PEP | Article - Masud Khan (1924-1989): A personal tribute - Cooper, Judy
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is a Full Member of the British Association of Psychotherapists and a psychotherapist in private practice. She has written many book reviews on psychoanalytic topics and was also an editor of the Journal of the British Association of Psychotherapists.
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Abstract
Soft you; a word or two before you go.
I have done the state some service, and they know't; –
No more of that. I pray you, in your letters,
When you shall these unlucky deeds relate,
Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate,
Nor set down aught in malice …
I first met Masud Khan in a clinical consultation over twenty years ago. I can still remember it very clearly. His eyes were limpid and shining. He said later he had a temperature and so was gentler with me than he might have been. I stood in a heavy coat trying to hide my overweight body, glowering in front of him throughout the whole session.
His was an imposing presence, with his height, his good looks and his postural elegance. He conveyed to me almost instantly that
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