Jeffrey Berman, PhD, on Freud, Psychoanalysis, and Writing

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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