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Award-Winning Finalist in the Biography category of the
National Best Books 2008 Awards, sponsored by USA Book
News
Where
experience, wisdom and excitement are joined
Read Below Additional Biography of Dr.Bond
and
An Evening with Dr. Bond by Dvora Efrat
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A New
Book
MARGARET MAHLER: A Biography of the Psychoanalyst
Margaret Mahler was from a
young age intrigued by the theories of Sigmund Freud and Hungarian
psychoanalysts such as Sandor Ferenzci, with whom she became acquainted
while a student in Budapest. Forced to flee Europe and rising
anti-Semitism, Margaret and her husband, Paul, came to the United States
in 1938. It was after this move that Mahler performed her most significant
research and developed concepts such as the ground-breaking theory of
separation-individuation, an idea which was given credence by Mahler's own
relationship with her father. This volume details the life and work of
Margaret Mahler focusing on her life's ambition--her psychoanalytical
work. Her experiences with the Philadelphia Institute and her definitive
research through the Masters Children's Clinic are also discussed.
Dr. Alma Halbert Bond is a psychoanalyst who was in private
practice for 37 years. She is the author of 14 published books. In
addition to the new book mentioned above, her publications include,
Who Killed
Marcia Maynard?: The Psychoanalyst is Dead, Camille Claudel: A Novel, The Deadly Jigsaw Puzzle, The Tree
That Could Fly, Murder on the Streetcar, Tales of
Psychology: Short Stories to Make
You Wise where Paragon House stated that it “is proud to
announce a brilliant new
anthology reaching into the depths of human nature, Tales of Psychology:
Short Stories to Make You Wise, by Psychoanalyst Alam Bond.”
" "Maria," her
play about the life and loves of Maria Callas, was recently produced
off-off Broadway at Ye Waverly Inn., The Autobiography of Maria
Callas, a Novel, Who Killed Virginia Woolf? A
Psychobiography, and I Married Dr. Jekyll and Woke Up Mrs. Hyde; .
Dr. Bond teaches Psychology & Writing
online at WriterSchool. She is a member of the
International Psychoanalytic Association, the American Psychological
Association, and the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research,
where she is a fellow, training analyst, and faculty member. She is listed
in Who's Who in America , and 20 other biographies.
Review in "Bookviews," by Alan Caruba says, Dr. Alma Bond is one of the nation's
leading psychoanalysts as well as the author of 11 books. Her latest is
"Tales of Psychology: Short Stories to Make You Wise." "Maria," her play
about the life and loves of Maria Callas, was recently produced off-off
Broadway at Ye Waverly Inn.
Paragon House is proud to announce a
brilliant new anthology reaching into the depths of human nature, Tales of
Psychology: Short Stories to Make You Wise, by Psychoanalyst Alma Halbert Bond.
A story that breathes life is
incapable of death. It reverberates; it haunts and disturbs the reader.
Tales of Psychology belongs to this select genre. It contains all the
excellent qualities, "extraordinary observations, insightful remarks,
moving passages and wonderful lessons "necessary to make one be both
attendant and gentle with life." G. Marudhan,
Critique Magazine
Tales of Psychology: Short Stories to Make You
Wise is a stunning collection of short stories by both award winning and
unknown authors that ranges from the most exalted in human character to
the most depraved. Dr. Bond combines this collection with her astute
psychological explanations of the meaning behind each story. Warren
Thurston, owner of Boggle Books, writes, To read the book is to take a
tour of a psychological gallery, with Doctor Bond orchestrating what the
reader will see next. Her choice of stories brings forth images too
powerful to ignore. Primeval urges that shake the reader from their normal
state, taking them on a journey to a world hidden deep within their
consciousness. This book will indeed provide many hours of reading
pleasure.
These stories bring to light truths of human nature
through fine writing. From alcoholism to defense mechanisms and mental
retardation, Tales of Psychology presents life-changing literature. You
will recognize different aspects of yourself and those around you within
the pages of this collection. Tales of Psychology is a subtle and rich
collection that will lead you into the heart of thought and beyond. It is
the perfect volume for everyone from students and professionals to those
with curious minds and is also highly recommended to teachers and
professors of psychology for an original and elegant method of teaching in
the classroom.
The following is a sampling of stories housed within
Tales of Psychology: A Small, Good Thing, by Raymond Carver, The Middle
Years, by Henry James, Silent Snow, Secret Snow, by Conrad Aiken, The
Region of Ice, by Joyce Carol Oates, Paul's Case, by Willa Cather, and My Apology, by Woody Allen. Each story is
followed by a discussion of the psychological principles revealed. Dr.
Bond's astute analyses add depth and understanding to the words of these
great writers.
Biography of Dr. Bond
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Dr. Alma Halbert Bond was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and
received her B.A. from Temple University with Honors in Psychology, and
her Ph.D. from Columbia University in Developmental Psychology. She
retired from a highly successful Manhattan practice as a psychoanalyst
in 1991 to write full time. She belongs to the International
Psychoanalytic Association, the American Psychological Association, and
is a fellow and former faculty member of the Institute for
Psychoanalytic Training and Research. She also is a member of the
Dramatists Guild, American Society of Journalists and Authors, Florida
Freelance Writers Association, and the Writers Guild.
Since her “retirement” Dr. Bond has had fifteen books published.
Margaret Mahler, a Biography of the Psychoanalyst, was recently
published by McFarland Publications and awarded a Finalist in the
Biography category of the National Best Books 2008 awards, sponsered by
USA Book News.
Dr. Bond’s other books include Camille Claudel, a Novel, Old Age is a
Terminal Illness, Tales of Psychology: Stories to Make You Wise, The
Autobiography of Maria Callas, a Novel, Who Killed Virginia Woolf? A
Psychobiography, On Becoming a Grandparent, Is There Life After
Analysis? America’s First Woman Warrior: The Courage of Deborah Sampson
(with Lucy Freeman). Her play Maria (about Maria Callas) was presented
at Ye Waverly Inn Theatre off-off-Broadwaya few years ago. It also was a
winner of the Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre Festival. Maria
will be presented again at the Philharmonic, in Naples, Florida, in
February, 2009.
Dr. Bond has had many professional articles published in prestigious
psychoanalytic journals. She has also written numerous interviews for
magazines and newspapers, including "My Memories of Marlon Brando,"
published in Remember, and "The Romance of the Golden Greeks: Maria
Callas and Aristotle Onassis," in Greece Travel Magazine. Both articles
received awards for fine journalism from the state of Florida, as have
many of her articles, interviews, and novel chapters. She was on the
faculty of the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research for
many years, and is now a faculty member of WritersSchool online, where
she teaches Margaret Mahler, a Biography of the Psychoanalyst recently
was an award finalist in the Biography category of the National Best
Books 2008 awards, sponsored by USA Book News.
Alma Bond’s book, The Autobiography of Maria Callas, a Novel, was
runner-up in the First Novel Contest of Hemingway Days. Her short story,
“The Latch That Wouldn't Lock,” was included in Ten Top Short Stories of
1993. Camille Claudel, a Novel, was given an award for best novel
chapter by Florida State and was chosen Editor’s Pick by Computer
Magazine. She is listed in Who's Who in America, International Authors
and Writers Who's Who, and twenty other biographies.
Dr. Bond has a gifted and prestigious family, all of whom have
published books. She is the widow of the late stage, screen, and TV
actor, Rudy Bond, who appeared, among other productions, in the original
Broadway production and the films A Streetcar Named Desire and The
Godfather. His book, I Rode A Streetcar Named Desire, was published
posthumously.
Alma Bond is the mother of Zane Bond, Jonathan Bond (CEO and
co-founder of the hip advertising agency, Kirshenbaum, Bond, &
Partners), and Janet Bond Brill. Jonathan's book, Under the Radar, was
published last year by John Wiley and Sons. Zane’s book, A Prophet
Operating at a Loss, was published several years ago by Writers Club
Press. Janet is an assistant professor of Nutrition and Exercise
Physiology at the University of Miami. Her book CholesterolDown, was
published recently by Random House and is a best seller.
Dr. Bond is the proud grandmother of eight young children, none of
whom have published books as yet. The youngest, Damion Phillip, was born
on October 14, 2008.
An Evening with Alma Bond – 11/1/08
Reported by Dvora Efrat
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Alma Bond, an IPTAR member, is the author
of an impressive collection of biographies of famous
women, including the biographies of Camille Claudel, Jackie
Onasis, and Maria Callas. Her latest
biography of Margaret Mahler received the finalist award in
the 2008 USA News Top Book. Bond was invited to present her
book on Margaret Mahler at IPTAR by the committee for
Psychoanalysis, Art and Society on November 1st. The
following is a summary of her exchange with Isaac Tylim and
of
the discussion that followed. When asked about her choice to
become a writer, Bond responded that she had always wanted
to write. She recounted that at the age of 11 she composed a
poem entitled “Ambition” which, as she matured, shifted from
that of writer to that of psychoanalyst. However, a
traumatic experience changed the course of her career back
to writing. Twenty years ago, Bond had a
very serious car accident in which she almost lost her life,
and after a 30 year delay, she decided to
move to Key West in Florida and immerse herself in writing.
Her biography of Margaret Mahler is partly based on her
personal experience working as a
participant observer in the now famous mother/baby
observations research Mahler directed. She
began by talking of her relationship with Mahler in a
bittersweet tone as she related that she greatly
admired her as a clinician and thinker but was deeply hurt
by Mahler’s incomprehensible and
sudden change of heart. Like many, Alma was taken by
surprise when after having been close
with her Mahler severed the relationship abruptly and for no
apparent reason. Alma jokingly
remarked that the book was her “revenge” while pointing out
that Mahler herself had suffered many
painful rejections. First by her own mother and later on in
life by her analyst Helen Deutsch, who
announced without warning that she was ending her treatment.
Following this experience and
despite her contribution to the field, it took another 10
years and two additional analyses for her to be
accepted into the Analytic Society.
When Mahler arrived to the United States she was already
42 years old and had gone through
the traumatic events of Second World War and the Holocaust.
According to Alma Bond
contextualizing Mahler’s life and work helped her understand
her differently. “She was as much a
product of the Nazis and the Holocaust as from her parents’
upbringing. I got a time line of all the
events of Hitler and the German situation. It came as an
afterthought but I think that it influenced her
and gave broader meaning to her work.”
If as a clinician and in her work with children Mahler
was attuned and sensitive, in her personal relationships she
was often rough and at times even cruel. Alma Bond described
her as a “strange lady, hot and cold” and added that “her
favorite poem was about ice and fire.” Writing the
biographies of complex and difficult personalities such as
Mahler’s can be tricky. Delving on a person’s life can at
times run the risk of turning into a “pathography.”
Scandalous revelations such as the fact that she had a
sexual relationship with one of her analyst or the exposure
of her paranoid tendencies which eventually led to a
hospitalization are the stuff of biographies and drawing the
line between relevance and gossip is not necessarily self
evident. After working on her book for four years Alma was
confronted by an unexpected problem. She had gathered
information from many analysts who knew Mahler personally
and were able to contribute a great deal of first hand
information, however many recoiled from giving her the
authorization to publish their names because of the often
negative nature of their account of Mahler. As a result Alma
had to “go back and rewrite the book.” She expressed her
frustration stating “I was furious because I thought
that they were all cowards.”
Alma Bond conveyed very clearly how much she loves what
she does. She described her writing
experience thus, “I can’t stop. I get up in the morning, sit
down at the computer and I am
reluctant to break away even to meet friends It doesn’t take
discipline to write, it takes discipline to
stop writing. It is like having a love affair.”
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