REIK THEODOR Autograph Letter Signed to David Gruber

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REIK, THEODOR. Autograph Letter Signed, to David Gruber, recommending a psychoanalyst that he has trained or, if he cannot afford him, suggesting he contact the Psychiatric Center in Murray Hill. 1 1/2 pages, 4to, personal stationery, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet; folds. With the original envelope. New York, 4 [June] 1964

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"Thanks for the letter and the trust it shows. What should I advice [sic] you? It depends so much on your financial circumstances. If I were you, I would not wait but see a[n] experienced older psychoanalyst now. . . . If you tell him that I am sending you, he will charge you only $20. (Haven't you got a rich uncle whom you could kill and who leaves you $5,000?) . . . ."
Reik (1888-1969) was one of Sigmund Freud's first students and founded in 1948 one of the first psychoanalytic training centers, the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis in New York.