Shrink Life in General
Photographer Behind the Scenes Video
KI: Michael Levin from Brad Kremer on Vimeo.
Nice video, photographer at work but most of all also an excellent camera men.
There’s a new twist on the ubiquitous photo shoot behind-the-scenes video and it looks less like something you’d see on YouTube and more like something you’d see on MTV (well, back when MTV played music videos). F STOP photographer Michael Levin recently showed me a stylized short film of him shooting on the south coast of Japan. It’s stylized, it’s slick
Bill Evans: A Face Without a Name
Discovered a cheery nice piece of music made by my favorite jazz pianist Bill Evans. It’s a number from a recent acquisition of mine the album: the definitive Bill Evans on Riverside and fantasy. Made a slideshow with it so enjoy. More about Bill Evans on a Dutch site written in English about Bill Evans. This site has an enormous amount of information about Bill Evans an his music, obviously written by a very enthusiastic fan.
How to improve residents’ interest in psychoanalysis.
The number of psychiatric residents interested in psychodynamic therapies is decreasing. Some are still very interested but this kind of psychotherapy is hardly educated anymore and therapists, supervisors are scarce.
A recent free online available brief report from a psychoanalytical group, Genden (Genève—Denver), explored the possible reasons for psychiatric residents’ hesitation to get psychoanalytic training. They interviewed 100 residents in psychiatry working for at least 4 years. This focus group of 5 psychoanalytical psychotherapists proposes ten commonsense feedbacks for psychoanalysts regarding stimulating young psychiatric residents’ interest in psychoanalytic approaches.
Three important ones to my opinion are:
- The educational center should have at least one psychoanalyst who is able to demonstrate valid psychodynamic research data in order to satisfy the scientific curiosity of psychiatric residents.
- Rigid, stereotyped, psychoanalytic behavior outside of the psychoanalytic treatment situation is not helpful in an educational context. We are not psychoanalysts all the time in our lives, and students do not want to be treated as psychoanalytic patients in an educational setting.
- During the residency training, avoid overly abstract psychoanalytical theoretical explanations and remain connected to the clinical situation. Match the teaching of complex psychoanalytic concepts to the level of the residents’ understanding.
You can read the other 7 suggestions here: Are Psychiatric Residents Still Interested in Psychoanalysis? A Brief Report.
Damsa, C., Bryois, C., Morelli, D., Cailhol, L., Adam, E., Coman, A., Stamatoiu, D., Lazignac, C., & Freymann, J. (2010). Are Psychiatric Residents Still Interested in Psychoanalysis? A Brief Report The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, 70 (4), 386-391 DOI: 10.1057/ajp.2010.30
Cyborg Anthropology
Technology is evolving us, says Amber Case, as we become a screen-staring, button-clicking new version of homo sapiens. We now rely on “external brains” (cell phones and computers) to communicate, remember, even live out secondary lives. But will these machines ultimately connect or conquer us? Case offers surprising insight into our cyborg selves.
NYC Half-Marathonand The Fresh Air Fund
The Fresh Air Fund is still looking for runners to join our Fresh Air Fund-Racers team for the NYC Half-Marathon this coming March 20th. Wish I could participate, recovering from plantar fasciitis, it’s a bitch. Nevertheless 21 km is still a long distance. Don’t know if I’d manage at my age again….
We are calling all runners and Fresh Air Fund supporters to come out and either challenge themselves to run the race or join our cheering squad. The Fresh Air Fund provides runners with guaranteed entry in exchange for fundraising before race day. Entries are limited – please get in touch soon! Please email kbrinkerhoff@freshair.org or call (212) 897-8890. Or click here to learn more about how to fundraise for the race!