By Joan Hoffenberg, PhD, FIPA

“Talent is nurtured in solitude. Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.”  - Goethe

On November 30, 2011 the international psychoanalytic community suffered the loss of one of its best-known and beloved practitioners, Norbert Freedman. To his many friends, patients, students and colleagues, in America, Europe and elsewhere, his passing is an irreplaceable loss; he was a much-admired friend, mentor, role model, educator, clinician, and collaborator. His intellectual and psychoanalytic vigor energized our field. Ever a force for understanding, a man of generous spirit, a teacher, researcher, mentor and friend, Bert never turned from responsibility and never tired of our work. He was a pillar of IPTAR and the international psychoanalytic community.  He touched the lives of countless analysands, supervisees, candidates, students and colleagues and the loss of his intellect, wisdom, work ethic, humor and friendship will never be replaced. He lived his life with great zest, relishing the many activities and people with whom he was involved. It is hard to imagine IPTAR without him.

In an interview conducted by Jared Russell for the IPTAR Oral History Project, Bert detailed his background and how he came to psychology and particularly psychoanalysis...

Tribute to Leo Rangell

By Beth Kalish-Weiss

LEO

There is a new star in the northern sky
It is called Leo
It was created the night of May 28, 2011
All that day Leo picked up pieces of this world
Swirling around in a huge wind and took off
Into the night sky

LAURENCE J. GOULD, Ph.D.

The entire CIPS community mourns the loss of Dr. Laurence J. Gould who died on May 26th ofnatural causes. Larry was an esteemed and central member of IPTAR, Director of IPTAR’sSocio-Analytic Organizational Consultation Program, a member of IPTAR’s Board of Directorsand Chair of the Organizational Review Committee as well as the Allied Training Programs. Larry was...

RUTH LAX, Ph.D.

Dr. Ruth Lax passed away in her home the morning of January 31, 2010. She was a training andsupervisory analyst as well as a member of the faculties of both IPTAR and the NY FreudianSociety. In addition, she belonged to 17 other professional organizations. She had recently retiredfrom her practice in New York City. The author of several books, Dr. Lax also publishednumerous articles in psychoanalytic journals. She chaired a study group investigating thepsychoanalytic causes of socially sanctioned violence against women. Her first...

RUTH STEIN, Ph.D.

The entire psychoanalytic community was shocked and saddened at the news of Dr. Ruth Stein’ssudden death in NYC on January 17, 2010. Dr. Stein had been attending APsaA’s 2010 NationalMeeting at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in NYC, where she was awarded the JAPA Prize for herpaper, “The Otherness of Sexuality: Excess”, first published in JAPA in 2008. Tragically, shesuffered a massive stroke shortly after she received this honor. At the end of one of the sessions,she suddenly lost consciousness and was rushed to the hospital. She died two days later.

Dr. Stein had been a member of IPTAR and was on their faculty. In addition, she was...