By David E. Scharff, M.D. Among the sessions I attended at the Winter Meetings of the American Psychoanalytic Association, one stood out on the findings of a randomized control trial …
Panic Focused Psychotherapy Study
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Psychoanalysis in China, Part Two
By David E. Scharff, M.D. May 15 and 16, 2007 Wuhan is not known for its sights, and among friends and acquaintances with whom we discussed our trip before coming, …
Psychoanalysis in China, Part One
By David E. Scharff, M.D. In May of this year, my wife, Jill Savege Scharff, and I made our first trip to China. The invitation to her came after a …
From Klein Forward
By David E. Scharff, M.D. Psychoanalysis is in a state of evolution. It is almost as though if we don’t keep up with the advances in neuroscience, attachment theory or …
The Therapeutic Instrument
By David E. Scharff, M.D. The psychotherapeutic instrument is, of course, the therapist – in all aspects of her or his personality – who has the unique capability of being …
