“I was so grateful to psychoanalysis. I have never needed the psychoanalytic professionalism as much as in these very unconventional situations. It took the woman out of the shock of her freezing psychic state. In the acute situation just to meet a human being who dared to try to stand the horror of what she’s gone through –…

“There were so many opportunities to ponder what’s going on with different characters, what’s going on with tensions between generations, what’s going on with family relations. It’s as if psychoanalysis shed a new light on literature and it’s as if literature, its persuasiveness and accomplishment of great literature, seemed to confirm psychoanalytic understanding of how…

“ Both analyst and patient will have to share a bitter taste of abandonment, of boredom, of antagonism and they have to remain together, because together they will be able to construct something to get out of it.” Jose Zusman, MD Rio de Janiero Episode Description: Harvey Schwartz welcomes Dr. Jose Zusman who is a…

“ Physical illness begins a very serious journey where there is a disconnect between one’s sense of embeddedness in one’s own body, to all of a sudden being contained within a persecutory object.” Gavril Hercz MD Toronto Episode Description: Harvey Schwartz welcomes Dr. Gavril Hercz to the podcast. Dr Hercz is both a practicing nephrologist…

“The early parental caregiving is inscribed in the body of the baby and contributes to the structure of his mind. All the primary inscriptions program and shape, not only the brain of the newborn, but also are going to reemerge when this baby will become a parent.” Meropi Michaleli, Ph.D Athens Episode Description: Harvey Schwartz…

“Most primary care family physicians you talk to will say that about half of their patient visits, in any given week, are emotional, situational, and relational problems.” Randall Paulsen MD Boston Episode Description: Harvey Schwartz welcomes Dr. Randall Paulsen who is a psychiatrist, a training and supervising psychoanalyst and past president of the Boston Psychoanalytic…

“The skin disorder got worse every spring time coinciding with the time of the death of his father.” Jorge Ulnik MD, PhD Buenos Aires Episode Description: Harvey Schwartz welcomes Dr. Jorge Ulnik, who is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Argentine Psychoanalytic Association. Dr. Ulnik has devoted his professional career to the mind-body interface…

“ A psychoanalytic consultant is really the enemy of people ignoring the role that the unconscious has in their lives, just denying that there is an unconscious effect on their rationally selected behaviour. I strongly believe that the interferences from the unconscious can be minimized by a consultant, just as we can minimize the irrational…

“One of his delusions was that all the doctors treating him were fake doctors. After about two years of therapy, this delusion went away. He later considered that ‘you cannot be a doctor without listening to your patient. If you don’t listen to your patient and try to understand him, you’re a fake doctor.”  There…

“Psychoanalysis has created a precious tool, the psychoanalytic method. The psychoanalytic method can be used in our consulting rooms, but we think that this precious tool that we have developed can be used in other territories.” Virginia Ungar MD Buenos Aires Episode Description: Harvey Schwartz welcomes, as the first guest of IPA Off The Couch,…