A. JOHAN NOORDSIJ

Dr. Noordsij - my first and best psychotherapist and only psychoanalyst. Over the years, I saw a few other "psychoanalytically oriented therapists" but they were kidding themselves about what they were doing. I even told one doctor that if he wanted to learn how to do psychoanalysis he should call Dr. Noordsij. That doctor may even have taken my advice!

When I first saw Dr. Noordsij in his Chatham office in the 1970s as a 21 year old in deep trouble, I was angry, depressed and lost. He...

Condolence for Arie Johan Noordsij, M.D.

Dear Johan,
It is with a very bereaved heart that I address this epistle to you after your death on a Friday (not unlike Jesus Christ) - December 16th, 2015. You are deeply loved and sorely missed.
Arie is your first given name in Dutch (too challenging for us Americans!) - a shorthand form, I believe, for Adrianus of Tyre (Ancient Greek: , c. 113 193), also written as Hadrian and Hadrianos, who was a sophist of ancient Athens who...