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Professional
presentations:
Harm Reduction 101 and 102
Nov. '06, Oakland, CA, 6th National Harm Reduction Conference
The Multiple
Meanings of Substance Use And the Therapeutic Relationship
Nov. '04, New Orleans, 5th National
Harm Reduction Conference
TV and Radio appearances:
TV. Dr. Sehl appeared
on NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly TV show, July, 2004.
Radio talks: Discussed Phobias on Rachel Quimby's show "Grey Matters" - WKCR FM NY, February, 2006.
NY Times Published letters to the editor
To the Editor: Published in NY Times Region/Opinions section Sept. 16, 2007 in response to “Patching Up the Frayed Couch” (Sept. 9)
Psychoanalysis is now an independent profession with the passing in 2002 of the New York State licensing laws for psychoanalysts. Psychoanalysis cannot be dominated by the New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, the focus of your article, nor any other institute or professional mental health group.
Freud said an analyst was someone who worked with resistance and transference. He was never as rigid as his disciples became in regard to frequency of sessions. The emphasis on frequency of sessions closed the doors to students (and patients) not able or willing to afford the cost of three or four sessions a week. No wonder there has been a decline in psychoanalysis!
The state law licensing psychoanalysts did not include frequency of sessions in its requirements for training. Now a more diverse group of patients can afford to be in psychoanalysis, and a larger group of students can afford training. Many psychoanalytic institutes now exist under the umbrella of the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis.
As a practicing certified psychoanalyst for many years, and as an analyst who believes it is possible for some patients to be in analysis and attend once a week, I feel that these changes are long overdue.
Mark Sehl
Greenwich Village
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