I met Judith Mitrani early in my psychoanalytic training on a visit she and her husband Ted made to Seattle to lecture. I had read her impressive and valuable book A Framework for the Imaginary where she discussed a number of theories on primitive mental states and proposed her own innovative idea of adhesive pseudo object relations. I was so excited by the book that I reviewed it for our local newsletter and sent a copy to her.
A few years later we met again in LA at the Bion Conference in 2002 and Judith graciously asked how my training was going.
In 2005 she invited me to be a discussant for the Frances Tustin Memorial Trust lecture which that year was awarded to Celia Fix Korbivcher from Brazil. That experience encouraged me to write a paper which subsequently was awarded the 10th Frances Tustin Memorial Lecture Prize in 2006.
Since then I have been a frequent participant in Tustin Prize meetings as well as in the International Conferences in Berlin, Sydney, and Boston.
Another important opportunity came when Judi connected me with a wonderful group of clinicians who were studying autism together. This group, named INSPIRA, meets yearly for a several days of rigorous discussion. Participants come from France, Brazil, Argentina, England, Italy, and The United States. During my decade in the group we met in New York City, Boston, Rome, and London. I learned a great deal by listening to and speaking with the great clinicians in the group.
I'm very grateful to Judi and Ted for the doors they have opened for me and for their consistent encouragement to develop my own thinking, building on the work of Freud, Klein, Bion, Meltzer, and Tustin. As part of my commitment to this lineage I became a Trustee of the Frances Tustin Memorial Trust in 2011 and currently am a Board Member of the New Frances Tustin Trust based in Tel Aviv, Israel.
A few years later we met again in LA at the Bion Conference in 2002 and Judith graciously asked how my training was going.
In 2005 she invited me to be a discussant for the Frances Tustin Memorial Trust lecture which that year was awarded to Celia Fix Korbivcher from Brazil. That experience encouraged me to write a paper which subsequently was awarded the 10th Frances Tustin Memorial Lecture Prize in 2006.
Since then I have been a frequent participant in Tustin Prize meetings as well as in the International Conferences in Berlin, Sydney, and Boston.
Another important opportunity came when Judi connected me with a wonderful group of clinicians who were studying autism together. This group, named INSPIRA, meets yearly for a several days of rigorous discussion. Participants come from France, Brazil, Argentina, England, Italy, and The United States. During my decade in the group we met in New York City, Boston, Rome, and London. I learned a great deal by listening to and speaking with the great clinicians in the group.
I'm very grateful to Judi and Ted for the doors they have opened for me and for their consistent encouragement to develop my own thinking, building on the work of Freud, Klein, Bion, Meltzer, and Tustin. As part of my commitment to this lineage I became a Trustee of the Frances Tustin Memorial Trust in 2011 and currently am a Board Member of the New Frances Tustin Trust based in Tel Aviv, Israel.