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Introducing the Concept of Presence (Vol 1, Issue 10)

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Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD
Mar 21, 2021
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The ego psychologist who conducted my training psychoanalysis during the 1990s deserved, in my opinionated view, an overall C- for the work. We met four-times-a-week for more years than I care to admit. I free associated to the best of my ability, leaving few areas of my personal history unexplored.

In the final analysis, though, the psychatrist-psychoa…

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