Racial Difference, Rupture, and Repair: A View from the Couch and Back

Carol Long, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand, and a practicing clinical psychologist. Her research interests focus on issues of diversity, difference and marginality from a psychoanalytic perspective. She is particularly interested in the intersection of identities, and through this lens has explored the intersections between such identities as race and gender, motherhood and HIV, masculinity and fatherhood. Her current research projects focus on the intersection of identities within the context of psychotherapy.
Correspondence should be addressed to Carol Long, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, WITS 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa. E-mail: Carol.Long@wits.ac.za

Hopolang Matee, M.A., is an Associate Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand, and a practicing clinical psychologist. At postgraduate level, she teaches on the M.A. Clinical Psychology and Honors programs. She is currently completing her Ph.D. through the psychoanalytic psychotherapy by publication program at Wits. Her Ph.D. explores Black absent fathers’ reconnection with their children. Her research interests focus on fatherhood and masculinity, and on the intersection of traditional practices and psychology through a psychoanalytic lens.

Olwethu Jwili, M.A., completed her training as a Clinical Psychologist at the University of the Witwatersrand and is currently in private practice. Her research interests focus on areas of race, gender, and identity relations as well as on social discourses shaping these issues. She has previously been involved in research on health care barriers affecting rural populations and on youth sexuality.

Zinhle Vilakazi, M.A., is a qualified Clinical Psychologist who is currently doing her community service in the Department of Correctional Services in South Africa. Her current research focus is on gender, identity and violence.