The American Psychoanalyst
Contemporary writing on clinical practice, culture, politics, and everyday psychic life.
TAP is a digital and print publication offering a psychoanalytic perspective on the modern world.
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In Ask a Psychoanalyst, Stephanie Newman, PhD, responds to reader questions about therapy, relationships, and the psychopathology of everyday life. Submit your questions to advice@tapmag.org after reading our submissions terms.
LOOKING, OR NOT LOOKING, TOGETHER
I was honored to be invited to speak at the APsA annual winter meeting in February 2023, along with Alan Pollack, Stephanie Brody, Salman Akhtar, and Dionne Powell as part of a panel on death and mortality.
THE SPRING DEBACLE
I will not repeat the details of the controversy but instead will focus on the general breakdown of collegiality in speaking and listening to each other at APsA.
CONVERSION
Jack Drescher was not yet a doctor, just finishing up medical school and beginning…
THE FREEING SPEECH OF PIONEER ERIKA SCHMIDT
Erika Schmidt was a woman of many firsts: the first woman, the…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ARNOLD RICHARDS
Dear Austin, congratulations on your new TAP. The content and the graphics are awesome. I am a proud grandfather. I started TAP in 1989.