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Published Work

I've written for a range of publications and websites including, Fortune magazine and National Lampoon. Currently, I’m writing a memoir about my time as a traveling therapist in the Bronx. I’m also at work on a self-help book for the times in which we live.


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Featured Work: Nonfiction Books


POPULAR CULTURE AND HISTORY

The Queen of Vaudeville

The story of vaudeville performer Eva Tanguay (1878 – 1947). Widely known as the "I Don't Care Girl” named after a song she popularized as well as her independent and brazen persona.
Book cover for The Queen of Vaudeville.
My book The Queen of Vaudeville: The Story of Eva Tanguay is the first-ever biography of a remarkable woman who was once America’s most popular and famous live entertainer. 



“[Mr. Erdman’s social work] training allows him to convincingly place Tanguay’s stardom in historical perspective while still summoning the physicality that made her so popular…”


-Sam Roberts, The New York Times



I loved writing about Eva Tanguay because her pioneering triumphs, her unique talents, and her complicated psyche make her a compelling figure, saying much about the world she lived in and the world we have inherited from the past.  ​​​
Blue Vaudeville

A history of American popular entertainment (1895 – 1915). This work examines the often racy nature of vaudeville and it’s ability to market itself as clean and morally acceptable.
Book cover for Blue Vaudeville.
​My clients are sometimes surprised to hear I’ve written books about the history of popular entertainment. Vaudeville featured all kinds of entertainers, from standup comics to bawdy singers to trapeze artists. It appealed to rich and poor, immigrant and “native,” and varied ethnicities. But it was also complicated, segregated in ways, and driven by both creative artists and big business interests.

Examining vaudeville and its history has allowed me not only to uncover forgotten performers and audiences, but also the ways in which gender, race, power, and economic structures have shaped our culture.

Works-in-Progress



STREET THERAPY:
Tales of Mental Illness and Hope in the Bronx


​For nearly five years I traveled through the Bronx as a psychotherapist visiting people in their homes and other locations. This experience certainly helped me to understand my clients. But the lessons learned along the way also extended to my journey of personal growth and realization.



IT'S NOT JUST YOU:
Coping with Society, Culture, and Politics in These Perplexing Times


Self-help books can be, well, helpful. Or they can be simplistic and lacking in substance, nuance, and depth. I am drawing on my training in psychoanalysis, cultural studies, literature, and personal recovery to synthesize ideas that will resonate for people in trying times.

Featured Work: Scholarly Writing


PSYCHOANALYSIS, PSYCHOTHERAPY, AND MORE

I love to write essays exploring the human mind and how we can better understand ourselves and the world. Psychoanalysis—broadly defined to include attachment theory and even neuroscience—provides a powerful tool in that undertaking. Yet, I’m not rigidly bound to one approach or even one definition of “psychoanalysis.” My writing, like my work, is also informed by spirituality, social justice, politics, and other modes of interpreting reality.       
Journal cover for Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity
On Not-Acting-Out and What to Do Afterwards: A Two-Step Guide for Clinicians
Journal cover for The Psychoanalytic Review.
Idioms of Attachment: Performative Dimensions of Object Relating, Affect and Connection
Journal cover for Psychoanalytic Social Work.
The Powerless Therapist and the Helpless Borderline: Acceptance, Aloneness, and Dyadic Joining
Cover for the Journal of Conscious Evolution
Nondual Writing: A Perspective on Who Owns Ideas, and a Way to Write with Greater Ease

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MEET ANDREW ERDMAN, LCSW


Andrew “Andy” Erdman is a licensed clinical social worker, published author and writer, and educator. His integrative approach to treatment addresses the emotional, spiritual, and intellectual aspects of a client's well-being—all necessary components to healing and thriving. Andrew helps people identify and break through the obstacles that keep them from living a joyous and satisfying life.

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Therapeutic Alliance Suites
353 Lexington Ave.
Office #203
New York, NY 10016

347-878-7260

AErdmanLCSW@Gmail.com
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