Holly Stephey & Dr. Alma H. Bond , Marilyn Monroe ON THE COUCH

Dr. Alma H. Bond is the author of twenty-one published books, including, most recently, Marilyn Monroe: On the Couch, Jackie: On the Couch,  Lady Macbeth: On the Couch; Michelle Obama: A Biography; The Autobiography of Maria Callas; Margaret Mahler: A Biography of the Psychoanalyst; Camille Claude: A Novel; America’s First Woman Warrior: The Story of Deborah Sampson; and Who Killed Virginia Woolf? A Psychobiography.Dr. Bond received her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from Columbia University, graduated from the post-doctoral program in psychoanalysis at the Freudian Society, and was a psychoanalyst in private practice for 37 years in New York City. She “retired” to become a full-time writer, but now maintains a small practice in addition to writing.Dr. Bond is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, the Dramatists Guild, and the Authors Guild, as well as a fellow and faculty member of the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, the International Psychoanalytic Association, and the American Psychological Association. She was one of the first non-medical analysts to be elected to the International Psychoanalytic Association.Experienced psychoanalyst and biographer Alma Bond creates an intimate reader experience in Marilyn Monroe: On the Couch, a unique twist on psychological biography that allows the luminous but troubled sexual and dramatic icon to tell her own story, reflecting to her analyst about her past from a 1959-1962 present in a vibrant collection of reminiscences that are sometimes humorous, often raw, and altogether tremendously powerful.