Finding One’s Center in a World of Prejudice – An Interview with Mark J. Blechner, Ph.D.

Training and Supervising Analyst at the William Alanson White Institute and Clinical Supervisor and Adjunct Professor, New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. He has published four books: The Mindbrain and Dreams: Explorations of Dreaming, Thinking, and Artistic Creation (2018), Sex Changes: Transformations in Society and Psychoanalysis (2009), The Dream Frontier (2001), and Hope and Mortality: Psychodynamic Approaches to AIDS and HIV (1997). Dr. Blechner was the founder and director of the HIV Clinical Service at the White Institute. He is editor emeritus of the journal Contemporary Psychoanalysis. He has established scholarships to fund the training of candidates of color and transgender candidates at the White Institute. He practices psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, and also leads private dream groups.