INTERVIEW AT THE FREUD MUSEUM LONDON 

ON SURVIVING CANCER WITH 

RICHARD TYLER

On 20^th September, 2024, Professor Brett Kahr, Consultant Psychotherapist at The Balint Consultancy and Honorary Director of Research at the Freud Museum London had the huge privilege of interviewing a most impressive man, Richard Tyler – a former West End star who subsequently retrained as a psychotherapist – about his new memoir As a Kite Falls:  A Voyage Through Descent, in which Tyler has described his bold journey of navigating the diagnosis, treatment, and recovery from a rare form of severe, Stage 4 cancer.

            Part of the Freud Museum London’s series, “Freud’s 4pm Session”, Kahr speaks with Tyler about the traumatisation of such a profound diagnosis and explores how Tyler managed to draw upon his psychological sturdiness to endure such an incomparable challenge.

            Kahr hugely recommends Tyler’s extremely well-written memoir, for which he holds the honour of having written a foreword.  

            Published by the esteemed psychoanalytical publishing house, Karnac Books, the book can be explored by clicking on the following link:

https://www.karnacbooks.com/Author.asp?AID=25620

            The interview can be watched on YouTube by clicking on the following link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuYVAOqQBrA

            The first reviewer on YouTube generously described the interview thus:

@concernedpatriot7694

“What an impressive exchange! Well done to two eminent, eloquent, and spiritually adept gentlemen, for sharing such intimate experiences and beneficial tutorials about navigating cancer with courage, candour and creativity, to effect the happiest and most inspired survival.”