Podcasts
Psychoanalysis On and Off the Couch
Harvey Schwartz, M.D.
Mothers and Their Little Girls with Ilene Lefcourt
EPISODE 201 - APRIL 5, 2026
Ilene Lefcourt and Harvey Schwartz read excerpts from Ms. Lefcourt’s new book, Mothers and Daughters: The First Three Years. They discuss the early pleasures and stresses that create the foundation for evolving mother-daughter relationships. Four life-long themes organize their evocative conversation: being the same and being different, attachment needs and autonomy strivings, identifying with and individuating from, and pleasing oneself and pleasing others. They explore the enmeshment of personal and cultural themes about being female, the impact on mothers’ of their remembered and unremembered pasts, and the influence that the empowerment of women has had on mother-daughter relationships. Topics include reactions to ‘It’s a girl’, female assertiveness, the discovery of girl-boy differences, and a little girl's developing self-awareness that ‘I’m a girl’.
Psychoanalysis On and Off the Couch
Harvey Schwartz, M.D.
Childhood Memories: Their Impact on Mothers and Their 0–3-year-old Children with Ilene Lefcourt
EPISODE 176 - FEBRUARY 23, 2025
Ilene Lefcourt and Harvey Schwartz read excerpts from and discuss Ms. Lefcourt’s new book, When Mothers Talk: Magical Moments and Everyday Challenges from Birth to Three Years. Their lively exchange about early development and motherhood is engaging and informative. Dr. Schwartz’s extensive experience as a psychoanalyst and Podcast interviewer enlivens their discussion about topics including good enough mothers, fairy godmothers, and witches; childhood memories relived; mothers’ and toddlers’ typical fears; and sleep disturbances. The resolution of typical difficulties are highlighted.
The Supporting Child Caregivers Podcast
Alexandra Harrison, M.D.
Developmental Consultation wth Ilene Lefcourt
EPISODE 113 : 114 - JUNE 22, 2023
Ilene Lefcourt and Alexandra Harrison discuss emotional development during the first three years of life. Ms. Lefcourt speaks about how she helps parents to discover connections between their childhood memories and current interactions with their babies and toddlers – everyday “ghosts in the nursery.” She describes in detail many examples of parent’s insights that enable them to resolve typical developmental and parenting difficulties. Dr. Harrison, with her international and relational expertise as a child psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, probes and thereby deepens and expands the conversation about early emotional development.