Resources
A few places to begin, for anyone curious about psychoanalysis and how it works.
For anyone curious about psychoanalysis
- The Only Cure: Freud and the Neuroscience of Mental Healing, Mark Solms (2026). A neuroscientist and psychoanalyst makes an accessible case for why psychoanalysis works.
- The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves, Stephen Grosz (2013). Short, beautifully written stories from an analyst's consulting room.
- That Was Then, This Is Now: Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy for the Rest of Us, Jonathan Shedler. A clear, jargon-free introduction to psychoanalytic thinking and therapy, written for the public as well as clinicians.
For clinicians
- Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: A Practitioner's Guide, Nancy McWilliams (2004). A clear, humane introduction to psychoanalytic ways of working. Start with Chapter 1, "What Defines a Psychoanalytic Therapy?"
- Continuing education at the Oregon Psychoanalytic Center, including courses I teach.
Psychoanalytic training
- Adult Analytic Training Program, Oregon Psychoanalytic Institute, where I teach.
- Certificate in Psychoanalysis, Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis, where I trained.
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy training
- Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program, Oregon Psychoanalytic Center, Portland, where I teach.
- Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program, Minnesota Psychoanalytic Society & Institute. A two-year program, which I completed.
- Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Certificate Program, Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis. A two-year program.
- Fellowship Program, Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis, where I serve as a mentor.