Dr. Simon Says

Much of what we call Psychopathology results from the Near-Impossibility of the Human Condition.

Friday, October 3, 2025

From Psychiatrist-Psychoanalyst to Poet

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    I was trained at a time when the psychiatrist’s role was undergoing a profound change. During my residency all but one of us residents c...
Sunday, September 14, 2025

Poem for Therapy Dogs and Us

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    My Therapy Dog and Me Meant for each other Anxiety evaporates in the air between us The atmosphere is magenta The clouds are maroon Who ...
Wednesday, April 9, 2025

To Navigate Chaos, Think Simple Pleasures

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The Legend Is in Trouble by Trenton Doyle Hancock Trump’s penchant for flaunting law and precedent cannot help but rattle most of us, inclu...
Thursday, February 20, 2025

The Gift of Feedback from Client to Psychotherapist

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As a seasoned psychotherapist, psychoanalyst and psychopharmacologist with more decades of experience than I care to mention, my mind often ...
Thursday, January 23, 2025

GHOSTING

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                                                     I am a psychotherapist/psychopharmacologist. I work with a platform where patients can ...
Wednesday, October 16, 2024

POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY: WHY NOT?

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A new term has creeped into the psychological lexicon within the last few years. I first encountered it when the then-president of the APA, ...
Thursday, September 5, 2024

A (Brief) Summary: My Journey From Psychoanalysis and Beyond

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  Throughout my career, I've been privileged to explore the intricate tapestry of the human mind, encountering many concepts that have n...
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Jane Simon M.D.
Jane Simon, M.D. is a graduate of Barnard College and Temple Medical School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She completed a residency in Pathology at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital and trained in forensic pathology at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner under the great medical examiner, Dr. Milton Helpern. After becoming certified by the Board of Anatomic Pathology and the Board of Forensic Pathology, she completed a four year residency in psychiatry, including two years of adult psychiatry and two years in child and adolescent psychiatry at the Roosevelt Hospital, of Columbia University and received Board certification in Psychiatry and Neurology. She graduated from the American Institute for Psychoanalysis in 1984 and became a member of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis (re-named The American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychotherapy-www.aapdp.org).
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