Darian Leader
Birth Name:
Darian Leader
Fast Facts
- Became president of the College of Psychoanalysts
- Known as an active voice against the movement toward drug-based treatments for mental health disorders in worldwide health policy
- Earned an M․A․ in Paris in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century history of science
- Always had an interest in writing, but didn't actually write anything until he moved to Paris and penned a draft of "Why Women Write More Letters than They Post․"
- Before training as an analyst in Paris, he studied philosophy at Cambridge
- Quote: "It's ridiculous to say everyone should get to know themselves․ But culture shapes the way we view ourselves, and it's completely got rid of the idea of unconscious processes․"
- Quote: "You can't do analysis unless you suffer․ If someone said they wanted to do it out of intellectual interest I wouldn't really take that seriously--there have to be problems․"
- A psychoanalyst and author, he has published such books as "Why Do Women Write More Letters than They Post?" and "Promises Lovers Make When it Gets Late․"
- Was a founding member of the Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research
- Has written many essays on the work of leading British artists