Judith L. Mitrani Books

This memoir offers an intimate and witty exploration of the author's journey as a renowned psychoanalytic clinician. Through personal reflections, the narrative reveals the unexpected location of what the author considers the most beautiful place in the world, blending poignant insights with humor. It invites readers to reflect on the deeper meanings of beauty and connection in life.

This volume consists of a series of essays, initially inspired over thirty years ago by Freud''s paper on Gradiva - ""she who steps along."" The bas relief on the cover of this book hangs in my consulting room today, as it had in Freud''s own, perhaps as a reminder of what we do. In Jensen''s story of Gradiva, a young archaeologist, Norbert Hanold, suffers from delusions and is able to unravel the mysteries of his emotional life and mind with the aid of a woman who does not challenge these delusions, but rather ''steps along'' with Hanold, gradually helping him to disentangle truth from fantas.