Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Object Relations in Psychoanalytic Theory with Jay Greenberg PhD

9/26/2023 Jay Greenberg, Ph.D., in conversation with Gal Katz, Ph.D. (4th year candidate), Bevin Campbell, Psy.D. (4th year), Sheri-Ann Cowie, Ph.D. (4th year) and Michael Becker, Ph.D. (2nd year candidate).
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Jay Greenberg, Ph.D. is a member of the faculty and a Training and Supervising Analyst at the William Alanson White Institute in New York. He is co-author with Stephen Mitchell of Object Relations in Psychoanalytic Theory and author of Oedipus and Beyond: A Clinical Theory. Greenberg is the author of more than 90 articles addressing issues of psychoanalytic theory, clinical practice, and the history of psychoanalysis.
Greenberg served as Editor of The Psychoanalytic Quarterly from 2011 through 2020. Before that he was Editor for North America of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis (2007-2010) and as Editor of Contemporary Psychoanalysis (1994-2001). In both his editorial work and his own writing he has embraced a comparative psychoanalytic approach, beginning in his book with Mitchell and expanded to include the relationships among approaches that have emerged in different parts of the world. In 2015 he was awarded the Mary S. Sigourney Award for outstanding achievement in psychoanalysis.
Gal Katz, Ph.D., is a philosophy professor, writer, and a fourth-year psychoanalytic candidate at the William A. White Institute. His philosophical research examines the political and social dimensions of subjectivity, focusing on late modern thinkers such as Rousseau, Hegel, and Nietzsche. Recent publications explore "sexual recognition" in Rousseau and Hegel, and the relationship between fear of death and political affiliation (visit galkatz.com for more of his academic and essayistic writing). Prior to earning his Ph.D. at Columbia University, he conducted research in Leipzig and Berlin, Germany, and was the deputy international editor of the Tel Aviv daily Ha'aretz.
Bevin Campbell, Psy.D. is a New York and New Jersey licensed psychologist treating couples and individuals in her Brooklyn based psychotherapy practice. Dr. Campbell has a postgraduate certificate in Couple Therapy from Adelphi University and is an advanced candidate at the William Alanson White Institute for Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, and Psychology. She teaches graduate students at NYU and Pace University. She is the creator and host of PsiAN Speaks Live, a quarterly forum on issues impacting contemporary mental healthcare, as part of her work with the advocacy organization Psychotherapy Action Network. Dr. Campbell is a consultant with The Academy for Community Behavioral Health, a partnership between the Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health and the CUNY School of Professional Studies, where she designs and facilitates coursework on grief and loss.
Sheri-Ann Cowie, Ph.D. is a fourth year candidate at the William A. White Institute. She provides psychodynamic psychotherapy to individuals, couples, and groups. In her work as an organizational consultant, executive coach, and educator, she uses her background in international business and the Tavistock and group relations framework to consult and teach about authority, leadership, and organizational behavior in group contexts. She is the 2024-2026 Group Relations Conference Director for the Center for the Study of Group and Social Systems.
Michael Becker, Ph.D. is a philosophy professor, scholar, and psychoanalyst-in-training (LQP) at the White Institute. His Ph.D., from The New School for Social Research, focused on the philosopher G.W.F. Hegel and the Frankfurt School of critical theory, and he has published a number of articles on both. At the moment he is interested in the connections between these figures and the history of interpersonal psychoanalysis. He blogs on all of these topics, and more, at www.michaelala....