Richard Kradin
Richard Kradin Ph.D. is Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and member of the Departments of Medicine and the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies at the Massachusetts General Hospital. A Jungian analyst, he is also trained in neo-Freudian psychoanalytic psychotherapy. He is a supervising analyst and teaches courses on dream interpretation to psychotherapists and candidates in psychoanalysis. His major interests include psychosomatic disorders and he is recipient of the Gradiva Award by the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis for best paper in psychoanalysis, The Psychosomatic Symptom and the Self (1997).
The Herald Dream: An Approach to the Initial Dream in Psychotherapy
This monograph focuses on a systemic approach to dream interpretation and the unique importance of the initial dream. The first dream reported in a psychoanalytic therapy session poignantly... (more)
The Placebo Response and the Power of Unconscious Healing
Placebo responses are automatic and unconscious and cannot be predicted based on conscious volition. Instead, they reflect complex interactions between the innate reward system of the nervous system... (more)
Pathologies of the Mind/Body Interface: Exploring the Curious Domain of the Psychosomatic Disorders
Patients suffering from psychosomatic disorders represent a formidable challenge. Psychosomatic disorders are common, and account for substantial personal discomfort, unnecessary medical... (more)
Pathologies of the Mind/Body Interface: Exploring the Curious Domain of the Psychosomatic Disorders
Patients suffering from psychosomatic disorders represent a formidable challenge. Psychosomatic disorders are common, and account for substantial personal discomfort, unnecessary medical... (more)
The Placebo Response and the Power of Unconscious Healing
Placebo responses are automatic and unconscious and cannot be predicted based on conscious volition. Instead, they reflect complex interactions between the innate reward system of the nervous system... (more)