by Meryl Dorf, Ph.D | Oct 6, 2026 | Culture and Society
We are living in a time of profound division. But toxic polarization is more than intense disagreement. It is a psychological shift in which difference begins to feel dangerous, curiosity gives way to certainty, and disagreement hardens into contempt. Don’t Talk...
by Meryl Dorf, Ph.D | Sep 30, 2026 | Postgraduate Training in Psychodynamic Therapy
Most therapists today are exposed to more than one way of thinking about patients. CBT, DBT, EMDR, trauma-focused therapies, family systems approaches, mindfulness-based treatments, and psychoanalytic therapies all offer useful ways of understanding psychological...
by Meryl Dorf, Ph.D | Sep 2, 2026 | Postgraduate Training in Psychodynamic Therapy
Welcome to the CPPNJ Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy Community Blog! Psychoanalysis has always thrived through conversation, through the exchange of ideas, thoughtful reflection, curiosity, and the willingness to engage with one another across differences. It is in...
by Meryl Dorf, Ph.D | Jul 24, 2026 | Culture and Society
At first glance, democracy and psychoanalysis look like entirely different projects; one is a system for governing nations, while the other is a clinical framework for exploring the individual mind. Beneath the surface, however, both are experiments in freedom, both...
