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Even at an Anniversary, self-congratulation must be restrained by modesty. But as a nongraduate, I am free to observe that there is no institute in psychoanalytic history—no, not in Berlin or Vienna—that has shaped the profession's imagination as strongly as the New York Psychoanalytic Institute. The most mundane reason for this, of course, is its sheer longevity. But the real reason, as even the New York Times knows, is the power and coherence of its intellectual tradition. It's that coherence, I suppose, that we're referring to when we talk about “Classical Psychoanalysis.”
So it makes sense, at a time of unlimited controversy, for the New York Society and Institute to commemorate its history by asking four analysts from different cohorts and two fraternal institutes how their view of the analytic relationship has evolved and what effect that has had on their technique.
Jacob Arlow is part of the historic fabric of the New York Institute and also the Downstate/New York University (NYU) Institutes. He is past President of the American Psychoanalytic Association and former Editor-in-Chief of the Psychoanalytic Quarterly. Dr. Arlow is one of the most influential teachers of our time. We will pay a price for that, inasmuch as he will have to leave us early and rush over to the Psychiatric Institute to receive its Anniversary award for the Outstanding Graduate of His Decade.
Shelley Orgel has been Associate Editor of the Psychoanalytic Quarterly, serves on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Psycho-Analysis, is a graduate and was Director of Downstate/New York