Notes on Contributors

William Ansorge, PhD, is Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Co-Director of Psychology at New York City Children's Center. He has a private practice in New York City.

Paul C. Cooper, MS, LP, NCPysA, is a member, training analyst, clinical supervisor and on the faculty at the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis and at the Institute for Expressive Analysis. He serves on the Board of Directors and is the Chair of the Spirituality and the Psyche Committee for the International Federation of Psychoanalytic Education. He also serves on the Board of Directors and is a faculty member for the Association for Spirituality and Psychoanalysis. He serves on the Editorial Board for The Psychoanalytic Review. He edited Into the Mountain Stream: Psychotherapy and Buddhist Experience , and he maintains a private practice in Manhattan and in Westchester, New York.

Laura D'Angelo, MDiv, LP, is a candidate at National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis. A graduate of the psychiatry and religion program at Union Theological Seminary, Ms. D'Angelo preaches at Unitarian Universalist congregations in New York. She is a widely published journalist with credits in national magazines, newspapers, and academic journals. She is in full-time private practice in downtown Manhattan.

Marion Feldman, PhD, is maître de conférences in Psychology at Paris Descartes University and a clinical psychologist. She is also a researcher at PPCP EA 4056 and Inserm U669, Paris, France.

Lee Jenkins, PhD, is a professor emeritus of English at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, and is a faculty member, training analyst, and supervisor at NPAP, Blanton-Peale Graduate Institute, and the Harlem Family Institute. He has written on the intersection of literature, psychology, and race relations, most notably “African American Identity and Its Social Context,” “Black-Jewish Relations: A Social and Mythic Alliance,” and