The Western New York Psychoanalytic Library is Open (by appointment only)!
Opened on September 20th, 2025, the Western New York Psychoanalytic Library (WNYPL), located at 5 Bristol St, Canandaigua, NY, is the only psychoanalytic library in our region. The WNYPL is a unique and special place dedicated to the study and understanding of the mind and psychoanalysis. It boasts a collection of over 3,000 carefully curated books and materials, serving mental health professionals, students, researchers, and anyone with a keen interest in the field. Visitors can access the library strictly by appointment to maintain a quiet and focused environment. Below, you'll find our digital catalog, instructions on becoming a library patron, and find ways to donate to support our valuable community resource.
| "Feeling real is more than existing; It is finding a way to exist as oneself... and to have a self into which to retreat for relaxation." - D.W. Winnicott | "Thinking is difficult, that's why most people judge." - Carl Jung | "Arrogance is a great obstruction to wisdom." - Wilfred Bion | "Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise." -Sigmund Freud | "There is no good reason why we should not develop and change until the last day we live."- Karen Horney | "Love is not just admiration for strength, it is also tolerance for weakness." - Melaine Klein | "One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful." -Sigmund Freud | “Only the liberation of the natural capacity for love in human beings can master their sadistic destructiveness.” ― Wilhelm Reich | "The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others." - Erik Erikson | "We are only as needy as our unmet needs." - John Bowlby
| "Feeling real is more than existing; It is finding a way to exist as oneself... and to have a self into which to retreat for relaxation." - D.W. Winnicott | "Thinking is difficult, that's why most people judge." - Carl Jung | "Arrogance is a great obstruction to wisdom." - Wilfred Bion | "Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise." -Sigmund Freud | "There is no good reason why we should not develop and change until the last day we live."- Karen Horney | "Love is not just admiration for strength, it is also tolerance for weakness." - Melaine Klein | "One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful." -Sigmund Freud | “Only the liberation of the natural capacity for love in human beings can master their sadistic destructiveness.” ― Wilhelm Reich | "The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others." - Erik Erikson | "We are only as needy as our unmet needs." - John Bowlby
| "Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate." - Carl Jung |"It is a joy to be hidden, and disaster not to be found." -D.W. Winnicott | "Love cures people- both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it." - Karl A. Menninger. | "Psychoanalysis is in essence a cure through love." -Sigmund Freud | “There is nothing inhuman, evil, or irrational which does not give some comfort, provided it is shared by a group.” ― Erich Fromm | "All of us are much more human than otherwise." -Harry Stack Sullivan | "The patient needs an experience, not an explanation." - Frieda Fromm-Reichmann | "Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist." - Karen Horney | "To dare to be aware of the facts of the universe in which we are existing calls for courage." -Wilfred Bion | "If we value our children, we must cherish their parents." - John Bowlby
| "Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate." - Carl Jung |"It is a joy to be hidden, and disaster not to be found." -D.W. Winnicott | "Love cures people- both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it." - Karl A. Menninger. | "Psychoanalysis is in essence a cure through love." -Sigmund Freud | “There is nothing inhuman, evil, or irrational which does not give some comfort, provided it is shared by a group.” ― Erich Fromm | "All of us are much more human than otherwise." -Harry Stack Sullivan | "The patient needs an experience, not an explanation." - Frieda Fromm-Reichmann | "Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist." - Karen Horney | "To dare to be aware of the facts of the universe in which we are existing calls for courage." -Wilfred Bion | "If we value our children, we must cherish their parents." - John Bowlby
| "The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are." - Carl Jung | "The purest form of listening is to listen without memory or desire." - Wilfred Bion | "What's done to children, they will do to society." - Karl A. Menninger | “All sorts of things in this world behave like mirrors.” ― Jacques Lacan | "Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and come forth later in uglier ways". -Sigmund Freud | "Things are not as we would like them to be. There is only one way to deal with it, namely to try and be all right oneself." - Anna Freud | "Life is best organized as a series of daring ventures from a secure base." - John Bowlby
| "The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are." - Carl Jung | "The purest form of listening is to listen without memory or desire." - Wilfred Bion | "What's done to children, they will do to society." - Karl A. Menninger | “All sorts of things in this world behave like mirrors.” ― Jacques Lacan | "Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and come forth later in uglier ways". -Sigmund Freud | "Things are not as we would like them to be. There is only one way to deal with it, namely to try and be all right oneself." - Anna Freud | "Life is best organized as a series of daring ventures from a secure base." - John Bowlby
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