BLOGS, OPINIONS, PODCASTS, VIDEOS, INTERVIEWS

IPA Journal Club featuring Ann D’Ercole, PhD (Video)
Co-Moderator, Journal Club discussion of
The lost story of Clara Thompson: Love, “the kiss” and repair.
December 19, 2025

IPA Journal Club featuring Dionne Powell, MD (Video)
Moderator, Journal Club discussion of
Race, African Americans, and Psychoanalysis: Collective Silence in the Therapeutic Conversation.
September 26, 2025

“Friar Time: Understanding Our Transgender Community”
Video interview series by Franciscan Friar, Father David Convertino, Franciscan TV (YouTube) September 21, 2025.

IPA Journal Club featuring Diana Diamond, PhD & Frank Yeomens, MD (Video)
Moderator, Journal Club discussion of
Treating Pathological Narcissism: Early Phases of Treatment.
Chapter 7 of Treating Pathological Narcissism with Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (Guilford, 2023)
June 13, 2025

IPA Journal Club featuring Deborah Cabaniss, MD & Shirin Ali, MD (Video)
Moderator, Journal Club discussion of
The Effects of Culture and Society:
Chapter 20 of Psychodynamic Formulation, 2nd Edition (Wiley-Blackwell, 2022).
April 11, 2025

IPA Journal Club featuring Salman Akhtar, MD (Video)
Moderator, Journal Club discussion of Dr. Akhtar’s paper
From schisms through synthesis to informed oscillation: An attempt at integrating some diverse aspects of psychoanalytic technique.
March 14, 2025

“Ethics of Trans Care”
Letter to the Editor, The New York Times, February 10, 2025.

“Say Yes to Stress”
The Vanguard Network Podcast
January 24, 2025

IPA Journal Club featuring Donnel B. Stern, PhD (Video)
Moderator, Journal Club discussion of Dr. Stern’s paper
Interpretation: Voice of the field
January 17, 2025

IPA Journal Club with Dorothy Evans Holmes, PhD (Video)
Moderator, Journal Club discussion of Holmes Report of which Dr. Holmes is lead author
In pursuit of racial equality in American psychoanalysis: Findings and recommendations from the Holmes Commission. 
December 13, 2024

IPA Journal Club with Tarek El-Ariss, PhD (Video)
Moderator, Journal Club Discussion of a chapter from Dr. El-Ariss’ book
Water on Fire: A Memoir of War (Other Press, 2024)
September 13, 2024

IPA Journal Club with Emily Kuriloff, PsyD (Video)
Moderator, Journal Club Discussion of a chapter from Dr. Kuriloff’s book
Contemporary Psychoanalysis and the Legacy of the Third Reich (Routledge, 2014)
June 14, 2024

Gender-Affirming Care for Children and Adolescents (PodCast)
The Disagreement Podcast
June 13, 2024

IPA Journal Club with Anthony Bass, PhD (Video)
Moderator, Journal Club Discussion of Dr. Bass’ paper
Unmasked: Personal transformations, frame alterations, and making the conscious unconscious during the traumatic times of the COVID and other plagues
April 12, 2024

“Political Anxieties”
Letter to the Editor, The New York Times, April 2, 2024.

IPA Journal Club with Danielle Knafo, Phd (Video)
Moderator, Journal Club Discussion of Dr. Knafo’s paper:
Alone in a crowded mind: When psychosis masks loneliness
March 8, 2024

IPA Journal Club with Beverly J. Stoute, MD (Video)
Moderator, Journal Club Discussion of Dr. Stoute’s paper:
Black Rage: The psychic adaptation to the trauma of oppression
January 12, 2024

IPA Journal Club with Nancy Chodorow, PhD (Video)
Moderator, Journal Club Discussion of Dr. Chodorow’s paper:
Women Mother Daughters: The Reproduction of Mothering after Forty Years (Springer, 2021)
December 15, 2023

“Free Analysis?”
Letter to the Editor, The New York Times, October 30, 2023, Section A, p. 23.

Treating Young People Navigating Gender Dysphoria (Podcast)
A discussion with Gail Saltz, MD about the public anxiety around gender dysphoria and the legislation that forbids transgender people from getting treatment and criminalizes those who treat them
Psychoanalysis & You, a podcast of the American Psychoanalytic Association
October 11, 2023

Conversion: Sigourney Award Recognizes ‘Sea Change’ in Major Psychoanalytic Advances
Profile of Dr. Drescher in the American Psychoanalytic Association’s newsletter following his being awarded the 2022 Mary Sigourney Award for International Work in Psychoanalysis in recognition of his many years of work in gender and sexuality
TAP, The American Psychoanalyst

IPA Journal Club with Jay Greenberg, PhD. (Video)”
Moderator, Journal Club Discussion of Dr. Greenberg’s paper:
“Psychoanalytic Training and the Analytic Attitude”
September 15, 2023

Incongruenza di genere: quale uso per i bloccanti della pubertà nei minori?
(Gender Incongruence: How should puberty blockers be used in minors?)
TrendSanità, July 10, 2023

“Evolving Controversies in the Treatment of Gender Dysphoric/Incongruent Minors,”
Psychiatric News, 58(6),  June 2023, pp. 25-28.

It Is Now 50 Years Since Gay People Were ‘Cured’ (Group for Advancement of Psychiatry Blog)
How being gay went from a mental disorder to a human-rights movement.
April 13, 2023

In Conversation With a Sigourney Award Winner: Gender & Sexuality (Video)
Interview on occasion of receiving 2022 Mary Sigourney Award
Psychiatric Times, April 12, 2023

“A Renewed Interest in Freudian Psychoanalysis”
Letter to the Editor, The New York Times, April 6, 2023, Section A, p. 25.

“How A Psychoanalyst Brought His Field’s Thinking about Gender and Sexuality Into the 21st Century”
Psychiatric Times, April 5, 2023

Le New York Times pris dans le débat sur la couverture des personnes transgenres”
Commentary on letter by NY Times contributors criticizing the paper’s coverage of the treatment of gender dysphoric youth
Agence Presse France, March 3, 2023

New York Times Embroiled in Debate over Transgender Coverage”
Commentary on letter by NY Times contributors criticizing the paper’s coverage of the treatment of gender dysphoric youth
Agence Presse France, March 3, 2023

“Quelle false verità sulle terapie per l’affermazione di genere” (Op-Ed)
(“The Distortions Hindering Gender Affirming Care”)
La Repubblica, February 3, 2023

The Distortions Hindering Gender-Affirming Care (Group for Advancement of Psychiatry Blog)
Personal Perspective: Low Quality of Evidence Does Not Meant “Do Not Treat”

October 26, 2022

The Care and Treatment of Transgender Patients with Dr. Jack Drescher (Podcast)
Mind Dive, the podcast of the Menninger Clinic, Houston, TX
October 24, 2022

Teenagers are in Distress. Which Treatments are Best?
Letter to the Editor, The New York Times, September 11, 2022

“Neutralities” (Video)
International Psychoanalytical Association Webinar, July 28, 2022

Creating Welcoming Environments: Inclusive Language (Podcast)
Optum Pride365, June 10, 2022

A Portrait of Ed Koch’s Secret Gay Life
Letter to the Editor, The New York Times, May 10, 2022

“Controversias en el Tratamiento de Personas Transgénero” (Video)
Instituto Psiquiátrico “Dr. José Horwitz B.,” Santiago Chile, May 5, 2022

“Is It Really about Freedom of Thought?” (Open Access Article)
This opinion piece responds to Marcus Evans’s ‘Freedom to Think’ regarding treating adolescents diagnosed with gender dysphoria (DSM)/gender incongruence (ICD). Evans notes not everything is known about GD/GI, particularly its ‘causes’. Although correct, he presents this fact as a rationale for delaying treatment for all children presenting with GD/GI symptoms. However, Marcus does not specify how long such prolonged evaluations should last nor does he have much of an evidence base to support his recommendation. This author believes delaying treatment for GD/GI adolescents who need it for the benefit of children who ‘aren’t really’ transgender is an ethically troubling issue.
British Journal of Psychiatry Bulletin, March 2, 2022

“Gay Parenting” (Video)
International Psychoanalytical Association Webinar, December 3, 2021

Psychedelics: ‘Caveat Emptor’
Letter to the Editor, The New York Times, December 3, 2021

A Conversation with Andrew Solomon, Gail Saltz and Jack Drescher (Podcast)
The Third Ear, Podcast of the American Psychoanalytic Association, October 1, 2021

Attending to Sexual Compulsivity in a Gay Man
International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA) Podcast: Talks on Psychoanalysis, November 4, 2021

Seminario “Controversie nella presa in carico di Bambini e Adolescenti transgender” (Video)
Osservatorio Nazionale sull’Identità di Genere (ONIG), Rome, Italy, September 24, 2021

“On the 25th Amendment and Donald Trump: Don’t Weaponize Psychiatry.” (Op-Ed)
Psychiatric News, 56(3), p. 13, March 3, 2021.

“Interview: Dr. Jack Drescher, Gender, Sexuality, and Clinical” (Podcast)
Unconventional Dyad Podcast, January 12, 2021.

“Impact of COVID-19 Crisis on LGBTQ Youth.” (Op-Ed)
From the LGBTQ Committee of the Group for Advancement of Psychiatry
Psychiatric Times,
January 6, 2021.

“Psychotherapeutic Engagements With LGBTQ+ Patients and Their Families” (Podcast)
New Books in Psychoanalysis, December 10, 2020.

“Managing Anxiety Tied to COVID-19, Virtual Learning, and Schools Reopening” (Podcast)
Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP) Committee on Psychiatry and the Media
With Drs. Carol Bernstein, Jeffrey Freedman, Peter Kramer, Lorenzo Norris, and Gail Saltz.
MDEdge, September 30, 2020.

“History of Psychiatry: Psychiatry and Homosexuality” (Video)
Video documentary series from the Arts and Humanities Committee of the Group for Advancement of Psychiatry, August 13, 2020.

“‘COVID-Sorting’: How We Decide Whom to Get Close to and Whom to Avoid” (Op-Ed)
Medscape Psychiatry, June 23, 2020

“Was Freud “Gay-Friendly?” (Blog Post)
Psychoanalysis Unplugged, Posted May 6, 2020

“Conversion Therapy” (Radio Interview)
Psychiatric expert discussing harms done by conversion therapies.
Outcasting Media, public radio’s LGBTQ Youth Program, January 1, 2020.

“The “Checkered” History of Psychiatry’s Views on Homosexuality” (Video)
Interview with Lloyd Sederer, MD.
Medscape and Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, December 3, 2019.

“Gender Variant Children” (Podcast)
Interview with Lorenzo Norris, MD.
MDEdge, November 20, 2019.

“Transgender Treatment Controversies Persist Among Clinicians” (Video)
Video interview previewing lecture about controversies in treating transgender children given at Psychiatric Congress in San Diego.
Healio Psychiatry, October 9, 2019.

“Some Random Thoughts on ‘Gay Gene’ Studies.”  (Op-Ed)
Psychiatric News, 54(19), pp. 14-15, October 4, 2019.

“Drescher: ‘L’uso delle diagnosi per stigmatizzare le persone trans è eticamente preoccupante’ (Using diagnoses is ethically troublesome)”
Interview regarding most recent diagnostic changes in DSM-5 and ICD-11.
GayNews (Italia), September 22, 2019.

“Stonewalls 50th Anniversary and an Overdue Apology” (Blog Post)
Psychoanalysis unplugged, Posted June 21, 2019

“StoryCorps Interview of Jack Drescher by John Pachankis”. (Podcast)
StoryCorps Archive, June 10, 2019

“Sexual Conversion Therapy” (Podcast)
Interview with Lorenzo Norris, MD.
MDEdge, December 5, 2018.

“Convegno Transgendermatters Napoli – Intervista Jack Drescher” (Video)
Intervista dal Prof. Paolo Valerio, Direttore del Centro di Ateneo SInAPSi, 20 Ottobre, 2018

“Efforts to Ban Conversion Therapy in New York” (Video)
Commentary on legislative attempt to ban sexual conversion therapy for minors in NY State.
Capital News Tonight, Spectrum Capital Region, April 26, 2017.

“Five Myths on Being Transgender.” (Invited Op-Ed)
Washington Post, May 13, 2016

“Psychiatrist Sheds Light on transsexualism” (Video)
Video interview on Fox’s “Health Matters” explaining gender dysphoria to general audience.
FoxNews.com, March 15, 2015.

“Dr. Ben Carson Bears Responsibility, Even as Politician, to Represent Science in Accurate Manner.” (Invited Op-Ed)
New York Daily News, March 5, 2015

“Divorce Equality” (Blog Post)
Contemporary Psychoanalysis in Action, Posted March 2, 2015

“GOP Plays with Lives with Reparative Therapy.” (Op-Ed)
San Antonio Express-News, July 24, 2014

“An Insurance Trap for Psychiatrists and Patients”
Letter to the Editor, The New York Times, December 21, 2013, p. A18.

“Prescribing Generic Drugs”
Letter to the Editor, The New York Times, October 12, 2013, p. A18.

“Marriage Equality: Positive Messaging Wins Out” (Blog Post)
Contemporary Psychoanalysis in Action, September 8, 2013

“Sunday Dialogue: Our Notions of Gender”
Invited Letter to the Editor, The New York Times, June 30, 2013, page SR2.

“Psychiatry on the Scientific Spectrum”
Letter to the Editor, The New York Times, May 30, 2013, p. A22.

“Gay Therapy is Not Just Sticks and Stones.” (Op-Ed)
New Jersey Star-Ledger, April 16, 2013.

“Dr. Ablow Gets It Wrong about Chaz Bono and ‘Dancing with the Stars’” (Op-Ed)
Response to FoxNews Keith Ablow’s commentary about Chaz Bono
FoxNews, Posted September 13, 2011

“Ex-Gay Therapy: NPR Forgets Infomercials Are Not Science” (Blog Post)
Psychoanalysis 3.0, Posted August 13, 2011

“The Computer Screen Replaces the Blank Screen—and Patients Benefit” (Blog Post)
Psychoanalysis 3.0, Posted June 24, 2011

“Psychiatric Diagnoses Can Change History” (Blog Post)
Psychoanalysis 3.0, Posted February 27, 2011

“When Love Fights with Faith: A Community of Jews Learns to Live with Contradiction” (Blog Post)
Psychoanalysis 3.0, Posted February 13, 2011

“Boys Will Be Girls: How “Peanuts Envy Shows Us Who We’re Becoming” (Blog Post)
Psychoanalysis 3.0, Posted January 20, 2011

“A Glimpse into the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Closet” (Blog Post)
The Huffington Post, Posted December 3, 2010

“Coming Out and Fitting In—The Post-“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Era Begins” (Blog Post)
Commentary on the first day of DADT repeal going into effect
FoxNews, Posted September 20, 2011

“Another One Bites the Dust.” (Blog Post)
Ex-Gay Watch, April 28, 2009.

“What Would King Solomon Do?.” (Blog Post)
The Bilerico Project, February 23, 2009.

“No Sex Please, We’re Gay” (Blog Post)
 Box Turtle Bulletin, January 23, 2009.

“Q&A: Dr. Jack Drescher Discusses ‘Reparative Therapy’” (Video)
Interview for Truth Wins Out, January 31, 2008

A History of APA’s Removal of Homosexuality from the DSM (Video)
Invited speaker at the memorial service for Barbara Gittings, April 28, 2007

“The Closet: Psychological Issues of Being In and Coming Out.”
Psychiatric Times, October 2004, Special Edition (Sex and Sexuality), pp. 11-15.

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