<div><strong>Ben Kafka is a psychoanalyst, cultural historian, and critic. He teaches at NYU and sees patients in private practice. His first book,&nbsp;<i>The Demon of Writing: Powers and Failures of Paperwork&nbsp;</i>(Zone Books), has recently appeared in paperback. He is currently working on a book about gaslighting, folies-à-deux, double binds, Catch-22s, and other forms of&nbsp;induced insanity.</strong></div>

Ben Kafka

The Caregiver’s Dilemma

"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf

Memoir &amp; Essay

Ben Kafka is a psychoanalyst, cultural historian, and critic. He teaches at NYU and sees patients in private practice. His first book,&nbsp;<i>The Demon of Writing: Powers and Failures of Paperwork&nbsp;</i>(Zone Books), has recently appeared in paperback. He is currently working on a book about gaslighting, folies-à-deux, double binds, Catch-22s, and other forms of&nbsp;induced insanity.

Ben Kafka

Articles

The Caregiver’s Dilemma