Philip Bromberg
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Philip M. Bromberg, Ph.D. is an American
United States
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 Psychologist
Psychologist
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 and Psychoanalyst who is actively involved in the training of mental health professional
Mental health professional
A mental health professional is a health care practitioner who offers services for the purpose of improving an individual's mental health or to treat mental illness. This broad category includes psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, clinical social workers, psychiatric nurses, mental health...

s throughout the United States. Dr. Bromberg is most widely known as the author of Standing in the Spaces: Essays on Clinical Process, Trauma, and Dissociation (1998) and Awakening the Dreamer: Clinical Journeys (2006). For over 30 years he has written extensively concerning human mental development
Neural development
Neural development comprises the processes that generate, shape, and reshape the nervous system, from the earliest stages of embryogenesis to the final years of life. The study of neural development aims to describe the cellular basis of brain development and to address the underlying mechanisms...

 and the patient/therapist relationship, and has presented an Interpersonal/Relational point of view that emphasizes self-organization
Self-organization
Self-organization is the process where a structure or pattern appears in a system without a central authority or external element imposing it through planning...

, states of consciousness, dissociation, and multiple self-states. Dr. Bromberg is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the William Alanson White Institute
William Alanson White Institute
The William Alanson White Institute, founded in 1946, is an institution for training psychoanalysts and psychotherapists. It is located in New York City, USA, on the Upper West Side, in the Clara Thompson building....

, and Adjunct Clinical Professor of Psychology, New York University
New York University
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 Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association
American Psychological Association
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 and ABPP Diplomate in Clinical Psychology
Clinical psychology
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. He is Co-editor Emeritus of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, and is on the editorial boards of Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis, and Psychoanalytic Inquiry.

Authored Works

Bromberg, P.M. (1974). On Psychoanalytic Training—Introduction: The Challenge of Self-Examination. Contemp. Psychoanal., 10:239-241.

Bromberg, P.M. (1979). Interpersonal Psychoanalysis
Interpersonal psychoanalysis
Interpersonal psychoanalysis is based on the theories of Harry Stack Sullivan , an American psychiatrist, who believed that the details of a patient's interpersonal interactions with others can provide insight into the causes and cures of mental disorder.-Selective inattention:Sullivan proposed...

 and Regression. Contemp. Psychoanal., 15:647-655.

Bromberg, P.M. (1979). The Use of Detachment in Narcissistic and Borderline Conditions. J. Amer. Acad. Psychoanal., 7:593-600.

Bromberg, P.M. (l979), The schizoid personality: The psychopathology of stability. In: Integrating Ego Psychology and Object Relations Theory, ed. L. Saretsky, G.D. Goldman & D.S. Milman. Iowa: Kendall/Hunt, pp. 226-242.

Bromberg, P.M. (1980). Empathy, Anxiety and Reality—A View from the Bridge. Contemp. Psychoanal., 16:223-236.

Bromberg, P.M. (1980). Sullivan's Concept of Consensual Validation and the Therapeutic Action of Psychoanalysis. Contemp. Psychoanal., 16:237-248.

Bromberg, P.M. (1982). The Supervisory Process and Parallel Process in Psychoanalysis. Contemp. Psychoanal., 18:92-110.

Bromberg, P.M. (1983). The Mirror and the Mask: On Narcissism
Narcissism
Narcissism is a term with a wide range of meanings, depending on whether it is used to describe a central concept of psychoanalytic theory, a mental illness, a social or cultural problem, or simply a personality trait...

 and Psychoanalytic Growth. Contemp. Psychoanal., 19:359-387.

Bromberg, P.M. (1984). Getting Into Oneself and out of One's Self: On Schizoid Processes. Contemp. Psychoanal., 20:439-447.

Bromberg, P.M. (l984). The third ear. In: Clinical Perspectives on the Supervision of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, ed. L. Caligor, P.M. Bromberg, & J.D. Meltzer. New York: Plenum Press, pp. 29-44.

Bromberg, P.M. (1984). On the Occurrence of the Isakower Phenomenon in a Schizoid Disorder. Contemp. Psychoanal., 20:600-624.

Bromberg, P.M. (1986). Discussion of "The Wishy-Washy Personality" by Arnold Goldberg. Contemp. Psychoanal., 22:374-386.

Bromberg, P.M. (1989). Discussion of "Keeping the Analysis Alive and Creative" by Gloria Friedman. Contemp. Psychoanal., 25:337-345.

Bromberg, P.M. (1991). Artist and Analyst. Contemp. Psychoanal., 27:289-299.

Bromberg, P.M. (1991). Introduction to Symposium: "Reality and the Analytic Relationship." Psychoanal. Dial., 1:8-12.

Bromberg, P.M. (1991). On Knowing One's Patient Inside Out: The Aesthetics of Unconscious Communication
Unconscious communication
Unconscious communication is the transfer of information unconsciously.It is sometimes intrapersonal, like dreaming or cognition under the effects of hypnosis, and is not necessarily nonverbal communication....

. Psychoanal. Dial., 1:399-422.

Bromberg, P.M. (1991). Reply to Discussion by Enid Balint. Psychoanal. Dial., 1:431-437.

Bromberg, P.M. (1992). The Difficult Patient or the Difficult Dyad?—Some Basic Issues. Contemp. Psychoanal., 28:495-502.

Bromberg, P.M. (1993). Discussion of "Obsessions and/or Obsessionality: Perspectives on Psychoanalytic Treatment" by Walter E. Spear. Contemp. Psychoanal., 29:90-100.

Bromberg, P.M. (1993). Shadow and Substance: A Relational Perspective on Clinical Process. Psychoanal. Psychol., 10:147-168.

Bromberg, P.M. (1994). “Speak! That I May See You”: Some Reflections on Dissociation, Reality, and Psychoanalytic Listening. Psychoanal. Dial., 4:517-547.

Bromberg, P.M (1995). Introduction to David E. Schecter’s “Attachment, Detachment, and Psychoanalytic Therapy.” In: Pioneers of Interpersonal Psychoanalysis, eds. D. B. Stern, C. Mann, S. Kantor, & G. Schlesinger. NJ: Analytic Press, pp. 169-174.

Bromberg, P.M. (1995). A Rose by Any Other Name: Commentary on Lerner's “Treatment Issues in a Case of Possible Multiple Personality
Dissociative identity disorder
Dissociative identity disorder is a psychiatric diagnosis and describes a condition in which a person displays multiple distinct identities , each with its own pattern of perceiving and interacting with the environment....

 Disorder”. Psychoanal. Psychol., 12:143-149.

Bromberg, P.M. (1995). Psychoanalysis, Dissociation, and Personality Organization Reflections on Peter Goldberg's Essay. Psychoanal. Dial., 5:511-528.

Bromberg, P.M. (1995). Resistance, Object-usage, And Human Relatedness. Contemp. Psychoanal., 31:173.

Bromberg, P.M. (1996). Hysteria, Dissociation, and Cure: Emmy von N Revisited. Psychoanal. Dial., 6:55-71.

Bromberg, P.M. (1996). Standing in the Spaces: The Multiplicity Of Self And The Psychoanalytic Relationship. Contemp. Psychoanal., 32:509-535.

Bromberg, P.M. (l997). Commentary on Lawrence Friedman’s “Ferrum, Ignis, and Medicina: Return to the Crucible.” J. Amer. Psychoanal. Assoc., 45:36-40.

Bromberg, P.M. (1998). Staying the Same While Changing: Reflections on Clinical Judgment. Psychoanal. Dial., 8:225-236.

Bromberg, P.M. (1998). Standing in the spaces: Essays on clinical process, trauma, and dissociation. New Jersey: Analytic Press.

Bromberg, P.M. (1999). Playing with Boundaries. Contemp. Psychoanal., 35:54-66.

Bromberg, P.M. (2000). Bringing in the Dreamer: Some Reflections On Dreamwork, Surprise, And Analytic Process*. Contemp. Psychoanal., 36:685-705.

Bromberg, P.M. (2000). Potholes on the Royal Road: Or Is It An Abyss?*. Contemp. Psychoanal., 36:5-28.

Bromberg, P.M. (2000). Reply to Reviews of "Standing in the Spaces: Essays on Clinical Process, Trauma, and Dissociation" (Reviewers: Marcia Cavell, Randall Sorenson, and Henry Smith). Psychoanal. Dial., 10:551-568.

Bromberg, P.M. (2001). Hope When There Is No Hope: Discussion of Jill Scharff's Case Presentation
Case presentation
A case presentation is a formal communication between health care professionals regarding a patient's clinical information...

. Psychoanal. Inq., 21:519-529.

Bromberg, P.M. (2001). The Gorilla Did It: Some Thoughts on Dissociation, the Real, and the Really Real. Psychoanal. Dial., 11:385-404.

Bromberg, P.M. (2001). Treating Patients with Symptoms—and Symptoms with Patience: Reflections on Shame, Dissociation, and Eating Disorders
Eating disorder
Eating disorders refer to a group of conditions defined by abnormal eating habits that may involve either insufficient or excessive food intake to the detriment of an individual's physical and mental health. Bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, and binge eating disorder are the most common specific...

. Psychoanal. Dial., 11:891-912.

Bromberg, P.M. (2002). Speak to Me as to Thy Thinkings: Commentary on "Interpersonal Psychoanalysis' Radical Façade” by Irwin Hirsch. J. Amer. Acad. Psychoanal., 30:605-620.

Bromberg, P.M. (2003). On Being One's Dream: Some Reflections on Robert Bosnak's “Embodied Imagination”. Contemp. Psychoanal., 39:697-710.

Bromberg, P.M. (2003). One Need Not Be a House to Be Haunted: On Enactment, Dissociation, and the Dread of “Not-Me”—A Case Study
Case study
A case study is an intensive analysis of an individual unit stressing developmental factors in relation to context. The case study is common in social sciences and life sciences. Case studies may be descriptive or explanatory. The latter type is used to explore causation in order to find...

. Psychoanal. Dial., 13:689-709.

Bromberg, P.M. (2003). Something Wicked This Way Comes: Trauma, Dissociation, and Conflict: The Space Where Psychoanalysis, Cognitive Science
Cognitive science
Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary scientific study of mind and its processes. It examines what cognition is, what it does and how it works. It includes research on how information is processed , represented, and transformed in behaviour, nervous system or machine...

, and Neuroscience Overlap. Psychoanal. Psychol., 20:558-574.

Bromberg, P.M. (2004). More Than Meets the Eye: A Professional Autobiography. Psychoanal. Inq., 24:558-575.

Chefetz, R.A., Bromberg, P.M. (2004). Talking with “Me” and “Not-Me”: A Dialogue. Contemp. Psychoanal., 40:409-464.

Bromberg, P.M. (2006). Awakening the dreamer: Clinical journeys. New Jersey: Analytic Press.

Bromberg, P.M. (2006). “Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye, I Die a Little …”: Commentary on Holly Levenkron's “Love (and Hate) with the Proper Stranger”. Psychoanal. Inq., 26:182-201.

Bromberg, P.M. (2006). It never entered my mind: Some reflections on desire, dissociation, and disclosure. In: J. Petrucelli, ed. "Longing: Psychoanalytic Musings on Desire." London: Karnac Books, pp. 13-23.

Bromberg, P.M. (2007). Reply to Reviews of "Awakening the Dreamer: Clinical Journeys" by Philip M. Bromberg (Reviewers: Ethel Person, Susan Sands, and Allan Schore). Psychoanal. Dial., 17:769-787.

Bromberg, P.M. (2007). Response to Reviews of "Awakening the Dreamer: Clinical Journeys" (Reviewers: Jessica Benjamin, Max Cavitch, and Robert Langan). Contemp. Psychoanal., 43:696-708.

Bromberg, P.M. (2007). The Analytic Moment Doesn't Fit Analytic “Technique”: Commentary on Tony Bass's “When the Frame Doesn't Fit the Picture”. Psychoanal. Dial., 17:909-921.

Bromberg, P.M. (2008). "Grown-up" Words: An Interpersonal/Relational Perspective on Unconscious Fantasy. Psychoanal. Inq., 28:131-150.

Bromberg, P.M. (2008). Mentalize THIS!: Dissociation, enactment, and clinical process. In: E. Jurist, A. Slade, & S. Bergner, eds. "Mind to Mind: Infant Research, Neuroscience, and Psychoanalysis." New York: Other Press, pp. 414-434.

Bromberg, P.M. (2008). Shrinking the Tsunami: Affect-regulation, Dissociation, and the Shadow of the Flood. Contemp. Psychoanal., 44:329-350.

Bromberg, P.M. (2009). Multiple self-states, the relational mind, and dissociation: A psychoanalytic perspective. In: Dissociation And The Dissociative Disorders: DSM-V And Beyond, ed. P.F. Dell & J.A. O’Neil. New York: Routledge, pp. 637-652.

Bromberg, P.M. (2009). Discussion of Robert Grossmark's 'Case of Pamela.' Psychoanal. Dial., 19:31-38.

Bromberg, P.M. (2009). Truth, Human Relatedness, and the Analytic Process: An Interpersonal/Relational Perspective. Internat. J. Psychoanal., 90:347-361.

Bromberg, P. M. (2010). Minding the dissociative gap. Contemp. Psychoanal., 46:19-31.

Bromberg, P. M. (2010). The nearness of you: Navigating selfhood, otherness, and uncertainty. In: Knowing, Not-Knowing and Sort-of-Knowing: Psychoanalysis and the Experience of Uncertainty, ed. J. Petrucelli. London: Karnac, pp. 22-45.

Bromberg, P. M. (2010). Commentary on Carola M. Kaplan's "Navigating trauma in Joseph Conrad's 'Victory': A voyage from Sigmund Freud to Philip M. Bromberg." Psychoanal. Dial., 20:449-455.

Bromberg, P. M. (2011). The Gill/Bromberg correspondence. Psychoanal. Dial., 21:243-252.

Bromberg, P. M. (2011). "Afterword" to the Gill/Bromberg correspondence. Psychoanal. Dial., 21:264-267.

Bromberg, P.M. (2011). The shadow of the tsunami: And the growth of the relational mind. New York: Routledge.

Bromberg, P. M. (in press), Stumbling along and hanging-in: If this be technique, make the most of it! Psychoanal. Inq.
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