1st Edition

Remembrances of Arnold Wm. Rachman Sándor Ferenczi Scholar and Psychoanalyst

Edited By Harold Kooden, Michael Larivière Copyright 2026
126 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

126 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

126 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book explores the implications of Arnold Rachman’s work in interpreting and applying Sándor Ferenczi’s approach to psychoanalysis to contemporary psychoanalytic theory and practice. Drawing on contributions from colleagues, analysands, and supervisees, this book allows us to see how, through Rachman’s work, the ideas that Ferenczi had have been amplified and used as a base for a clear... Read more

1.  My Personal Odyssey In Becoming a Ferenczian Psychoanalyst

ARNOLD WM. RACHMAN

2.   Leota Brown Comes To Town

FERGAL BRADY

3.  Tribute

JILL CHODER – GOLDMAN

4.   Following in Sandor Ferenczi’s Footsteps: A Festschrift in honor of Arnold William Rachman, PhD: A Writer’s Writer: The Psychoanalyst Arnold W. Rachman

ANN D’ERCOLE

5.    A Fifty-Year Tribute To Arnold Rachman

MARK FELDMAN

6.   A Love Letter From A Former Client

ALAN FISHMAN

7.   A Tribute To My Friend and Colleague Arnold Wm. Rachman, PhD

HENRY KELLERMAN

8.   A Loving Tribute From An Analysand and Friend

ROBERT E. KENNEDY

9.   A Reflection on My Relationship with Arnold Rachman, PhD And His Contributions to the Revival of the Lost Legacy of Sándor Ferenczi

SUSAN A. KLETT

10.  Arnold Rachman, An Unsung Hero

HAROLD KOODEN

11.  For Arnold Rachman: In Appreciation of his Courage, Leadership, and Sensitivity for the Humanity in Us All

JOSEPH LICHTENBERG

12.  Festschrift For Arnold Wm Rachman: “Great, Great, Grandson” of Sándor Ferenczi

ROBERT J. MARSHALL

13.  Love and Knowledge

PAUL MATTICK

14.  A Letter to Arnold

JUDIT MÉSZÁROS

15.  Sándor Ferenczi, Robert Fliess and Me: A Cautionary Tale in Appreciation of Arnold Rachman

JEFFREY MOUSSAIEFF MASSON

16.  A Letter to the Audience About Arnold

CLARA MUCCI

17. Kaddish for Arnold and Reneszánsz for Ferenczi

SALVADOR ROCHA PINEDA

18. Arnold Rachman: Reminiscences From Bronx to Budapest

ROBERT PRINCE

19. Arnold Wm. Rachman and the Psychoanalysis of Dissidence

URIEL GARCÍA VARELA

20. Awards, Honors, Publications and Courses

ARNOLD WM. RACHMAN

 

Biography

Harold Kooden, PhD, is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), the founder and board member of the National Gay and Lesbian Health Education Foundation, and a founding member and community activist of Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE) and the NYC AIDS Network.

Michael Larivière is a psychoanalyst, in private practice in Strasbourg, France, where he moved after a childhood and adolescence spent between New York, Miami, and Montreal. He is a former Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Faculty of Medicine of Strasbourg University. He is the author of five books.