Neither Here nor There: Gazing into the Mirror When Dying

Psychoanalyst in private practice who specializes in working with chronically and acutely medically ill patients. She founded and co-directed the Living with Medical Conditions Study Group at the William Alanson White Institute, from 2003 to 2014, and holds a certificate in bioethics and medical humanities from Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Cardozo Law School/Yeshiva University. Her writings, many of which focus on medical illness and bereavement, have appeared in Contemporary Psychoanalysis, The Journal of Religion and Health, Psychotherapy, the New York Times, and in several edited books. Since 2012, Dr. Livingston has served as Co-Editor-in-Chief of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, the journal of the William Alanson White Psychoanalytic Society and the William Alanson White Institute.