International Journal of Controversial Discussions Issue Volume #3 Issue # 2

By Tamar SchwartzApril 6, 2016December 19, 2025 Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: The International Journal of Controversial Discussions Volume #3 Issue #2. The theme of the issue is Primary Femininity: Discussions on a Central Identity, with a target paper by Arlene Kramer Richards, Ed.D and edited by M. Sagman Kayatekin, M.D. There is also a paper entitled Psychoanalytic History—Sketches The Power of Exclusion (An Ode to Sheldon Bach and Sándor Ferenczi) by Carolyn Ellman with commentary by Ph.D. with a response by Giselle Galdi. This journal is supported by a generous grant from the American Psychoanalytic Foundation.

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A New Kirkus Review of Stories of Holocaust

By Tamar SchwartzApril 30, 2026April 30, 2026 Books, Film, History, Literature

Click Here to Read: A New Kirkus Review of Stories of Holocaust: Art for Healing and Renewal, Volume 1: On Stage and in Concert edited by Karen Berman, PhD and Gail Humphries, PhD

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Click Here to Purchase: Stories of Holocaust: Art for Healing and Renewal, Volume 2: On Screen and in the Gallery edited by Karen Berman, PhD and Gail Humphries PhD

The Mysteries of Intimacies: The Darkness and Light of the Existential Limits of Love

By Tamar SchwartzApril 29, 2026April 29, 2026 Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: The Mysteries of Intimacies: The Darkness and Light of the Existential Limits of Love (Vol.6; Issue 17) by Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD on Journeys Into the Unconscious Mind website on April 29, 2026.

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Walter de la Mare (25 April 1873 – 22 June 1956)

By Tamar SchwartzApril 29, 2026April 29, 2026 Literature, Poetry Monday

Click Here to Read: Walter de la Mare (25 April 1873 – 22 June 1956): Master of quiet mystery and haunted imagination by Robert Goodman on his Spoken Word Poetry Substack on April 29, 2026

Portrait of Walter de la Mare by Sir William Rothenstein, from a collection of twelve portraits. Image: William Rothenstein (1872–1945). Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

On Death, The Oceanic Feeling, and Unions in Community Mental Health

By Tamar SchwartzApril 27, 2026April 27, 2026 Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: On Death, The Oceanic Feeling, and Unions in Community Mental Health: Remarks I delivered at the Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology by Carter J. Carter, Ph.D LICSW on his Psycho Analyst substack on April 24, 2026,

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What’s in a Name? Excerpt from Arnold Richards’s forthcoming memoir: Growing Up

By Tamar SchwartzApril 27, 2026April 27, 2026 Books, Literature, Psychoanalysis

ClicK Here to Read: What’s in a Name? Excerpt from Arnold D. Richards’s forthcoming memoir Growing Up.

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Why Philosophy Matters for Psychology

By Tamar SchwartzApril 27, 2026April 27, 2026 Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: Why Philosophy Matters for Psychology: Drawing therapeutic insights from German philosophy by Nicholas Balaisis Ph.D., RP on his Our Devises, Our Selves blog on the Psychology Today blogs on April 23, 2026.

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What Mummies Read Before a Long Nap

By Tamar SchwartzApril 27, 2026April 27, 2026 History

Click Here to Read: What Mummies Read Before a Long Nap: Archaeologists have recovered a scrap of the Iliad in the belly of an interred Egyptian By Bob Grant on the Nautilua on April 24, 2026.
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