My friend Sanjay and I lamented the too-early death of the great MLB pitcher, Roy Halladay, age 40, whose dashing new ICON A5 airplane crashed into the
Gulf of Mexico today, with Roy in it. It seemed like only yesterday that we’d watch, and occasionally wager on, Halladay when he pitched and won, game
after game, for the Toronto Blue Jays and later the Philadelphia Phillies. He was an amazing baseball player who knew how to win games, including a
“perfect game” in 2010. And yet now, suddenly, he was dead: gone forever. Read More...

When is a Dead Person Allowed to Become a Skull?

Bob Stolorow on Emotional Life, Context, and Diagnosis
On Saturday, April 29, 2017, I attended a “Distinguished Speaker Lecture” at UCLA by my friend, mentor and colleague Dr. Robert D. Stolorow. The lecture
was sponsored by the Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies, and was entitled “Emotional Disturbance, Trauma, and Authenticity:
A Phenomenological-Contextualist Psychoanalytic Perspective.” Read More...

Welcome!
I’ve wanted to launch my “blog” for a long time, but delayed until I ironed out certain details on my new & improved professional website. I think
this site is ready to roll, so will now take the blog-plunge. Read More...
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