nothing faith-based in the least about the Buddhist approach to spirituality, and it is also direct and personal, there is no intermediary needed to access, to experience and to investigate the spiritual path in Buddhism.” Kathleen A. Lyon, MD New York Episode Description: Harvey Schwartz welcomes Dr. Kathleen A. Lyon, who is…

“ We sat down in a meeting and I talked about adolescent sexual development and what I found was a tremendous resistance even in the community to hear about the issues of sexuality. ” Monisha Nayar-Akhtar, PhD Philadelphia Episode Description: Harvey Schwartz welcomes Dr. Monisha Nayar-Akhtar, PhD, who did her adult and child psychoanalytic training…

“ In Jacques Cousteau’s book there’s this turning point moment when he looked into the water and it was a completely different world and then he looked back up and he saw people going around, with no idea what was under the surface…There are people who can dive into topics that are kind of unbearable,…

“We live inside architectural structures, for instance our own; but at the same time they live inside our minds, in dreams for example; we can build architectural structures, modify them or destroy them.” Cosimo Schinaia, MD Genoa Episode Description: Harvey Schwartz welcomes Dr Cosimo Schinaia. Dr. Schinaia is a training and supervising psychoanalyst at the…

“ The idea was that what we called  ‘phantastic objects’ get created sometimes in the mind of investors, which promise much more than just money; it is of course money, but they are ‘phantastic objects’ in the sense that Melanie Klein or someone like that might mean them, things that if you possess are like…

“ The experience and feeling that another person who is close to you is really curious about you and who really wonders who this person is – someone who is interested in asking the question: ‘Who are you?’ I think it is through that type of curiosity and the relationship which stems from that, that…

“ Interpreting experience in role, in relation to the mission of the organization, is an extraordinarily useful way of beginning to develop a shared understanding of organizational dynamics. ” Edward Shapiro, MD Stockbridge Episode Description: Steven Rolfe welcomes Dr. Edward Shapiro, who is a training and supervising analyst at the Berkshire Psychoanalytic Institute. He is…