Mythological Bridge between Intergenerational Transmission of Unmourned Loss and Addiction

Received her degree from the Universidad de Monterrey, and is a psychotherapist at Desarrollo Integral in Movimiento A.C., a residential rehabilitation center for substance abuse. In addition to the intergenerational transmission of trauma, her interests include art therapy and mythology, and she is engaged in research in new methods to educate families on how to deal with drug addiction.

Staff psychologist and psychoanalyst at the Austen Riggs Center and Training and Supervising Analyst at the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis and International Coordinator of the Psychoanalytic Track at the Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM); Co-chair of the Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Scoiety; and contributing editor of Psychoanalysis, Culture, and Society. She is actively engaged in mentoring, promoting community involvement, and socially relevant research. Research interests include creativity, psychosis, reflective function, and the intergenerational transmission of trauma. Marilyn is an artist, poet, and writer, having published over 100 articles and book chapters and five books, including Working With Trauma: Lessons From Bion and Lacan and Psychoanalysis and Literature; and five edited volumes, including: Introduction to Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Fragments of Trauma and the Social Production of Suffering (with Michael O'Loughlin), and The Importance of Play in Early Childhood Education (with Jill Bellinson).