psychoanalyst

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Even as he tries to stay ahead and stay alive, Gabriel reflects on his sessions with his psychoanalyst, Katerina Haas, who helps him differentiate between his “true self” and “false self.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

During the investigation into the My Lai atrocities, Hersh recalls, his wife, Elizabeth — a psychoanalyst to whom he’s been married for more than 60 years — helped keep him from breaking down.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025

"These groups are the equivalent of the bistro counter – but with more people," said psychoanalyst Patrick Avrane, author of a book on attitudes to crime.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2025

An explanation for the condition came near the end of World War II, when René Spitz, an Austrian psychoanalyst, observed that infants in a Mexican orphanage tended to be listless, scrawny and slow to develop.

From New York Times • May 13, 2024

After about six weekly sessions of chess, at the point when Fine believed Bobby had bonded with him, the psychoanalyst nonchalantly started a conversation about what Bobby was doing in school.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady