From Pain and Pessimism to Joy and Optimism: Remarks on Richard’s Analysis

Aisha Abbasi, M.D., is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute and a recent Past President of MPI. She is the author of the book “The Rupture of Serenity: External Intrusions and Psychoanalytic Technique.” She was the Plenary Speaker at the Spring meetings of The American Psychoanalytic Association, in June 2016 and her Plenary “Surprising lessons from a long-distance psychoanalytic treatment” was published in 2019 in the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. She has contributed several book chapters and psychoanalytic articles on topics ranging from the impact of cultural and ethnic differences on the psychoanalytic process, to the topic of the interaction between the patient’s questions and the analyst’s wish for privacy or secrecy. Most of Dr Abbasi’s scholarly work is centered on the study of the day-to-day, minute-by-minute, clinical interactions going on in the analyst’s office, and how much there is to explore and learn from such interactions. She has been a member of the Editorial board of The Psychoanalytic Quarterly and an Associate Editor of the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. She is on the Board of Directors of The Psychoanalytic Quarterly.
CONTACT Aisha Abbasi, M.D. 5720 Bloomfield Glens Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322.