Uniting Through Pain: Introduction to “Couples Therapy: a Painful Hour, a Pained History”

Melanie Suchet, PhD, is Clinical Associate Professor, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, and Faculty Member at the Stephen A. Mitchell Center for Relational Studies. She is an associate editor of Psychoanalytic Dialogues and a contributing editor of Studies in Gender and Sexuality. She is co-editor of Relational Psychoanalysis: Volume 3, dedicated to bringing to the fore newer ideas, especially political and social issues. She is also co-editor of the Routledge book series Psyche and Soul. Her interests lie in the analyst’s subjectivity, and specifically in the subject positions the analyst holds with respect to race, class, gender and sexuality. Her private practice is in Manhattan.
Address correspondence to Melanie Suchet, PhD, 124 W. 79th St., Suite 1C, New York, NY 10024. E-mail: