A Word of Thanks to Don Nathanson

• Subcortical relief by Nils Petter Lauvrak, 5/5/97
  • Welcome by Don Nathanson, 5/6/97
    
    

Dear Dr. Nathanson,

You may recall a posting earlier this year on the psychological sequelae of abortion in male partners. This was stimulated by a manuscript in preparation on that subject. While the work clearly draws on the work done in Control-Mastery theory (see posting in Control-Mastery theory section for a sampling), it also leans heavily on your (and thus Tomkins') work on affect, affect scripts and the mechanisms of emotionality. I found your work cogent, powerful and extremely heuristic in thinking about trauma response. It fits especially well with recent writing in evolutionary psychology and neurophysiology of nonconscious processing.

I want to offer you my thanks for your important work, and the pleasure of getting "up to date" postings of your thinking/current projects.

Thanks once again!

• Feels good by Don Nathanson, 5/7/97
  • Response to Don by Michael Simon, 5/7/97
    • Men/Woman and True Abortion by Ed Riemann MSW LCSW, 5/8/97
    • 90210 by Don Nathanson, 5/8/97
      • Men and Abortion, even in Beverly Hills by Michael Simon, 5/10/97