Writings

“Working Psychodynamically With the Brain in Mind”
by Steven Krugman, Ph.D., CGP
After 35 years of practicing psychodynamic psychotherapy I’ve discovered something new. In 1984 I had the good fortune to join a small group (which included Sam Osherson) being supervised by Anne Alonso. Anne was a wise and talented clinician and teacher, and believed deeply in the psychodynamic model. For her, it was all in the transference relationship. My background included years working with domestic violence and post-traumatic stress cases. I often fought with her about what I felt to be the limitations of the “relationship” to contain and metabolize the powerful and primitive forces I had encountered – often helplessly – in my clinic work. To her great credit, she welcomed these disagreements, and we struggled to make sense of our differences. Read More >>
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“Men In Groups
by Steven Krugman, Ph.D., CGP

Men’s groups have become increasingly popular over the past decade as men from all walks of life have begun to recognize their need to connect with other men. Last year’s Promise Keepers gathering, and before it The Million Man March, demonstrate that many American men feel the need to address personal concerns about being a husband or a father, or feeling isolated or too angry, in a larger social context. Read More >>