ABSTRACT
This paper describes the effect of more than 55 years of exposure to psychoanalytic theory and the practice of adult and child psychoanalysis on the author’s understanding of the human condition and his personal reflections on the requirements for a happy and fulfilled life.
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Calvin A. Colarusso
Calvin A. Colarusso, MD, is a training and supervising analyst in child and adult psychoanalysis at the San Diego Psychoanalytic Center. A retired clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California at San Diego, he is the author of eight professional books and more than 50 published, peer-reviewed articles.