Contributors

Juan B. Faraoni III, PsyaD, LMHC, LPC is a clinical supervisor, fellow, professor, and director of the Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling program at The Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis (BGSP). In addition to his academic work, he holds private practices in Hartford, Connecticut and Brookline, Massachusetts. Dr. Faraoni has previously directed several clinical programs in human service organizations serving various communities such as those with physical and mental disabilities, addictions, dual-diagnosis, and the LGBTQ+ community.

Michal Ginach, LCSW, PsyaD, is a psychoanalyst in private practice in New York. She earned her BA from Tel Aviv University in 1980 majoring in philosophy and world literature and completed her master in social work in 1983 from Yeshiva university. She has completed her psychoanalytic training from The Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies (CMPS) in 1997 and completed her doctoral studies in the Institute for the Study of Violence, BGSP in 2005. She was on the faculty of BGSP from 2006 to 2010 and is currently on the faculty of CMPS. She has published on various topics from the study of the Israeli unconscious vis-a-vis the Palestinians, to Green's dead mother concept, to commentary on Edward Said and Jacqueline Rose.

Nilofer Kaul, PhD, is a training and supervising analyst with the Indian Psychoanalytical Society. She has written two books: Plato's Ghost (Karnac, ) and Fearful Symmetry (Zubaan, ). She is interested in Wilfred Bion, gender, primitive structures,

literature, myths, and questions pertaining to the language of psychoanalysis.

Michael Sendrow, MA, LP, is a graduate of CMPS, where he serves as Extension Division Director and is a member of the teaching faculty and Conference Committee. His essays have appeared in various online publications, and his paper, “Just below the surface: The creative expression of psychosomatic symptoms,” was published in Modern Psychoanalysis. Creativity—namely, writing an