Dr. Susan Kavaler-Adler’s Newsletter
Welcome to Our Newsletter
After a significant hiatus, Dr. Susan Kavaler-Adler’s newsletter has returned to provide insights into psychoanalytic thought, object relations theory, and updates on Dr. Kavaler-Adler’s recent work and offerings.
Current Issue – April 2025
Our current newsletter features Dr. Kavaler-Adler’s recently published article, “Father Disillusionment in Courageous Women—Two Perspectives,” in the Journal of Psychohistory.
In this issue:
- Excerpts and insights from the “Father Disillusionment” article
- Information about monthly group offerings and workshops
- Details on the Object Relations Institute’s Spring 2025 Trimester (April 3 – June 12, 2025)
- Upcoming speaking engagements and conferences
Previous Newsletters
Dr. Kavaler-Adler’s newsletters have historically included her “Occasional Clinical Essays” series, beginning with reflections on the COVID-19 pandemic:
- “COVID-19 and the Internal Persecutory Object”
- Marriage versus Merger: What is a Couple? Notes on Couples’ Therapy
- Merger v. Marriage: What is the Couple? The Object Relations View
- ENVY, “BITING THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU,” and SOME COMMENTS ON JEALOUSY
- EROTIC TRANSFERENCE and COUNTERTRANSFERENCE: PIONEERING WORK of FEMALE ANALYSTS with MALE PATIENTS, VIVID CLINICAL CASES
- DEVELOPMENTAL JOURNEY to SELFHOOD: OBJECT RELATIONS PROCESS and the EMERGING SELF in WORK of JAMES MASTERSON and SUSAN KAVALER-ADLER
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