Sherry Mehl, Executive Director Board of Behavioral Sciences 400 R. St. Suite 3150 Sacramento, CA  92814 Re:  Increasing awareness of how the “Organizing” or “Psychotic” transference operates in the accusation and investigation processes. Dear Ms. Mehl, As we discussed on the telephone, I am writing concerning a matter that has weighed heavily on me for […]

Hedges, L.E. (2005). Listening Perspectives for Emotional: Relatedness Memories. Psychoanal. Inq., 25:455-483. Listening Perspectives for Emotional: Relatedness Memories Lawrence E. Hedges, Ph.D. When considering memory, it is as important to relinquish the distinctions of Platonic triadism— cognition, emotion, and motivation—as it is to abandon Cartesian dualism. Calling on contemporary infant research and neuroscience, the author […]

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Summary Chart:  The Seven Deadly Fears 1.  The Fear of Being Alone We dread reaching out and finding nobody there to respond to our needs.  We fear being ignored, being left alone, and being seen as unimportant.  We feel the world does not respond to our needs.  So what’s the use? 2.  The Fear of […]

Sexual Pleasure in Light of Intersubjectivity, Neuroscience, Infant Research, Relational Psychoanalysis, and Recognition Theory  Lawrence E. Hedges PhD, PsyD, ABPP Director, The Listening Perspectives Study Center Orange, California lhedges7@gmail.com Abstract: Sexual pleasure as an intersubjective experience can be meaningfully distinguished from other forms of sexual experience–from sexual stimulation, arousal, preoccupation, satisfaction, gratification, and other forms of […]