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SKA: My clients have anxieties,
conflicts, and deep personal concerns.
People see me for an in-depth
cocoons, and to interact with
Tales and Gossips of the New York colorful self expression in the understanding of their doubts,
City Argentine Tango Scene. world. emotional needs, and unconscious
motivations and conflicts, as well as for
EP: What is your greatest EP: What one thing are you never recovering from trauma that lives
achievement? without? inside of them, but which may go back
to very early life. Some people have
SKA: I would have to say that the SKA: Of course, I am never increasing insight over many years.
combined evolution of my writing without my phone, so that I can Others need to learn how to open up
about psychological development read emails, and send emails to and communicate, letting thoughts and
and my founding of the Object friends and colleagues regularly. feelings come up from within. Some
Relations Institute for However, I am generally carrying are in ongoing emotional pain, which
Psychotherapy and my notebook laptop computer involves, rage, loss, and grief, but
Psychoanalysis (ORI) serve too, even on vacations. I have it which they may call depression. Some
together as my greatest with me in restaurants, cafes, in feel their unconscious emotional pain
achievement. Starting up an Manhattan, Park Slope in through conversions into visceral and
institute for a school of Brooklyn, and in Santa Fe, New physical symptoms, such as gastric
psychological thought has been Mexico. I have it for business disorders or headaches. They need to
quite a challenge. I continue to related to my Private Practice, be helped to understand what the ache
invest so much time and energy in such as monthly billing inside is saying to them about the
devising course curricula, in summaries, and for posting emotional needs and child self within
supervising students, conducting events such as workshops and them. I have to be patient, tolerant,
Board meetings, and in week-to- conferences. However, I also have serving as a containing presence for
week teaching courses on theory it for my writing projects, books, the anguish that might emerge from
and clinical practice. I also plan and articles I am working on, and within. I listen intently and try to find
conferences and workshops as for general inspiration for creative a way to relate to each person. That
well as participate. and professional writing. I never can be challenging. It takes a lot of time
know when the mood will strike and energy.
I wouldn’t change a minute of it and I will want to jot down a
though. The psychological issues thought, subject, future book title, EP: One of your books is about
related to the theory of how our or for titles of conferences with mourning. Did you ever lose a loved
internal worlds effect our creative panels for my institute. I have 6 one?
capacities and our intimate published books, and another 6
relationships are so critical. are being edited for publication,
Through this understanding we journal articles, and edited book
accompany our therapy patients chapters in restaurants and cafes.
on journeys to find their unique I’m a café writer. Occasionally, I
and individual voices in the world. do some writing in my office on
We are there when our patients my office computer, but this is
face losses and painful separations, more recent. I have always been a
and to face the dreams and café writer. I feel simpatico with
fantasies and motivations that that European tradition.
emerge into consciousness. Our
clinicians’ understanding allows us EP: What is the most challenging
to help patients who have long part of your work?
suffered and felt like victims to
emerge from their mental
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