Original Writing
Participants interested in undertaking an independent writing project will have the option of working with a consultant. The topic selected may be theoretical, clinical, or applied, and may be on research already in progress. Some students may choose to write memoir, fiction, or poetry. Participants can select from an international roster of consultants; the current panel is listed on the following page. Program advisors will help the participants to select appropriate consultants. In addition, we will make available bibliographies of the consultants’ writings to assist in consultant selection. Work with the consultant may include discussions of how to define the research area, finding resources for background study, the elaboration of the concept, and review of successive drafts of the paper. Collaboration may be conducted by mail, phone, fax, e-mail, or, where possible, in person. The participant will pay for the consultant’s time.
The New Directions Journal
Since February 2003, New Directions has been publishing a journal of participant and faculty writing. The first four volumes were done under the editorship of Program graduates Kent Jarratt (2002 and 2003) and Michael Bieber (2006 and 2007).
The fourth issue of the Journal, published this February, includes a rich variety of short pieces by participants and faculty, and a fascinating selection of brief responses to the writing prompt, "I never told my mother that."
A fifth issue of the Journal is being prepared under the editorship of a faculty member, Kathie Hepler.
The first five volumes of the journal are available in pdf form here:
- 2002 New Directions Journal
- 2003 New Directions Journal
- 2006 New Directions Journal
- 2007 New Directions Journal
- 2008 New Directions Journal
If you have problems downloading these files, you can also request a printout by contacting us at: Washington Center for Psychoanalysis 4545 42nd Street, NW, #209, Washington, DC 20016 202.237.1854 center@washpsa.org.
A Partial List of Work Published by Students and Alumni
- Arenella, Jessica (2005). In Search of Better Homes and Gardens. ISPS-US Newsletter. 6(1).
- Baum-Baicker, Cynthia (2005). Soovin Kim: Master Violinist, Gifted Pedagogue. Philadelphia Music Makers. 4(1): 6-9.
- Baum-Baicker, Cynthia (2005). Inner Workings, The Johannes String Quartet. Philadelphia Music Makers. 4(1): 10-12.
- Bieber, Michael R. (2006). Erotic Transference. In Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender. Macmillan Reference, USA.
- Bieber, Michael R. (2006). Narcissism and Gender Identity. In Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender. Macmillan Reference, USA.
- Bieber, Michael R. (2006). Infantile Sexuality. In Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender. Macmillan Reference, USA.
- Blessing, Deborah (2005). Review of Hargreaves, E. and Varchevker, A. (2004), In Pursuit of Psychic Change-The Betty Joseph Workshop. Psychoanalytic Psychology. 19(2): 177-179.
- Blessing, Deborah (2006). Shall I Dare to Come Alive - Longterm Effects of Painful Beginnings. International Journal of Infant Observation and Its Applications. 9(1).
- Blessing, Deborah A. (2007). Hiding in Plain Sight - The Sibling Connection in Eating Disorders. Journal of Child Psychotherapy. 33(1).
- Borenstein, Lynn (2006, in press). The Therapist's Office. Smith Studies.
- Chefetz, Richard A. (2005). Guest Editor of Psychiatric Annals issue: Neuroscientific and Therapeutic Advances in the Dissociative Disorders.
- Chefetz, Richard A. (2005). A Cognitive-psychoanalytic Perspective on the Treatment of Complex Dissociative Disorders. Psychiatric Annals. 35(8): 657-665.
- Chefetz, Richard A. (2006, in press). Guest Editor of Psychiatric Clinics of North America issue: Dissociative Disorders in the 21st Century: An Enlarging Window into the Psychobiology of Mind.
- Decker, Beverly (2004). The Age of Surprises. Therapy in the End Zone. The Family: A Magazine for Queer People and Their Loved Ones. Winter (1): 16-21.
- Decker, Beverly (2004). Building Lesbian Sandcastles on the Shore of Relational Psychoanalysis. In J. Glassgold & S. Iasenza (Eds.), Lesbians, Feminism, and Psychoanalysis: The Second Wave (pp. 79-93). New York: Harrington Park Press.
- Decker, Beverly (2005). Manifold Permutations: Reflections on "The Mystery of Homosexuality." In The Family: The Magazine for Queer People and Their Loved Ones. 10: 24. Donovan, Molly W. (1999). Reflection: "The Refusal to Mourn" Revisited. Voices: The Art and Science of Psychotherapy. 35(4): 28-32.
- Wepman, Barry J. and Donovan, Molly W. (2000). Forty-one Thoughts About Couple Therapy. Voices: The Art and Science of Psychotherapy. 36.
- Donovan, Molly W. (2003). From Flirtation to Surrender: Experience in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. Voices: The Art and Science of Psychotherapy.
- Durham, Mary (2000). The Therapist's Encounters with Revenge and Forgiveness. London: Jessica Kingsley, Ltd.
- Flynn, Susan (2006, in press). A Transformational Moment. In P. Cooper, Into the Mountain Stream: Psychoanalysis and Buddhist Experience. New York: Jason Aronson.
- Freed, Paula (2002). Meeting of the Minds; Ego Re-Integration After Traumatic Brain Injury. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic. Winter, 66(1).
- Freed, Paula (2003). The "I" of the Sculptor. Psychoanalytic Social Work. 10(2).
- Freed, Paula (2003). Finding a Voice as Writer. Newsletter: National Membership Committee on Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work.
- Goldberg, Samuel and Goldstein, William (2004). Using the Transference in Psychotherapy. NJ: Jason Aronson.
- Goldberg, Samuel (2003). Foundations of Morality: An Investigation into the Origins and Purpose of Moral Concepts by George Frankl. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. 51(2).
- Gibbons, Martha Blechar (2007). Psychosocial Aspects of Serious Illness in Childhood and Adolescence: Curse or Challenge? In Ann Armstrong-Daily and Sarah Zarbock (Eds.), Hospice Care for Children. Third Edition. Oxford University Press.
- Griffin, Fred (2004). One Form of Self-Analysis. Psychoanalytic Quarterly. 73: 683-715.
- Griffin, Fred (2005). Clinical Conversations between Psychoanalysis and Imaginative Literature. Psychoanalytic Quarterly. 74.
- Griffin, Fred (2006, in press). Teaching Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: Voices That Have Reach. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association.
- Iasenza, Suzanne (2004). Multicontextual Sex Therapy with Lesbian Couples. In S. Green & D. Flemons (Eds.), Quickies: The Handbook of Brief Sex Therapy. New York: W.W. Norton.
- Iasenza, Suzanne (2005). Unconscious Sources of Low Sexual Desire in Gay, Lesbian and Heterosexual Peer Marriages. In S. Brookes & J. Lowenstein (Eds.), Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Couple Work. Eastbourne, UK: Antony Rowe Ltd.
- Iasenza, Suzanne (2006). Low Sexual Desire in Gay, Lesbian, and Heterosexual Peer Marriages. In Jill & David Scharff (Eds.), New Paradigms for Treating Relationships. NJ: Jason Aronson.
- Jarratt, Kent (1999). Opera on the Couch. Opera News. 64: 48-50.
- Johnston, Mary Hollis (2001). Evolution of the Assessment of Thought Disorder. Contemporary Psychology.
- Johnston, Mary Hollis; Holzman, Philip; and Levy, Deborah (2005). The Use of the Rorschach for Assessing Formal Thought Disorder. In R. Bornstein and J. Masling (Eds.), Scoring the Rorschach: Seven Validated Systems.
- Johnston, Robert E. (2006). Itchy Bump, A Kinda Wild Thing. (Children's Story)
- Jordan, Mary Ellen (2004). Katies Ponder 'What's Supposed to Be Going on Here?' In Anderson, Nancy J. et al., The Reflective Woman. Acton, MA: Copley.
- Kaplan, Betty Ann (2004). A Freudian Slip. Voices: The Art and Science of Psychotherapy. 40(2): 71-72.
- Kessman, Libby (2006). January Lament. New York Times, Metropolitan Diary. January 30.
- Miller, L., & Lovinger, Robert J. (2000). Conservative and Reform Jewish Traditions. In P.S. Richards & A.E. Bergin (Eds.), Psychotherapy and Religious Diversity. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
- Lemkau, Jeanne P. (in press). The Cuba Bends. Restless Me (an e-journal).
- Ahmed S.M. and Lemkau Jeanne P. (in press). Psychosocial Influences in Health. In Rakel R. (Ed.), Textbook of Family Practice (7th Ed).
- Lemkau, Jeanne P. and Strug, D. (2006). Love, Loss, and Longing: The Effects of US Travel Policy on Cuban-American Families. (Curator and writer for a photography exhibit opening in DC in May 2006 and traveling nationally.)
- Lindquist, Ona (2007, in press). Book review of Psychoanalysis and Buddhism: An Unfolding Dialogue, edited by Jeremy Safran. Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (an e-journal).
- Lindquist, Ona (2007, in press). Things That Happen At Once And Again: Some Thoughts on the Role of a Second Analysis in the Continuing Education of an Analyst. Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (an e-journal).
- Lovinger, Robert J. & Lovinger, Sophie L. (2003). Religious Cross-Matches Between Therapists and Clients. In P. Scott Richards & A. Bergin (Eds.), Casebook for a Spiritual Strategy in Counseling and Psychotherapy. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
- Lovinger, Sophie L. (2005). Conversion Hysteria in a Pre-adolescent Girl. Psychoanalytic Social Work. 12(2): 47-61.
- Lyon, Maureen, Silber, T., Atkins, D. (2005). Process, Promise, and Pitfalls of Collaborative Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa in an Adolescent Patient. Clinical Case Studies. 4(2): 189
- 205.
- Lyon, Maureen (2005). Pain Management in Clinical Practice. Northern Virginia Society of Clinical Psychologists Newsletter Journal. 11-12.
- Lyon, Maureen E. and D'Angelo, Lawrence J. (Eds.) (2006). Teenagers, HIV, and AIDS: Insights from Youths Living with the Virus. NH: Greenwood.
- MacGaffin, Kristina C. (2005). Psychoanalysis on the Frontiers of Terror: Experiences in the USA, Israel and Peru. International Journal of Psychoanalysis. 86: 147-49.
- Magagna, J. et al. (2006). Trasformazioni Intime. Rome, Italy: Astrolabio. Magagna, J and Cooper, H. (2006). Los origine de la auto estima en la primere infancia. In Revista Internacional de observacion de Lactantes y sus aplicaciones, Vol. 5. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Kamala Foundation.
- Magagna, J. et al. (2007). Transformations Intimes. Lamour Plage, France: Editions Hublot.
- Malti-Douglas, Fedwa (2006). Legal Cross-Dressing: Sexuality and the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Columbia Journal of Gender and Law. Vol. 15.
- Martin, Martha B. (2003). "Mood Stabilizers" and "Antipsychotic Medications" in Slater, L., Daniel, J. H., and Banks, E. B., The Complete Guide to Mental Health for Women. Boston: Beacon Press.
- Martin, Martha B. (2000). Movie Review: The Sixth Sense. Voices: Symptoms and Meanings. 36(4): 87-88.
- Martin, Martha B. (2001). Me? I'm a Writer. Muse-ings. 1: 6-8. Mahlendorf, Ursula (2000). A Structural and Intertextual Reading of Freud's 'On Dreams'. Psychoanalytic Quarterly. 69(2): 369-395.
- Mahlendorf, Ursula (2001). Medea Darning Socks: German Child Abuse Fiction as Cultural Critique. Pacific Coast Philology. 36.
- Mahlendorf, Ursula (2003). Trauma Narrated, Read, and (Mis)understood: Bernhard Schlink's 'The Reader': ...Irrevocably Complicit in Their Crimes... Monatshefte. 95(3): 458-481.
- McCormack, C.C. (2004). An Object-Relations Approach to the Treatment of Personality- Disordered Marriages. In M.M. MacFarlane (Ed.), Family Treatment of Personality Disorders: Advances in Clinical Practice. New York: HaworthPress.
- Neubauer, Ruth (2006). Recovering/Rediscovering One's True Self. Clio's Psyche.
- Pinney, William (2001). Swimming Against the Tide. Psychologist-Psychoanalyst. 31: 20-21.
- Sarasohn, M. Kim (2004). Balanced on the Horns of a Dilemma: Observations on Work with Chronic Depression. Clinical Social Work Journal. 32(2): 171-183.
- Sarasohn, M.Kim (2004). The Use of Shame and Dread in the Countertransference. Accepted for publication, Clinical Social Work Journal.
- Schmidt, Erika (2004). Therese Benedek: Shaping Psychoanalysis from Within. The Annual of Psychoanalysis. 32: 217-231.
- Schmidt, Erika (2004). Book Review of Learning Disorders and Disorders of the Self in Children and Adolescents by Joseph Palombo. Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal. 21(1): 101-104.
- Schmidt, Erika (2003). The Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Program at the Chicago Institute. The American Psychoanalyst. 37(4): 16-17.
- Sherby, Linda B. (2005). Self-disclosure: Seeking Connection and Protection. Contemporary Psychoanalysis. 41:499-517.
- Sherby, Linda B. (2005). The Analyst's Unconscious Contribution to the Impasse. Psychoanalytic Dialogues. 15:727-729.
- Sherby, Linda B. (2007, in press). Rediscovering Fairbairn. Contemporary Psychoanalysis.
- Somerstein, Lynn (2005). Bad Enough Women and Success. National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis News. 28(3).
- Somerstein, Lynn (2006). Review of Szejer, M., Talking to Babies: Psychoanalysis in a Maternity Ward. Psychoanalytic Review. 93(1).
- Somerstein, Lynn. I Came with a Sword on Judgment Day, a Psychoanalytic Look at Terrorist Enactments. To be published in Psychoanalytic Review.
- Sprengnether, Madelon (2001). Crying at the Movies: A Film Memoir. St. Paul, MN: Graywolf Press.
- Sprengnether, Madelon (2005). Musing on Forgiveness: A Response to Roy Schafer. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. 53(2): 411-423.
- Sprengnether, Madelon (2006, in press). The Angel of Duluth. Buffalo, NY: White Pine Press.
- Stein, Judith (2002). "He Survives Everything": A Latency-Aged Child with Play Disruption in the Face of Trauma and Early Object Loss. Clinical Social Work Journal. 30(2): 145-155.
- Wallace, E. (2007, in press). Losing a Training Analyst for Ethical Violations: A Candidate's Perspective. International Journal of Psychoanalysis.
- Weissbourd, Katherine (2004). Kristeva's Klein, a Review of Melanie Klein by Julia Kristeva. Contemporary Psychoanalysis. 4: 304-309.
- Weissbourd, Katherine (in press). Bringing Theory to Life. Review of Kirshner, L. (2004), Having a Life: Self-Pathology After Lacan. Contemporary Psychoanalysis.
- Whitworth, Stephen, and Sharon-Zisser, Shirley (2006). Generating Dialogue on Shakespeare's "A Lover's Complaint." In Sharon-Zisser, S. (Ed.), Critical Essays on Shakespeare's "A Lover's Complaint": Suffering Ecstasy. London: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
- Whitworth, Stephen (2006). Where Excess Begs All: Shakespeare, Freud, and the Diacritics of Melancholy. In Sharon-Zisser, S. (Ed.), Critical Essays on Shakespeare's "A
- Lover's Complaint": Suffering Ecstasy. London: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
- Whitworth, Stephen (2006). Rethinking the Archaic: Montrelay, Mask-Ulinity, and the Analyst as (m)Other. The Journal of Lacanian Studies.
