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Zimmerman, D. (2025). Tragic Person Evolved: Transforming Tragedy Into Hope Through New, Alternative Treatments. Psychoanalysis, Self and Context, Vol. 20 (published December 2025)

ABSTRACT The paper, “Tragic Person Evolved: Transforming Tragedy Into Hope Through New, Alternative Treatments” was presented at the 45th IAPSP International Conference in Rome in October of 2024. The paper explores the integration of relational psychoanalysis and alter- native treatments, including ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, for individuals with OCD, ADHD, and ASD. Two case studies illustrate how fostering a deeply empathetic therapeutic relationship, combined with the

ROME - OCTOBER 2024

I'm very happy to have been selected to present my paper "Tragic Man Evolved" at the IAPSP conference in October/2024:...

Website launched.

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Work Ethic

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OCD: Nature/Nurture

FYI about OCD: https://iocdf.org/about-ocd/what-causes-ocd/ I have found it to be a pretty much 50/50 nature/nurture. Some recent...

Authenticity revisited again.

This morning, meditating on some of yesterday's sessions, I am nagged once more by thoughts of authenticity versus inauthenticity. I'm...

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