Discussion of papers by Siri Gullestad, Klaus Hoffmann, and Manya Steinkoler, on the lone terrorist

Frank M. Lachmann, PhD, is a teacher and supervisor as a member of the founding faculty of the Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity, New York, and a clinical assistant professor in the NYU postdoctoral program in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. He is author or co-author of more than 150 journal publications. He is a co-author with Joe Lichtenberg and Jim Fosshage of five books: Self and motivational systems (Analytic Press, 1992), The clinical exchange (Analytic Press, 1996), A spirit of inquiry: Communication in psychoanalysis (Analytic Press, 2002), Psychoanalysis and motivational systems: A new look (Routledge, 2010), and Enlivening the self (Routledge, 2015). With Beatrice Beebe, he wrote Infant research and adult treatment: Co-constructing interactions (Analytic Press, 2002) and The origins of attachment (Routledge, 2014). He is sole author of Transforming aggression: Psychotherapy with the difficult-to-treat patient (Aronson, 2000) and Transforming narcissism: Reflections on empathy, humor, and expectations (Analytic Press, 2008). He is a member of the council of the International Association of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, and an honorary member of the Vienna Circle for Self Psychology, the William Alanson White Society, and the American Psychoanalytic Association.
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