Immersion in the Mother: Lacanian Perspectives on Borderline States

Postdoctoral fellow in clinical child psychology at Children's Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, where he works as a clinician in an intensive outpatient program for suicidal adolescents. Dr. Waitz completed his predoctoral internship at UT Health San Antonio, with major rotations in child and adolescent psychiatric hospitals. He received his PsyD from Azusa Pacific University after completing his dissertation on the intersection of Lacanian psychoanalysis and Eastern Orthodox practice. In addition to his APA Division 39 membership, Dr. Waitz has continuously pursued engagement in analytic work through his university's specialty track in psychodynamic psychology, through seminars and reading groups, and through local analytic communities. His clinical work focuses primarily on children and adolescents with severe psychopathology in hospital settings.