
Jeffrey Berman, PhD, on Freud, Psychoanalysis, and Writing
From Daniel T. Bourne by Daniel Bourne
April 3, 2026 · 59 min · Season 7 · Episode 3
About this episode
In this episode, Daniel Bourne interviews Jeffrey Berman about the intersections of Freud, psychoanalysis, and writing.
To donate to my PayPal (thank you): https://paypal.me/danieru22?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US Jeffrey Berman's primary teaching and research interests are in literature and psychoanalysis, the twentieth century novel, trauma theory, suicide, self-disclosing writing and pedagogy. Berman, Jeffrey (1985). The Talking Cure: Literary Representations of Psychoanalysis. Berman, Jeffrey (1990). Narcissism and the novel. Berman, Jeffrey (2012). Dying to Teach: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Learning. Berman, Jeffrey (2019). Writing the Talking Cure: Irvin D. Yalom and the Literature of Psychotherapy. Berman, Jeffrey; Mosher, Paul W. (2019). Off the tracks: cautionary tales about the derailing of mental health care. Berman, Jeffrey (2021). The art of caregiving in fiction, film, and memoir. Berman, Jeffrey (2022). Norman N. Holland: The Dean of American Psychoanalytic Literary Critics. Berman, Jeffrey (2024). Psychoanalytic Memoirs. Berman, Jeffrey (2024). Psychoanalysis: An Interdisciplinary Retrospective. Berman, Jeffrey (2024). Freudians and Schadenfreudians: Loving and Hating Psychoanalysis. We hope you enjoy this conversation. Note: Information contained in this video is for…
People in this episode
Host: Daniel Bourne
Guest: Jeffrey Berman
Topics covered
- Psychoanalysis
- Literature
- Trauma Theory
- Mental Health
- Writing
Keywords
- Freud
- Psychoanalysis
- Literature
- Trauma
- Mental Health
- Writing
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Talking Cure: Literary Representations of Psychoanalysis, Narcissism and the novel, Dying to Teach: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Learning, Writing the Talking Cure: Irvin D. Yalom and the Literature of Psychotherapy, Off the tracks: cautionary tales about the derailing of mental health care, The art of caregiving in fiction, film, and memoir, Norman N. Holland: The Dean of American Psychoanalytic Literary Critics, Psychoanalytic Memoirs, Psychoanalysis: An Interdisciplinary Retrospective, Freudians and Schadenfreudians: Loving and Hating Psychoanalysis
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