Academics
Academic Appointments
University of Essex, Colchester, UK
Honorary Professor
Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies
Comparative Psychoanalysis Research Group
International Member
Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, USA
Faculty & Clinical Associate, Postgraduate Programs in Psychoanalysis & Psychotherapy
Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology
New School for Existential Psychoanalysis, San Francisco, CA, USA
Faculty & Supervising Analyst, Training Program in Psychoanalysis
Open Therapy Institute, New York, NY, USA
Senior Advisor & Faculty
Adler Graduate Professional School, Toronto, ON, Canada
Emeritus Professor of Psychology & Psychoanalysis
School of Psychology, M.Psy. Program
Credentials
PhD, Philosophy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
Fulbright Scholar of Philosophy, University of Toronto and York University, Canada
PsyD, Clinical Psychology, Illinois School of Professional Psychology, Chicago, IL. (APA Accredited)
Diplomate & Fellow, American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP)
Book Series & Editorial Boards
Editor, Philosophy & Psychoanalysis, Routledge
Editor, New Imago, Roman & Littlefield
Editor, Contemporary Psychoanalytic Studies, Brill
Editor, Comparative Psychoanalysis, Routledge
Editorial Board Member, Consultant, and Reviewer for numerous professional peer-reviewed journals and academic presses
Select Awards
2023 Gradiva Award Winner, Best Edited Book; National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
2021 Distinguished Service Award, American Board & Academy of Psychoanalysis, American Board of Professional Psychology.
2019 Scholarship Award for Best Article published in 2019 (Editor’s Choice), International Journal of Jungian Studies.
2018 Gradiva Award Winner, Best Article; National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis.
2018 Outstanding Leadership, Mentoring, and Service Award, American Board & Academy of Psychoanalysis, American Board of Professional Psychology.
2015 Otto Weininger Memorial Award for Lifetime Contributions to Psychoanalysis & Psychodynamic Psychology; Canadian Psychological Association.
2013 Goethe Award Winner for Best Book; Canadian Psychological Association.
2013 Gradiva Award Winner, Best TV Program, The Talking Cure; National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis.
2011 Gradiva Award Winner, Best Book; National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis.
2008 Significant Contribution to Canadian Psychology Award; Canadian Psychological Association.
2006 Gradiva Award Winner, Best Article; National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis.
