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ABSTRACT
This brief communication revisits the contributions of the eminent psychoanalyst Fred Pine (1931–2022). From his many papers and book chapters and from his three solo-authored books, four ideas are selected as being the most representative of Pine’s distinguished contributions to psychoanalysis. These include 1) the distinction between separation and separateness anxieties, 2) the delineation of the four psychologies of psychoanalysis, 3) the disciplined flexibility of his therapeutic technique, and 4) the concept of “developmental work” in the clinical setting.
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Salman Akhtar
Salman Akhtar, MD, is Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Jefferson Medical College and a Training & Supervising Analyst at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia. He has served on the editorial boards of IJP, JAPA, and PQ and delivered plenary addresses at the meetings of APsA and IPA. He has 108 published books to his credit; 42 of them are solo-authored. In 2012, Dr. Akhtar received the highly prestigious Sigourney Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychoanalysis and in 2023 a ten-volume set of his Selected Papers was released at a festive ceremony at the Freud House & Museum in London.