Karen Dougherty

“Mother-Infant Communication” is a documentary project I am producing with Columbia University’s Dr. Beatrice Beebe. The film, now in pre-production, was financed generously by a video grant from PEP-WEB, Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing, the online database for psychoanalytic researchers, academics, and clinicians. I am pleased to be sharing with a wider audience Dr. Beebe’s fascinating work, which uses “video microanalysis” to decode interactions between caregivers and

It’s the New Year and we're making our annual Resolutions in an effort to both drown out and ingratiate our inner critic. The ultimate goal, usually arising out of a sense of anxiety or even depression, is to “feel better,” you know, later. Eventually. The thing is, there are many ways to “feel better” in the here and now, even as you work towards larger goals. And increased well-being inspires motivation. It gives us traction. In that spirit, here are a few proactive suggest