A Conversation with Antonino Ferro

Antonino Ferro, MD, is President of the Italian Psychoanalytic Society and Consultant Associate Editor for the International Journal of Psychoanalysis. He is a training and supervising analyst for the Italian Psychoanalytic Society, the American Psychoanalytic Association, and the International Psychoanalytical Association. Dr. Ferro has been a visiting professor of psychoanalysis in various institutions in Europe, North America, South America, and Australia. In 2007, he received the Mary S. Sigourney Award. He has published books translated into many languages, most recently Mind Works, Avoiding Emotions, Living Emotions, Supervision in Psychoanalysis: The Sao Paulo Seminars published by Routledge. Jill Choder-Goldman, LCSW, is the Interview Editor for Psychoanalytic Perspectives and a licensed psychoanalyst and psychotherapist. She received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from New York University and her postgraduate psychoanalytic and supervisory training from the National Institute for the Psychotherapies Training Institute. She is also just completed her two year advanced program in group therapy from EGPS. She has a private practice in New York City, where she treats individuals, couples, and groups, and currently is a clinical supervisor and advisor for NIPTI. She also devotes a part of her practice to those in the arts, having had a successful career as a performer for 30 years.
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