Reply to the Discussants “From the Margins”

Abstract

I reply to Karen Starr, Lewis Aron, and Jeremy Safran based on their discussions of my paper “Psychoanalysis and the 21st Century: A Critique and a Vision.” Basically, all agree with my assessment that psychoanalysis is facing many threats. They also offer support for the general direction I outline for approaching that crisis, and add their individual opinions.

Keywords:

• psychoanalysis
• psychotherapy
• crisis
• critique
• integration
• interdisciplinarity
• future

Notes

¹This is not surprising when we consider that Aaron Beck, regarded widely as the father of cognitive therapy, was trained and practiced for many years as a psychoanalyst.

²I wish to thank Merrill Schneiderman, who has been politically active in advancing training institutes’ role in the new law, for providing much of the information discussed in the previous paragraph.