Epstein Secrets

This suspicion was based on what we had learned about free association from the psychoanalytic approach to understanding the mind. In the hands of Freud and other psychoanalysts, free association—spontaneously saying whatever comes to mind without censorship—became a window into understanding uncons

mstance has been for vice presidents trying to distance themselves from their bosses. Humphrey tried mightily to explain that he was different from Lyndon Johnson without criticizing the latter. "One does not repudiate his family in order to establish his own identity," he would say. Gore faced the same probl

ions of their clients, most often using a verbal approach to therapy. In this traditional, older definition, there was no mention of the body. When Freud started psychoanalysis to help people with their psychologi- cal issues, his treatment modality was 100 percent verbal. He let people talk without i

Trigger Point Manual with David G. Simons, MD, and Lois Simons" and served as a physician in the White House, first to John F. Kennedy and then to Lyndon Johnson. President Kennedy had severe back pain stemming from wounds suffered when he served in the Navy in World War II. His fifth and final surgical pro

he M word still rings in my ears every time I indulge in a prohibited food or contemplate an un-Jewish activity (such as enjoying a Wagnerian opera). Freud called it the “superego.” He must have had a Jewish grandmother too. Of course we tried to figure out ways around these prohibitions—half of Jewish

re, his private barber was cutting his hair. I was seated next to him while he got his haircut, and he dictated notes to me. It wasn’t as bad as what Lyndon Johnson would do, requiring aides to join him in the bathroom. While working at Kay, Scholer, I had the first fancy restaurant meal of my life. I was asked