Fred Busch, PhD, Training and Supervising Analyst at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. Dr. Busch has published over 70 articles in the psychoanalytic literature, and four books, primarily on the method and theory of treatment. His work has been translated into ten languages, and he has been invited to present over 160 papers and clinical workshops nationally and internationally. His third book, Creating a Psychoanalytic Mind: A Method and Theory of Psychoanalysis, was a finalist for the Gradiva prize. His last book was published by Routledge in March, 2019, The Analyst's Reveries: Explorations in Bion's Enigmatic Concept. He has edited a new book, Dear Candidate: Analysts from around the world write personal letters to candidates, which will be published. in Winter 2020. He has been on numerous editorial boards.
Jeffrey L. Eaton, MA, is a graduate and faculty member of the Northwestern Psychoanalytic Society and Institute and a member of the IPA. He received the Frances Tustin Memorial Lecture Prize in 2006 and has been the Beta Rank Memorial Lecturer at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society, the Margaret Jarvie Memorial Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, and a presenter at The Tavistock, London. He has also been a frequent guest speaker at the International Frances Tustin Trust meetings as well as at International Bion meetings. In 2017 he was the International Guest Lecturer of the Australian Psychoanalytic Society in Melbourne. He was for over a decade Senior Consulting Child Psychotherapist for the Gunawirra Foundation in Sydney, Australia. He was also a founder of The Alliance Community Psychotherapy Clinic, a project of The Northwest Alliance for Psychoanalytic Study. He is the author of A Fruitful Harvest: Essays after Bion, and several chapters in edited collections. Information about his writing and practice can be found at jleaton.com. He provides consultation to psychotherapists and psychoanalysts around the world.
Judy K. Eekhoff, PhD FIPA, is an IPA certified training and supervising psychoanalyst and a licensed child psychologist who has a private practice in Seattle, Washington, USA. She is a full faculty member of Northwestern Psychoanalytic Society & Institute, of Seattle
Psychoanalytic Society and Institute and of COR Northwest Family Development Center. She is the author of numerous articles and book chapters and of the book: Trauma & Primitive Mental States, An Object Relations Perspective. Her second book, Between the Real & The Imaginary is nearing completion. Dr. Eekhoff believes unrepresented and poorly represented states are amenable to psychoanalysis.
Henry Friedman, MD, Psychiatry Specialist in Cambridge, MA and has over 58 years of experience in the medical field. He graduated from Johns Hopkins U. School of Medicine medical school in 1962. He is Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, part-time, on the Editorial Boards of Psychoanalytic Quarterly, American Journal of Psychoanalysis, and the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, with main interests in the therapeutic action of psychoanalysis and analytic psychotherapy. Friedman is also Chair of the “Meet the Author” events at the Biannual Meetings of the American Psychoanalytic Association.
Jane S. Hall, LCSW, FIPA, past President of the Contemporary Freudian Society, is a member of the International Psychoanalytic Association, and elected North American representative to the IPA Board . She is also a member of the American Psychoanalytic Association, and the AAPCSW. A Training and Supervising Analyst who teaches, lectures, and consults nationally and internationally on how to deepen psychoanalytic work, Hall is the author of: Roadblocks on the Journey of Psychotherapy and Deepening the Treatment as well as journal articles. She is on the faculty of the Contemporary Freudian Society, the New York School for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, and the Metropolitan Institute, and was a founder of the New York School for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, and the first Director of the Contemporary Freudian Society Psychotherapy Program. She is on the editorial boards of , The American Psychoanalyst (TAP), International Journal of Controversial Discussions and was a past editor of psychoanalysis today. A graduate of the Hunter College School of Social Work, the Institute for the Study of Psychotherapy, and the Contemporary Freudian Society. Hall is in private practice in New York City. Her website is: janehallpsychotherapy.com
David Jachim, PhD, FIPA, is a certified psychoanalyst in private practice located in Seattle, His experience includes clinical work in community mental health centers, university counseling centers, and consultation to businesses. He is past president of the Northwestern Psychoanalytic Society and Institute (NPSI), and currently serves as a board member of NPSI. He is a fellow of the International Psychoanalytical Association.
Dr. Jachim is the author of Analyze This!, a recurring column featured in the newsletter Selected Facts that is published by NPSI. Dr. Jachim's interests include psychoanalytic theory, psychoanalytic training, and the application of psychoanalytic thought on media and popular culture.
Gunther Perdigao is a Training and Supervising analyst New Orleans-Birmingham Psychoanalytic Institute. Board Certified in Adult and Child Psychiatry, Certified in Adult and Child Psychoanalysis, Associate Secretary IPA 1993-97, Secretary General IPA 2009-13, a Member of IPA Board 2017-present, and a Member IPA Executive Committee 2019-present.