American Psychoanalytic Association

Stephen received his degree from Hope College in 1979 and completed a two-year internship at Dartmouth Medical School in 1992 before becoming a professor at the University of Wyoming.

While there, he was honored with a fellowship from the American Psychoanalytic Association.

Is it possible that Stephen Kabaki fell victim to the mysterious Lake Michigan Triangle, known for the numerous disappearances of planes, boats, and people over the years? This

is a thought-provoking idea to consider.

He's an honorary fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists.

He is a director of the science department of the American Psychoanalytic Association and director for training at the South African Psychoanalytic Association.

He's received numerous honors and awards, including the Sigourney Award.

He has published over 400 scientific papers and nine books.

I'm putting in quotes right for listeners was a pathology not that long ago.

You know, gay and queer psychoanalysts were not allowed in the in the American Psychoanalytic Association yet.

It wasn't that long ago until they, quote unquote, got permission to become that precisely for the same reasons that they would cloud that.

It's the same logic that repeats itself.

I am also the author of a paper entitled Psychoanalytic Treatment of an Alcoholic in Recovery with Substitute Addictions.

which was awarded the Lee Jaffe Prize by the American Psychoanalytic Association in 2025, made a presentation at the APSA National Conference of this paper in January 2026.

So welcome again to another series in this podcast about psychoanalysis.

Psychoanalytic ideas applied to addiction.

Mark Solms worked on the epic translation of the revised standard edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud, which was published in 2024.

He's the director of the American Psychoanalytic Association and is one of the world's leading authorities on the brain mechanisms of dreaming.

Dr. Solms has been a practicing neuroscientist and psychoanalyst for decades, and he joins us now from his home in South Africa.

Mark Solms, welcome to Blue Dot.