In memory of Dr. Fredric Neuman

This site is dedicated to the legacy of Dr. Neuman with the hopes that you or someone you know can get helpful advice from the many articles Dr. Neuman wrote throughout many years.

1934 – 2021
Dr. Fredric Jay Neuman of Larchmont, NY, passed away on Thursday (May 13, 2021) at the Calvary Hospital in the Bronx. Born on August 1, 1934, and raised in modest circumstances on the upper west side of Manhattan, Dr. Neuman had a vast range of interests. As a child, he cheered for the New York Giants baseball team and became an accomplished pianist, earning a musical scholarship to Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School. From 1951-1955, he attended Princeton University, majoring in philosophy and playing piano on a weekly radio show.

While in medical school at New York University, Dr. Neuman supported himself playing poker. During this period, he met Susan Kley, an English major at Smith College. Immediately enamored, he attempted to woo her by sending her a poem written in Middle English, only to discover he had copied the wrong selection. Nevertheless, he persuaded her to marry him months later and would remain devoted to her for the next six decades.

You can read Dr. Neuman’s full obituary here.

In memory of Dr. Fredric Neuman

This site is dedicated to the legacy of Dr. Neuman with the hopes that you or someone you know can get helpful advice from the many articles Dr. Neuman wrote throughout many years.

1934 – 2021
Dr. Fredric Jay Neuman of Larchmont, NY, passed away on Thursday (May 13, 2021) at the Calvary Hospital in the Bronx. Born on August 1, 1934, and raised in modest circumstances on the upper west side of Manhattan, Dr. Neuman had a vast range of interests. As a child, he cheered for the New York Giants baseball team and became an accomplished pianist, earning a musical scholarship to Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School. From 1951-1955, he attended Princeton University, majoring in philosophy and playing piano on a weekly radio show.

While in medical school at New York University, Dr. Neuman supported himself playing poker. During this period, he met Susan Kley, an English major at Smith College. Immediately enamored, he attempted to woo her by sending her a poem written in Middle English, only to discover he had copied the wrong selection. Nevertheless, he persuaded her to marry him months later and would remain devoted to her for the next six decades.

You can read Dr. Neuman’s full obituary here.

Blog Articles

Snakes in the Toilet!

Freud made popular the idea that various objects, by virtue of their appearance and function, could stand symbolically for other objects, usually sexual. When a woman dreamed about cleaning her house, for instance, she might be expressing feelings she had about her...

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Should I Leave that Person?

A dating conundrum Recently, someone wrote in to my blog to ask if I thought there was any hope for his relationship with a woman who had stabbed him thirteen times. (She had previously stabbed him on other occasions.) I told him that I did not think so. As one might...

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“Ask Dr. Neuman”

You can get insightful and helpful advice from the dozens of questions Dr. Neuman answered throughout the years in his “Ask Dr. Neuman” advice column.

Dr. Neuman also contributed many articles to Psychology Today, which can be read by clicking the button below:

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Dr. Neuman’s Paintings

Dr. Neuman became an accomplished artist creating scores of abstract paintings replete with charming, whimsical images that were somewhat reminiscent of Picasso. Many of Dr. Neuman’s paintings can be viewed in the gallery by clicking the button below.

Dr. Neuman’s Books

Superpowers

By: Dr. Fredric Neuman “Superpowers” is a very funny, but serious account of a responsible, perhaps too responsible, young man growing up abruptly over a period of a few weeks. Chipper’s mother died on a Sunday. He was admitted to the hospital the following Tuesday...

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Detroit Tom and His Gang

A gang of goofballs engage in all sorts of mischief in Neuman’s (Come One, Come All, 2011, etc.)high-concept, lowbrow literary comic act.The hulking, somewhat unintelligent Detroit Tom leads a cast of misfit youngsters through a number ofamusing capers designed to...

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