Curriculum Vitae

Bernard W. Bail, M.D.
462 North Linden Drive, Suite 330, Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Tel: (310) 275-2262
www.bernardbailmd.com

CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

1938-1942  B.S.  English and French.  West Chester State Teachers College
1945-1947  B.A. Science and English.  Temple University
1948-1952  M.D.Temple University School of Medicine 
1952-1953  Internship, Mount Sinai Hospital, Philadelphia
1953-1956  Residency, Brentwood V.A. Neuropsychiatric Hospital
1954-1958  Candidate, Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute

LICENSE

The Medical Board of California, G2569

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Present Position:  Private psychoanalytic practice

Previous Positions:

1955-1956  First resident at the Reiss Davis Child Study Center, Los Angeles, CA
1956           Instructor, UCLA Department of Psychiatry, Dr. Normal Brill, Chairman
1956-1957  Personal Advisor, Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, State of California
1959-1966  Instructor, Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
1962-1964  Instructor, Extension Division, Reiss-Davis Child Study Center
1966-2006  Training and Supervising Analyst, Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
1968-1971  Chairman, Program Committee, Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
1968-1972  Assistant Clinical Professor, UCLA Department of Psychiatry, Los Angeles, CA
1969-1972  Chairman, Admissions Committee, Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute

PUBLISHED BOOKS

Bail, Bernard (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

Bail, Bernard (1965).  “The Analysis of a Bequest.” Paper presented to the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. This paper detailed my analytic work with a dying patient who bequeathed me $750,000 which I gave to the Institute.  This financial donation funded the building of the Institute headquarters at 2014 Sawtelle Avenue, Los Angeles, California.

____________ (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.

_______(1990). A History of Object Relations in Los Angeles (videocassette).

Bail, Bernard and Reiner, Annie (1997). “ Infancy and the essential nature of work.”  In (Eds.) Charles Socarides and Selma Kramer, Work and its Inhibitions.  New York:  International Universities Press, Pp. 61-78.

Bail, Bernard (1999). “When Bion left Los Angeles.” Paper presented at the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute Master Clinician Series: Bernard Bail, M.D., October 28, 2000.

__________(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 website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com.  Also Chapter 1 of The Mother’s Signature – A Journal of Dreams,  Beverly Hills, California: Master Publishing,  2007. 

_________(2001). “Psychoanalysis: A call to a feminine paradigm.” Website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com.

_________(2001). “Wounded infants of time.” Paper presented at the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute Master Clinician Series: Bernard Bail, M.D., October 20, 2001 and website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com.

__________(2001).  “Psychoanalysis and the Fisher King.”  Les Etats Generaux De La Psychoanalyse on the brink of a new millennium.  Paris.  La Sorbonne.  http//members aol.com/call971c/texte149 html and website:  holisticpsychoanalysis.com.

_________(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 and website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com.

_________(2002). “The Universe is a Graveyard.”  Website:  holisticpsychoanalysis.com. 

_________(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 and website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com.

__________(2002). “Addendum to a unitary theory of body and mind”.  Website:  holisticpsychoanalysis.com.

_________(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 and website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com.

_________(2003). “Dark Matter, The Unconscious and the Divine" Website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com.

_________(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 and website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com.

_________(2005). “On social justice.” Website:  holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2005). “Why Dr. Dombrowski doesn’t have a life.” Website: holisticpsycohanalysis.com.

_________(2005). “Living” in Two Realities:  Sequel to “Why Dr. Dombrowski Doesn’t have a Life.”  Website:  holisticpsychoanalysis.com.

_________(2006). “The mother’s signature – the silent struggle.” Website: holisticpsychoanalyis.com and Chapter 4 of The Mother’s Signature – A Journal of Dreams,

_________(2006) "The More Things Change" Website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com.

_________(2006) "Pavor Nocturnus or Night Terrors Revisted" Website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com.

_________(2007). “The mysterious leap from mind to body.” Website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com.

_________(2007). “Making a difference.” Website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com.

_________(2007). “Broken Civilization.”  Website:  holisticpsychoanalysis.com.

_________(2008).  “Mankind:  For Whom the Truth Tolls.”Website:  holisticpsychoanalysis.com.

_________(2008).  "Where God Is."  Website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2008). "The Prodigal Son" Website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2008). "Lifeline" Website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2008) "Applesauce" Website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2008) "The Untold Want" Website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2008) "Dark Matter, The Unconscious and the Divine" Website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2008) "Reflections on the Global Financial Crisis" Website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2008) "Roundabout" Website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2009) "Masters, Slaves and Imprints" Website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2009) "Tear Down the House" Website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2009) "Risk the Ocean" Website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2009) "And Now Love" Website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2009) "Venice Beach" Website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2009) "Soliloquy on Passion, Sex, Love and its Negative" Website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2009) "The Long Road Home" Website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2009) "Evolution - The Polarity Question - and Chiefdom" Website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2009) "The Psychoanalytic Foundation of Politics" Website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2009) "The Betrayal" Website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2009) "Certainly Past the Middle or Near Rather than Farther" Website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2009) "The Awful Truth and the Freedom it Brings" Website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2009) "Unloveable" Website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2009) "Further Considerations" Website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2009) "The Old Man Again and an Inquiry into the Theory of Everything (String Theory)" Website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2010) "The Awakening" Website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2010) "The Prayer and the Gift" Website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2010) "Remembrance of Things Past" Website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2010) "The Molecules of Love - or Not" Website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2010) "The Consequence of Union Upon Reunion" Website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2010) "An Astonishing Revelation - Charles Cohen" Website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2010) "On Wild Surmise..." Website: holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2010) "The Prescience of Old Age - Wordsworth Remembered" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2010) "Discernment and Motherhood" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2010) "I Don't Need You, Mommy" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2010) "The Great Unwinding" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2010) "TheCat's Meow" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2010) "Who Am I?" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2010) "Suffering the Truth" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2010) "The Annunciation" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2010) "The Big White-Out" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2010) "CODA" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2010) "The Longest Ongoing Story in the History of the World" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2010) "The Long Hello" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2010) "Dead in the Water" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2010) "The Internal Sabeteur - The Spine of Civilization" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2010) "The Road to Dystopia" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2011) "First The Bad News" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2011) "Coming Unglued" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2011) "A Proposal" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2011) "Revelations" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2011) "The Internal Saboteur - Further Considerations" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2011) "On the Wrong Track - Further Considerations" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2011) "One Two Three" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2011) "The Challenge of Change" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2011) "A Moment in Time" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2012) "On Spirituality" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2012) "No Man is an Island" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2012) "The Right Turn" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2012) "Inflammation" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2012) "The Dying Gaul" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2012) "The Roots of Narcissism" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2012) "The Heartache of the Earth" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2012) "The Ironing Board" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2012) "Tracking the Inner Saboteur or ... Earth Bound" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2012) "The Way Back" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2012) "A Life of Sighs" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2012) "A Case of Trichotillomania" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2012) "Prelude to a Life of Sighs" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2012) "Forgotten Obligation" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2012) "Getting to Know You" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2012) "Black and Blue: The Injury of Imprint" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2012) "A New Baby" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2012) "A Pluto Transit" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2012) "Forgiveness" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2012) "Proof of Heaven" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2013) "A Conversation with the Internal Saboteur" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2013) "The Imperative Love" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2013) "Old Gray Dogs" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2013) "The Compassion of Spirit" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2013) "The Fate of New Ideas and Other Thoughts..." Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2013) "The Purple Line" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

_________(2013) "What the Wold Needs Now" Website: www.holisticpsychoanalysis.com

CONFERENCES

July 28, 1990. “On the Internal Object World, ” presented at the Society for Psychoanalytic Education and Research Conference. Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles. California.

June 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.

1992-1994. Lecture series on “The Making of a Mind,” Sofitel Hotel, Los Angeles, California. 

October 1-3, 1999.  Lecture on "The Making of a Mind" and case consultations at the Institute for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Heidelberg-Mannheim, Heidelberg, Germany. 

2001- present.  Chair, on-going discussion group Infant Mental Life and the Dream in Psychoanalysis.  American Psychoanalytic Association, yearly meetings.

May 25, 2002, "All Things In Heaven" presented by Dr. Bernard Bail at Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute Spring 2002 Master Clinician Series:  The Mother's Signature: The Living Experience of the Infant in the Adult.

September, 2002. Lectured at the University of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China: “Freud, Klein, Object Relations and A New Paradigm for Psychoanalysis,” presented at the invitation of the Director of Psychiatry, Dr. Qin Wei.  

October 12, 2002, "A Unitary Theory of Body and Mind" paper by Dr. Bernard Bail presented at Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute Special Day Event: Infant Mental Life and the Dream in Psychoanalysis.

September 20, 2003, "The Very First Lie" paper by Dr. Bernard Bail presented at Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute/Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute Extension Division Day Long Program:  The Living Experience of the Infant in the Adult.

November 6, 2004.  Fifty Years of Psychoanalysis:  A Conversation with Bernard W, Bail, M.D., Part I, Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute, day-long presentation. 

November 12, 2005.  Fifty Years of Psychoanalysis:  A Conversation with Bernard W. Bail, M.D., Part II, Lux Hotel, Brentwood, California, day-long presentation.

November 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.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

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

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

Awarded the following: 
The Distinguished Service Cross awarded February 24, 2006, presented by Vice President Dick Cheney at the White House, Washington, DC
The French Legion of Honor awarded, June 18, 2006, 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, The American Book Expo, Los Angeles, ForeWord Magazine