Curriculum Vitae
- Lt. BailAwarded His First Air Medal
- Lt. Bail & CrewAfter 3rd Mission In A Jeep
- Lt. Bail & CrewIn Front Of A B-24
- Western UnionTelegram to Lt. Bail’s Family Reported Him Missing In Action
- Wester UnionTelegram to Lt. Bail’s Family Reported Him Returning Home
- Temple University School of Medicine 1952 Graduation
- Mt. Sinai Hospital Philadelphia1953 Internship Graduation
- The French Legion of HonorPresented by the French Ambassador, Jean-David Levitte, At The French Embassy
- The Distinguished Service CrossPresented By Vice President Dick Cheney At The White House
1954-1958 Candidate – Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
1953-1956 Residency – Brentwood V.A. Neuropsychiatric Hospital
1952-1953 Internship – Mount Sinai Hospital, Philadelphia
1948-1952 M.D. – Temple University School of Medicine
1945-1947 B.A. Science and English – Temple University
1938-1942 B.S. English and French – West Chester State Teacher’s College
License
G2569 The Medical Board of California
Professional Experience
Present Private psychoanalytic practice
1966-2006 Training and Supervising Analyst – Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
1969-1972 Chairman – Admissions Committee, Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
1968-1972 Assistant Clinical Professor – UCLA Department of Psychiatry, Los Angeles, CA
1968-1971 Chairman – Program Committee, Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
1959-1966 Instructor – Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
1962-1964 Instructor – Extension Division, Reiss-Davis Child Study Center
1956-1957 Personal Advisor – Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, State of California
1956-1956 Instructor – UCLA Department of Psychiatry, Dr. Normal Brill, Chairman
1955-1956 First Resident – at the Reiss Davis Child Study Center, Los Angeles, CA
Published Books
2007 The Mother’s Signature: A Journal of Dreams – Beverly Hills, California: Master Publishing
2007 Irmgard’s Flute: A Memoir – Beverly Hills, California: Master Publishing
1991 The Freud-Klein Controversies (1973-1977) – Los Angeles: The Testing Ground and Final Solution, Beverly Hills, California: Published privately
Papers and Articles
2015
2014
2012
A New Baby
2010
2009
2004
The Hum of the Universe – Paper presented at the American Psychoanalytic Association Discussion Group: Infant Mental Life and the Dream in Psychoanalysis: San Francisco, June 23, 2004
2003
The Very First Lie – Paper presented at the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute/Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute Extension Division Program: The Living Experience of the Infant in the Adult. Day-long presentation with Bernard W. Bail, M.D. September 20, 2003
2002
Toward a Unitary Theory of Body and Mind – Paper presented at the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute Special Day Event: Infant Mental Life and the Dream in Psychoanalysis: The Work of Bernard Bail, M.D.” October 12, 2002
All Things in Heaven – Paper presented at the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute Master Clinician Series: The Mother’s Signature: The Living Experience of the Infant in the Adult. Day-long presentation with Bernard Bail, M.D., May, 25, 2002
2001
Psychoanalysis and the Fisher King – Les Etats Generaux De La Psychoanalyse on the brink of a new millennium. Paris, La Sorbonne
Wounded Infants of Time – Paper presented at the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute Master Clinician Series: Bernard Bail, M.D., October 20, 2001
The Mother’s Signature – Paper presented at the American Psychoanalytic Association Discussion Group: Infant Mental Life and the Dream in Psychoanalysis, New Orleans, May, 2001, and Also Chapter 1 of The Mother’s Signature – A Journal of Dreams, Beverly Hills, California: Master Publishing, 2007
1999
When Bion left Los Angeles – Paper presented at the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute Master Clinician Series: Bernard Bail, M.D., October 28, 2000
1997
Infancy and the essential nature of work – Bail, Bernard and Reiner, Annie – In (Eds.) Charles Socarides and Selma Kramer, Work and its Inhibitions. New York: International Universities Press, Pp. 61-78
1990
A History of Object Relations in Los Angeles – videocassette
1977
To Practice One’s Art – in (Ed). Grotstein, J., Do I Dare Disturb the Universe? A Memorial to Wilfred Bion. Beverly Hills: Caseura Press, 1981, Pp. 61-81
1965
The Analysis of a Bequest – Paper presented to the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. This paper detailed Dr. Bail’s analytic work with a dying patient who bequeathed to Dr. Bail $750,000 which he gave to the Institute. This financial donation funded the building of the Institute headquarters at 2014 Sawtelle Avenue, Los Angeles, California
Conferences
2001 – Present Chair, on-going discussion group Infant Mental Life and the Dream in Psychoanalysis – American Psychoanalytic Association, annual meetings
11/18/2006 Fifty Years of Psychoanalysis – A Conversation with Bernard W. Bail, M.D., Part III, Ritz Carlton Hotel, Marina Del Rey, California, day-long presentation
11/12/2005 Fifty Years of Psychoanalysis – A Conversation with Bernard W. Bail, M.D., Part II; Lux Hotel, Brentwood, California, day-long presentation
11/6/2004 Fifty Years of Psychoanalysis – A Conversation with Bernard W. Bail, M.D., Part I; Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute, day-long presentation.
09/20/2003 The Very First Lie – paper by Dr. Bernard Bail presented; Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute/Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute Extension Division, Day Long Program: The Living Experience of the Infant in the Adult
10/12/2003 A Unitary Theory of Body and Mind – paper by Dr. Bernard Bail presented; Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute Special Day Event: Infant Mental Life and the Dream in Psychoanalysis
09/2002 Freud, Klein, Object Relations and A New Paradigm for Psychoanalysis – lectured, presented at the invitation of the Director of Psychiatry, Dr. Qin Wei; the University of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
05/25/2002 All Things In Heaven – presented by Dr. Bernard Bail; Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute Spring 2002 Master Clinician Series: The Mother’s Signature: The Living Experience of the Infant in the Adult
10/01-03/1999 Lecture on “The Making of a Mind” – and case consultations; the Institute for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Heidelberg-Mannheim, Heidelberg, Germany
1992-1994 Lecture series on “The Making of a Mind” – Sofitel Hotel, Los Angeles, California
06/29/1991 On the Power of the Internal Object World – presented at the Society for Psychoanalytic Education and Research Conference; Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, California
06/28/1990 On the Internal Object World – presented at the Society for Psychoanalytic Education and Research Conference; Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles. California
Professional Membership
California Medical Association
Los Angeles County Medical Association
International Psychoanalytical Association
American Psychoanalytic Association
The Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute currently named The New Center for Psychoanalysis
Honors and Special Awards
awarded the following
1942-1945 Served in the Army Air Corp 2nd Air Division, 8th Air Force, 44th Bomb Group as a Lead Radar Navigator of B24 bombers
02/24/2006 The Distinguished Service Cross – presented by Vice President Dick Cheney at the White House, Washington, DC
06/18/2006 The French Legion of Honor – presented by the French Ambassador, Jean-David Levitte, at the French Embassy, Washington, D.C.
Three Distinguished Flying Crosses with two oak clusters
Purple Heart
Five Air Medals with five oak clusters
The European Theater of Operations with Five Battle Stars
Prisoner of War Medal
The 44th Bomb Group Presidential Citation
Book Awards – 2007
Irmgard’s Flute: A Memoir
Finalist, National “Best Books,” Hollywood Book Festival
Finalist, London Book Festival
Finalist, American Book Expo, Los Angeles, ForeWord Magazine
The Mother’s Signature: A Journal of Dreams
Finalist, American Book Expo, Los Angeles, ForeWord Magazine
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