Psychoanalytic Psychology, Vol 40(1), Jan 2023, 2-7; doi:10.1037/pap0000442
This essay is on the life and work of Sheldon Bach. It aims at showing how his background, talents, education, and life experience informed his theoretical thinking, his writings, and his work as a clinician. He lived over nine decades actively committed to his chosen profession. As a keen observer of the immense changes in psychoanalysis since Freud, his writings and clinical works speak to his significant contributions to evolving psychoanalytic thinking and practice. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)