Contributors

BLACK, AARON E., PhD, received his doctorate from the University of Rochester and is a graduate of the Center for Group Studies training program in New York City. Dr. Black is a clinical member of the American Group Psychotherapy Association and serves on the board of the Group Foundation. In addition, he serves on the boards of the Rochester Area Group Psychotherapy Society and the Group Division of the New York State Psychological Association, where he is also past-president. He has taught, lectured and published papers on psychological trauma, motivation theory, attachment theory, and modern group psychoanalysis. Dr. Black maintains a private practice for individual, couples, and group treatment in Rochester, New York.

HOLMES, LUCY, PhD, LP, is a psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City. A former president of The Society of Modern Psychoanalysts, she is a training analyst and faculty member at the Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies, the New York Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, and The Center for Group Studies. Dr. Holmes lectures throughout the country and is the author of numerous articles on female development and group psychotherapy. Her first book The Internal Triangle, came out in 2008, and her second book Wrestling with Destiny: The Promise of Psychoanalysis was published in 2013.

HURST, WILLIAM, PhD, LP, is a graduate of the Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies where he now serves on the faculty and as a supervisor. He also is a faculty member and