Other/Wise

Welcome to the online journal of the International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education. Other/Wise is a journal that offers a selected sampling of papers based on presentations made at IFPE’s most recent conference. Reflecting IFPE’s commitment to originality, creativity and diversity of thought and format, contributions can and have included scholarly papers, clinical papers, personal and autobiographical narratives, poetry, artwork, films and music.

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 Other/Wise: Selected Papers From the 2022 IFPE Conference,

Disruptions and Transformations

Spring 2023
Issue 1


IFPE 2022 President’s Address: Psychoanalytic Thinking and Having an Impact in a Divided World
Laurence Green, Psy.D., LCSW

What Do We Owe?: Reflections on Supremacy, Debt, and Desire
Ramie Bou-Saab, LCSW

No apologies. Unfinished business and the pact to forget. 
Ruth Lijtmaer, Ph.D.

Intrusive Thoughts, Magical Thinking and Fragmentation: A Psychoanalytic Reconsideration
Dr. Donna Mahoney, Ph.D., LCPC, Monica Hershman, and Christine Betsill

Thunder, Lightning, and the Scientific Standing of Psychoanalysis 
J. Colby Martin, Ph.D.

Transforming Shame: Taming the Intolerable
M. Chet Mirman, Ph.D.

A Personal Journey from Disruption Due to Trauma to Transition, Post-traumatic growth, and Meaning
Marjorie Harris Newman, Psy.D.

Ukrainian Freud or Whence Ukraine in Psychoanalysis? 
Oksana Yakushko, Ph.D.

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