Hyman Spotnitz: The Importance of His Work*

Psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City. He trained with Theodor Reik, becoming a senior member of the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis. Later he trained with Hyman Spotnitz and is on the senior faculty of the Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies and is on the board of consultants of this journal. He has been affiliated with the Psychoanalytic Review for more than 50 years, served as its managing editor for eight years, and is now on its board of consultants. His publications include Roles and Paradigms in Psychotherapy (coauthor), Psychoanalysis in America: Historical Perspectives, Psychoanalysis and Old Vienna, and A Rorschach Reader as well as many published articles.