Contributors

Reyna Cowan, Psy.D., LCSW, is a psychoanalyst and child therapist. She is a Personal and Supervising Analyst at PINC and is faculty at PINC and SFCP. She teaches extensively on child and adolescent issues, infantile states, Winnicott, and Searles, as well as courses on film and film criticism. She runs 2nd Fridays, a monthly salon for PINC that combines arts, culture, and psychoanalysis. In her Oakland office, she provides consultation and works with adults, couples, adolescents, and children.

Michael J. Diamond, Ph.D., FIPA, is a Supervising and Training Analyst at the Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies (LAISPS). He has published widely and authored several books, including Ruptures in the American Psyche: Containing Destructive Populism in Perilous Times and Masculinity and Its Discontents: The Male Psyche and the Inherent Tensions of Maturing Manhood . He is in private practice in West Los Angeles.

Eric Essman, M.A., co-chairs the Visiting Scholar Committee at the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California. He is a frequent contributor of book and film reviews to fort da.

Era A. Loewenstein, Ph.D., is an adult, adolescent, and child psychologist and psychoanalyst. She is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis (SFCP), where she also serves on the faculty. Era presents locally, nationally, and internationally on various topics, including the challenges of working psychoanalytically with patients who are trapped in perverse pathological organizations. Since the 2016 election of Donald Trump, Era has been exploring fascistic states of mind. Among her recent publications are: “Dystopian Narratives: Encounters with the Perverse Sadomasochistic Universe” (Psychoanalytic Inquiry, ) and “The Agitator and His Propaganda Machine: Donald Trump and the Road to American Fascism” (fort da, ). Era is the Editor of the Psychoanalytic Inquiry issue entitled “Perspectives on Populist and Fascistic States of Min