Dr. Schechter's Blog Blog 2: Letter from John Sarno

[Think Away Your Pain Blog]

Originally posted: November 16, 2014

I was honored to receive a letter, hand written from Dr. Sarno yesterday. Dr. Sarno was my mentor as a medical student and I'm proud to call John Sarno a colleague today. His work on TMS is seminal to our understanding of mind-body disorders and pain.

His letter indicated that he was happy to have received a copy of the book in the mail. He offered congratulations to me on the publications of Think Away Your Pain. He wished me well for a successful publication...and happy holidays.

I get very few handwritten letters these days and it's wonderful to receive one from a respected colleague and mentor.

There is a chapter in my book about Dr. Sarno's contributions and a section explaining how Freud's insights on the brain and psychology can be understood in a more contemporary way based upon neuroscience.

 

[BruceMC]

Yes, it is intriguing how modern discoveries in neuroscience are confirming some of Freud's categories such as id, ego and superego as well as emotional repression and transference. Freud was indeed a very astute observer.

 

[Forest]

Isn't it? Dr. Rosenfeld pointed me to the following article, which I think you'd love, @BruceMC. It talks about how the new field of neuro-psychoanalysis is using tools like MRIs to explore the classic Freudian concepts, with great success. It's a great read and it comes from Discover magazine, so it's well written.

http://discovermagazine.com/2014/april/14-the-second-coming-of-sigmund-freud

 

[Walt Oleksy (RIP 2021)]

Wonderful letter. I'll read the Discover Magazine article.