Michael Bader, D.M.H.

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Writings on Psychology & Psychoanalysis


Newspaper Columns––TheUnion.com

Sinners in heaven or saints in hell? — The problems that result when someone can’t face trauma and/or abuse from their past, April 30, 2018

We’re all good Samaritans in our hearts, February 20, 2018

Trauma and the Vital Importance of Empathy, December 31, 2016

Bringing depression out of the closet, October 31, 2016

The real reasons people change, October 19, 2016

Do you have an immunity to change?, September 27, 2016

Tolerating failure key to success, July 25, 2016

Shut up and listen, July 11, 2016

Attachment in human development, May 16, 2016

Having to parent a parent, June 27, 2016

The power of an apology, June 13, 2016

Why do we cry at happy endings?, May 23, 2016

Do you have survivor guilt?, May 9, 2016

Learned helplessness — recipe for depression, cynicism, May 2, 2016

The languages of love, March 28, 2016

Are you being gaslighted?, April 4, 2016

Dark side of golden rule, March 14, 2016

How does psychotherapy work?, February 22, 2016

What causes addiction, and what can be done about it, February 15, 2016

The post-holiday blues, February 1, 2016

How do you find a good therapist?, January 25, 2016


HuffingtonPost.com

How Do You Know If Your Therapist Is Helping You?, September 30, 2013

Why New Year’s Resolutions Don’t Work, December 31, 2010

Why We Need a “Practical Psychoanalysis, August 14, 2010


Tikkun Magazine

Psychoanalytic Update: The Old Psychoanalysis Just Ain’t What It Used to Be, vol. 8, no. 3, 1993.

Psychoanalytic Update: Social Constructivism, vol. 8, no. 1, 1993 (with Kim Chernin).


Academic Publications

Postmodern Epistemology, the Problem of Validation, and the Retreat from Therapeutics in Psychoanalysis, Psychoanalytic Dialogues, vol. 8, no. 1, 1998.

Response to Spezzano’s Critique of ‘Post-Modern Epistemology…’, Psychoanalytic Dialogues, vol. 8, no. 4, 1998.

The Titanic Also Could Have Been Saved by Better Planning: A Response to Spezzano, Fort DA, Spring, 1998.

Replies to Owen Renik, Kenneth Gergen, and Tim Dean, Psychoanalytic Dialogues, vol. 8, no. 1, 1998.

Cultural Norms and the Patient’s Experience of the Analyst’s Business Practices, Psychoanalytic Quarterly, vol. 66, no. 1, 1997.

Altruistic Love in Psychoanalysis: Opportunities and Resistance, Psychoanalytic Dialogues, vol. 6, no. 6, 1996.

Authenticity and Role-Playing in Control-Mastery Theory, Process Notes, vol. 2, no. 2, 1995.

Authenticity and the Psychology of Choice in the Analyst, Psychoanalytic Quarterly, vol. 64, 1995.

The Tendency to Neglect Therapeutic Aims in Psychoanalysis, Psychoanalytic Quarterly, vol. 63, no. 2, 1994.

The Analysts Use of Humor, Psychoanalytic Quarterly, vol. 62, 1993.

Adaptive Sadomasochism and Psychological Growth, Psychoanalytic Dialogues, vol. 3, no. 2, 1993.

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