Women, Gender, & Psychoanalysis - Section III
of the Division of Psychoanalysis (39) of the American Psychological Association
SECTION III BOARD
President
Marilyn Metzl, Ph.D.
marilynmetzl@sbcglobal.net
(12/31/12)
Past President
Eileen Kohutis, Ph.D.
eakohutis@aol.com
(12/31/12)
Treasurer
Connie Halligan, Ph.D.
challigan1@verizon.net
(12/31/10)
Membership Secretary
JoAnn Ponder, Ph.D.
joannponder@aim.com
(12/31/12)
Division 39
Representative
Ellen Toronto, Ph.D.
etoronto@umich.edu
(12/31/10)
Members-At-Large
Emily Ets-Hokin, Ph.D.
eetshokin@aol.com
(12/31/12)
Lynne Harkless, Ph.D.
(12/31/10)
Maurine Kelly, Ph. D.
(12/31/10)
Jane Kupersmidt, Ph. D.
(12/31/10)
Judith Logue, Ph.D.
(12/31/10)
Louis Rothschild, Ph.D.
(12/31/12)
Linda Rudy, Ph.D.
(12/31/12)
Martha Temple, Psy.D.
(12/31/12)
Jane Tillman, Ph.D.
(12/31/12)
Jessica Zucker, Ph. D.
(12/31/12)
Administrator
George H. Jones
67 Bremen Road
Waldoboro, ME 04572
geoinmaine@myfairpoint.net
Web Committee Chair
Royce Jalazo, Psy.D.
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Upcoming 2009 Meeting
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President's Letter May 2009 Dear Friends, San Antonio was an exciting and thought provoking meeting and all who attended marveled at the coordination and planning that made the event run seamlessly. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the members of the board who helped to energize this event by participation and encouragement. Our guest psychiatrists from Mongolia arrived in San Antonio with limited knowledge of English. Since their young translator was not allowed to accompany them, it was an act of grace to witness the caring and interaction that all members of the Division 39 board extended towards them. A special thank you from Section III to Royce Jalazo, who engineered a trip to the San Antonio State Hospital for our Mongolian colleagues, who were overwhelmed and appreciative of the experience and will certainly bring the information home to their native country. Many contacts were made by them and I am certain that their interest in psychoanalysis, as demonstrated by the extreme measures that they took to come to the convention, will be rewarded. |
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Our Purpose |
MembershipMembership is open to all members of the Division of Psychoanalysis. Graduate student members are particularly encouraged to join in order to take advantage of the Section’s interest in supporting professionals in the early stages of their careers. Your support through membership is needed to continue our progress and our voice within the Division.We OfferIn return for your support, the Section sponsors two panels a year on topics relevant to gender issues, one at the Spring Meeting of Division 39 and one at the national APA Convention. It also offers members the chance to develop experience in leadership and provides opportunities for networking, mentoring, and support of scholarship. Click here to visit a comprehensive listing of Section III members who presented at the 2005 Division 39 Spring Meeting. |
Dissertation Grant AwardWomen, Gender, and Psychoanalysis (Section III), Division of Psychoanalysis (39), American Psychological Association, Announces a New Grant. Section III offers an annual award of $500 to a graduate student working on a dissertation relevant to gender. >>More |
Why Join?
Now in our twentieth year,
Section III continues to make vital contributions to the intellectual life of the Division – by presenting discussions about women in leadership, clinical concerns in the treatment of women and men as they involve gender, and sustaining a voting presence on the larger Division 39 Board of Directors.
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Many Section III leaders have gone on to positions of leadership in the Division. The Section publishes a directory of members that is useful for making client referrals.
APA Convention
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Aug 6 - 9, 2009
"The gateway to psychoanalysis is opening up internationally. The Mongolians left with the understanding that psychoanalysis is a philosophy and a way of human connection in all settings." - Marilyn Metzl, Ph.D.
Dr. Marilyn Metzl, Section III President (Center) in Mongolia with Drs. Tuvshoo & Erka
Section III Update - May 2009
By Royce Jalazo, Psy.D.
Internet
Committee Chair
Section Three has flourished under the new and exciting Presidential direction of Marilyn Metzl, PhD. whose own stimulus plan included the immediate appointment of several new Members-at-Large: Emily Ets-Hokin, Ph.D., Louis Rothschild, Ph.D. and Linda Rudy, Ph.D.
With renewed
vigor our Board is working wonderfully together as a cohesive whole to
impart this positive energy to our membership.
We recently launched a bimonthly online discussion group moderated by Dr. Rothschild. "Flirting about Flirting" served as an apropos title for his discussion on flirting as a prelude to Dr. Metzel's presentation on the same topic at the Division Spring Meeting, "Flirting: The Royal Road to Communication."
Our Board, under the initiative of Past-President Eileen Kohutis, Ph.D., and our Web site Committee are currently
collaborating artistically to launch a new and cutting-edge Internet presence.
This year, Section III proudly honors Jaine Darwin, Psy.D. for demonstrating excellence in leadership in the field of psychoanalysis. One of Dr. Darwin's numerous accomplishments is her clear and supportive action toward lessening the unfortunate burden on the often invisible casualties of war by co-directing SOFAR: Strategic Outreach to Families of All Reservists, an all-volunteer organization that provides pro bono mental health services to families of our country's reservists.
Section III's President, Dr. Metzl, in her dedication to increasing psychoanalytic knowledge internationally recently traveled to Mongolia with Division 39 Membership applications and 2009 Spring Meeting Brochures in arm. A group of psychiatrists gave her a tour of their only psychiatric hospital, which operates under the Russian model of mental health care. Dr. Metzl lectured on the evolution of psychoanalytic theory from Freud to Beebe and Lachmann, and on the evolution of diagnosis. Dr. Metzl led a discussion on the mutual exchange of approaches to differential diagnosis and treatment formulations using the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual as a comparative model. >>More
Edited By:
Ellen L.K. Toronto, Gemma Ainslie, Molly Donovan, Maurine Kelly, Christine C. Kieffer, Nancy McWilliams
Book By Section III Members
The feminist analytic thinkers whose work is collected here confront the meaning established by the assignment of gender and the uncertainty created by its absence.
The articles brought together in Psychoanalytic Reflections on a Gender-free Case: Into the Void address a cross-section of significant issues that have both chronicled and facilitated the changes of the last two decades of feminist psychoanalysis. Difficult issues which have previously been ignored (such as the pregnancy of the therapist or sexual abuse regarded as more than a fantasy) are considered first. The book goes on to address family perspectives as they interact and shape the child's experience of growing up male or female. Other topics covered are the authority of personal agency as influenced by the language and theory of patriarchy, male-centered concepts that consistently define women as inferior, and the concept of gender as being co-constructed within a relationship. Thus the authors explore the notion of gender identity as an ongoing negotiation among multiple gendered selves.
The gender-free case presented here will fascinate all psychoanalysts interested in exploring ways of grappling with the elusive nature of gender, as well as those studying gender studies.