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PHILIP BROMBERG Obituary

BROMBERG--Philip, PHD The William Alanson White Psychoanalytic Institute and Society mourn the passing of our esteemed colleague, Phil Bromberg. Phil was one of the luminaries of our field; his scholarly writings and teaching profoundly influenced many psychoanalysts. He will be remembered for his mentorship, brilliant mind, creative and often poetic writing and his incisive clinical theories. Elizabeth Krimendahl, PsyD, Director, William Alanson White Institute Ken Eisold, PhD, President, William Alanson White Institute Milan Patel, MD, President, William Alanson White Psychoanalytic Society

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Published by New York Times on May 20, 2020.

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Philip Walker

November 28, 2020

I am very sad to hear of Philip’s passing. I only knew Philip from his writing, but the gentle clarity he brought to the integration of analytic constructs and a relational perspective, particularly in relation to trauma, touched me. Thank you and RIP.

Shelley Stokes, Ph.D.

August 8, 2020

I am so shocked and saddened to hear of the passing of Dr. Bromberg. His writings have been so foundational to all of my clinical work and have been so personally transforming. I mourn the loss of a truly compassionate human being and great psychoanalyst and scholar. I will have to sit with the news of his passing for a while.

Edward C. Phillips, MD

May 22, 2020

Dear Mrs. Bromberg, Just a reflection I wanted to give: There will be many people that knew Dr. Bromberg and say many beautiful things, but you truly know his goodness and selflessness to hold close to you. The thing is, once someone like him becomes known, he belongs not only to you, but he belongs to everyone. A man for the ages who, in his own way, made life better for everyone. My sincere condolences on his passing. Dr. Edward Phillips

nancy Jacobs

May 21, 2020

All words seem like a feebile attempt to describe a healer and a soul such as Philip Bromberg. The world has lost a shining light , he brought himself to the patient. With full heart and brillant mind he channeled love and understanding . Philip created a safe place to go to scary places in ones own soul.

Martin MD

May 20, 2020

I am an Obstetrician/Gynecologist with a very passionate interest in relational psychoanalysis. I corresponded once with him by phone and he generously sent to me a requested copy of something he wrote. I am passionate and self-taught, reading voraciously in this and associated fields for over 30 years. He encouraged me to pursue and write about my passions and my theory. I have read virtually everything he has published. He was a great human being, a fabulous writer and communicator. Largely because of him and James GROTSTEIN, I will make a major contribution to this field as a retirement project. I only hope I can enunciate and explain my very important integrations from multiple fields to clarify a very poorly understood aspect of developmental psychopathology and dissociation from trauma to describe in great detail a poorly understood symptom complex. Thank you Philip Bromberg for taking the time to empathically encourage a dedicated researcher such as myself to pursue and make an important contribution to this field. I regret that I never had the time to meet him in person.

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