Dr. Gavril Hercz is a nephrologist at Humber River Health and Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto. He completed his psychoanalytic training at the Toronto Psychoanalytic Institute and is a member of the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society. His major area of interest is the impact of physical illness on patients, families, and caregivers.
From a psychodynamic perspective, aloneness is never entirely solitary. It carries the imprint of earlier relationships, particularly those in which one’s emotional states were received, recognized, and regulated.
