I interviewed Dr. Barbara D’Amato. B. D’Amato is a psychoanalyst in private practice in NYC. She has written numerous professional papers analyzing the psychic conflicts of literary characters and their authors, i.e., Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, R L Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot. Her most recent publication considers the lyrics in Bob Dylan’s “Murder Most Foul” from a hypnogogic perspective. Triskele is her first work of fiction.
Dr. D'Amato stated "As a practicing and teaching psychoanalyst, of 30-plus years, I believe I come from a long background that queries and works with the human experience. People come to therapy to better understand themselves so they can figure out why they are unhappy or unable to change behaviors that do not serve them. I have been intrigued by the ways in which individuals often continue with behaviors that result in the exact opposite of what they say they want. The reason for this can be simple. People don’t often know why they do what they do. Early conflicts and trauma can determine the course of one’s lifetime if left unexamined. As a psychoanalyst, I have been able to participate in this process which I find rewarding and beneficial to others when it is the right fit. I also enjoy writing and have published over a dozen professional papers concerned with the motivations that invisibly propel our everyday behaviors".
Her book teases apart the real reasons why we repeat counterproductive life choices. Triskele, her novel portrays such conflicts and the working through processes that can occur, in three troubled individuals. Understanding how therapy actually works, through a fictional story that grips the reader.
I strongly encourage everyone to buy her book follow her and be transformed by her insights.
Everyone has a story, and this is her story.
Below are the sites that house her work.
