Articles and Publications
Articles, Books, Chapters in Books: (click on citations in green to read article)
Journal Articles:
2024: The Amazon Package in Your Waiting Room:Unboxing Anger as a Path to Vulnerability.
Psychotherapy Networker.
2024: When Your Client Prefers Chitchat: Finding Meaning in Unlikely Places. Psychotherapy Networker
2023: When Memories Get in the Way:Unlearning the Truths We Tell Ourselves. Psychotherapy
Networker.
2023: The Myth of the Perfect Parent:Helping Clients Overcome Shame and Accept Imperfection.
Psychotherapy Networker
2021: Transitions, Eating Disorders, and Changing Selves: Interlocking Psychodynamics of Identity, Self,
Life Changes, and Eating Disorders, Psychoanalytic Social Work, 28:1, 1-24, DOI: 10.1080/15228878.2020.1865172
2018: With Friends Like These, Who Needs Enemies? Psychoanalytic Dialogues (Vol 28) pp. 432-445.
2016: Psychodynamic Importance of “Cyber” and “In the Flesh” Friends in Psychotherapy with College-Aged Adolescents with Eating Disorders. Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy.
2015: Alexithymia, Affect Regulation and Binge Drinking in College Students. Journal of College Student Psychotherapy,
volume 29, issue 2, pp.132-146.
2015: Social Media and Adolescent Development: Hazards, Pitfalls and Opportunities for Growth. Clinical Social Work Journal, volume 43, pp. 201–208.
2015: Listening to Words, Hearing Feelings: Links Between Eating Disorders and Alexithymia. Clinical Social Work Journal Online.
2015: (co-editor with Holly Starkman) Body Meets Mind: Contemporary 21st Century Perspectives on Eating Disorders and Body Image. Special issue of the Clinical Social Work Journal.
2014: Putting it all together: An integrative approach to psychotherapy with eating disorders. Psychoanalytic Social Work, 21, pp.19-39
2014: Eating problems. In A. Gitterman (Ed.), Handbook of social work with vulnerable and resilient populations (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Columbia University Press.
2014: Social Media and Adolescent Development: Hazards, Pitfalls and Opportunities for Growth. Clinical Social Work Journal. Doi:10.1007/s10615-014-0501-6
2014: Integration, Connection and Individuation in Shaeffer’s “Transference, Countertransference and Mutuality in Relational Social Work with College Students” in the Clinical Social Work Journal March 2014, Volume 42, Issue 1, pp 22-26
2011: Guest Editor Special Edition of Clinical Social Work Journal on Integrating Theories in Psychotherapeutic Practice
2009: "Frozen In Time: Idealization and Parent-Blaming in the Therapeutic Process" in Clinical Social Work Journal
2008: “Hidden Eating Disorders: Attachment and Affect Regulation” in Clinical Social Work Journal vol 36, pp.355–365
2003: “Separate but Not Alone: Separation-Individuation Issues in College Students with Eating Disorders in Clinical Social Work Journal
2002: "Clinical Case Study: Adolescents and Separation" in Psychotherapy Networker
2001: “Money as a Tool for Exploring and Negotiating Separateness and Connectedness in the Therapeutic Relationship” in Clinical Social Work Journal
2001: “Food For Thought:Thinking, Talking and Feeling in Psychoanalysis with Individuals with Eating Disorders,” chapter in Hungers and Compulsions
2000: "Eat,Shop and Be Merry:Linking Eating and Shopping Disorders" in I Shop, Therefore I Am:Compulsive Buying and the Search For Self, ed.A.Benson. New York:Jason Aronson, Inc.
2000: “The Use of Telephone Therapy in Couples Treatment” and “The Use of Telephone Therapy in Longterm Individual Treatment” in Telephone Therapy, ed. J. Aronson. New York:Jason Aronson, Inc.
1998: "Mother-Daughter Daydreams: Mutuality and Recognition" in Mothers and Daughters , edited by G. Fenchel, Jason Aronson, Publishers.
1998: "Speaking of Feelings: Affects, Language and Psychoanalysis" Psychoanalytic Dialogues vol 8 pp.685-705.
1998: Psyche and Soma: The Body as Canvas. Discussion of “I Made a Picture of My Life — A Life from the Picture: The life of
the body in the pictures and writings of Frida Kahlo” by Pirkko Siltala Int. Forum Psychoanal., 7:156-158.
1997: "Using Daydreams in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy" The Clinical Social Work Journal
1995: Issue Editor, Psychoanalytic Inquiry : "Feminine and Masculine Gender Identity," vol. 15, no. l.
1994: "The Use of Group Therapy to Help Women with Eating Disorders Articulate and Differentiate Affect." Group, 18, pp.67‑77.
1993: Conflicts Over Selfishness: One Aspect of Some Women's Wish for a Baby. Psychoanalytic Psychology, vol 10, pp.169-185.
1991: "When the Patient Abuses Food." Using Self Psychology in Psychotherapy, Helene Jackson, ed., Jason Aronson.1990
1989: "Obsessional Thinking as 'Paradoxical Action'." Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 54, pp.499‑511.
1989: "Separation‑Individuation, Sense of Self, and Bulimia in College Students." The Bulimic College Student: Evaluation, Treatment and Prevention, Leighton Whitaker, ed. The Haworth Press, Inc.
1989: "Blaming the Parent:Psychoanalytic Myth and Langauge." Annual of Psychoanalysis, vol. XVII, pp. 185‑201.
1988: "The Patient as a Selfobject:A Form of Countertransference." Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 52, pp.294‑303.
1988: "The Role of Self‑esteem in the Experience of Envy." American Journal of Psychoanalysis, vol. 48, no.3, pp.198‑210.
1988: "The Treatment of Bulimia from a Self Psychological Perspective." Clinical Social Work Journal, vol. 16, no.3, pp.270‑281.
1986: (co-authored with Victoria Wurman) "Group Therapy with Bulimic Women:A Self Psychological
Approach". International Journal of Eating Disorders, vol. 5, no. 4, pp.735‑745.
1984: (co-authored with M.Rich) "Mental health consultation with owners and their management team in a labor intensive
plant". Dynamic Psychotherapy:The Journal of the PostgraduateCenter for Mental Health, vol.2, no.1, pp.78-88.
Books:
2018 I Know How You Feel: The Joy and Heartbreak of Friendship in Women's Lives (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
2014 Integrative Clinical Social Work Practice: A Contemporary Perspective (publisher: Springer)
1997 Daydreaming:Unlock the Creative Power of Your Mind Viking, August 1997 (Published in paperback by Penguin, 1998)
2010-present http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/off-the-couch
Some sample posts on Psychology Today:
6 Ways to Deal with Selfish People During Covid-19
9 Rules for Living a Good Life
OK Boomer: You're too old to understand
Journal Articles:
2024: The Amazon Package in Your Waiting Room:Unboxing Anger as a Path to Vulnerability.
Psychotherapy Networker.
2024: When Your Client Prefers Chitchat: Finding Meaning in Unlikely Places. Psychotherapy Networker
2023: When Memories Get in the Way:Unlearning the Truths We Tell Ourselves. Psychotherapy
Networker.
2023: The Myth of the Perfect Parent:Helping Clients Overcome Shame and Accept Imperfection.
Psychotherapy Networker
2021: Transitions, Eating Disorders, and Changing Selves: Interlocking Psychodynamics of Identity, Self,
Life Changes, and Eating Disorders, Psychoanalytic Social Work, 28:1, 1-24, DOI: 10.1080/15228878.2020.1865172
2018: With Friends Like These, Who Needs Enemies? Psychoanalytic Dialogues (Vol 28) pp. 432-445.
2016: Psychodynamic Importance of “Cyber” and “In the Flesh” Friends in Psychotherapy with College-Aged Adolescents with Eating Disorders. Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy.
2015: Alexithymia, Affect Regulation and Binge Drinking in College Students. Journal of College Student Psychotherapy,
volume 29, issue 2, pp.132-146.
2015: Social Media and Adolescent Development: Hazards, Pitfalls and Opportunities for Growth. Clinical Social Work Journal, volume 43, pp. 201–208.
2015: Listening to Words, Hearing Feelings: Links Between Eating Disorders and Alexithymia. Clinical Social Work Journal Online.
2015: (co-editor with Holly Starkman) Body Meets Mind: Contemporary 21st Century Perspectives on Eating Disorders and Body Image. Special issue of the Clinical Social Work Journal.
2014: Putting it all together: An integrative approach to psychotherapy with eating disorders. Psychoanalytic Social Work, 21, pp.19-39
2014: Eating problems. In A. Gitterman (Ed.), Handbook of social work with vulnerable and resilient populations (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Columbia University Press.
2014: Social Media and Adolescent Development: Hazards, Pitfalls and Opportunities for Growth. Clinical Social Work Journal. Doi:10.1007/s10615-014-0501-6
2014: Integration, Connection and Individuation in Shaeffer’s “Transference, Countertransference and Mutuality in Relational Social Work with College Students” in the Clinical Social Work Journal March 2014, Volume 42, Issue 1, pp 22-26
2011: Guest Editor Special Edition of Clinical Social Work Journal on Integrating Theories in Psychotherapeutic Practice
2009: "Frozen In Time: Idealization and Parent-Blaming in the Therapeutic Process" in Clinical Social Work Journal
2008: “Hidden Eating Disorders: Attachment and Affect Regulation” in Clinical Social Work Journal vol 36, pp.355–365
2003: “Separate but Not Alone: Separation-Individuation Issues in College Students with Eating Disorders in Clinical Social Work Journal
2002: "Clinical Case Study: Adolescents and Separation" in Psychotherapy Networker
2001: “Money as a Tool for Exploring and Negotiating Separateness and Connectedness in the Therapeutic Relationship” in Clinical Social Work Journal
2001: “Food For Thought:Thinking, Talking and Feeling in Psychoanalysis with Individuals with Eating Disorders,” chapter in Hungers and Compulsions
2000: "Eat,Shop and Be Merry:Linking Eating and Shopping Disorders" in I Shop, Therefore I Am:Compulsive Buying and the Search For Self, ed.A.Benson. New York:Jason Aronson, Inc.
2000: “The Use of Telephone Therapy in Couples Treatment” and “The Use of Telephone Therapy in Longterm Individual Treatment” in Telephone Therapy, ed. J. Aronson. New York:Jason Aronson, Inc.
1998: "Mother-Daughter Daydreams: Mutuality and Recognition" in Mothers and Daughters , edited by G. Fenchel, Jason Aronson, Publishers.
1998: "Speaking of Feelings: Affects, Language and Psychoanalysis" Psychoanalytic Dialogues vol 8 pp.685-705.
1998: Psyche and Soma: The Body as Canvas. Discussion of “I Made a Picture of My Life — A Life from the Picture: The life of
the body in the pictures and writings of Frida Kahlo” by Pirkko Siltala Int. Forum Psychoanal., 7:156-158.
1997: "Using Daydreams in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy" The Clinical Social Work Journal
1995: Issue Editor, Psychoanalytic Inquiry : "Feminine and Masculine Gender Identity," vol. 15, no. l.
1994: "The Use of Group Therapy to Help Women with Eating Disorders Articulate and Differentiate Affect." Group, 18, pp.67‑77.
1993: Conflicts Over Selfishness: One Aspect of Some Women's Wish for a Baby. Psychoanalytic Psychology, vol 10, pp.169-185.
1991: "When the Patient Abuses Food." Using Self Psychology in Psychotherapy, Helene Jackson, ed., Jason Aronson.1990
1989: "Obsessional Thinking as 'Paradoxical Action'." Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 54, pp.499‑511.
1989: "Separation‑Individuation, Sense of Self, and Bulimia in College Students." The Bulimic College Student: Evaluation, Treatment and Prevention, Leighton Whitaker, ed. The Haworth Press, Inc.
1989: "Blaming the Parent:Psychoanalytic Myth and Langauge." Annual of Psychoanalysis, vol. XVII, pp. 185‑201.
1988: "The Patient as a Selfobject:A Form of Countertransference." Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 52, pp.294‑303.
1988: "The Role of Self‑esteem in the Experience of Envy." American Journal of Psychoanalysis, vol. 48, no.3, pp.198‑210.
1988: "The Treatment of Bulimia from a Self Psychological Perspective." Clinical Social Work Journal, vol. 16, no.3, pp.270‑281.
1986: (co-authored with Victoria Wurman) "Group Therapy with Bulimic Women:A Self Psychological
Approach". International Journal of Eating Disorders, vol. 5, no. 4, pp.735‑745.
1984: (co-authored with M.Rich) "Mental health consultation with owners and their management team in a labor intensive
plant". Dynamic Psychotherapy:The Journal of the PostgraduateCenter for Mental Health, vol.2, no.1, pp.78-88.
Books:
2018 I Know How You Feel: The Joy and Heartbreak of Friendship in Women's Lives (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
2014 Integrative Clinical Social Work Practice: A Contemporary Perspective (publisher: Springer)
1997 Daydreaming:Unlock the Creative Power of Your Mind Viking, August 1997 (Published in paperback by Penguin, 1998)
2010-present http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/off-the-couch
Some sample posts on Psychology Today:
6 Ways to Deal with Selfish People During Covid-19
9 Rules for Living a Good Life
OK Boomer: You're too old to understand
