Notes on Contributors

Gary Ahlskog, PhD, is a psychologist, psychoanalyst, certified practitioner in neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), and master hypnotist practicing in New York City and Jamesport, New York. He is a former president of the Training Institute of the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis (NPAP) and the former director of the doctoral program in pastoral counseling at Hebrew Union College—Jewish Institute of Religion.

Janet Lee Bachant, PhD, is a psychologist, psychoanalyst, author, and educator who has been teaching and supervising in New York City for over 30 years. After September 11, 2001, she led a coalition of over 350 mental health workers who donated their services to disaster responders and their families. Dr. Bachant has taught psychoanalysis at various psychoanalytic institutes in the New York area and in China. She is the author of numerous journal articles and coauthor (with Elliot Adler) of Working in Depth: Framework and Flexibility in the Analytic Relationship.

Riccardo Galiani is a psychoanalyst and a member of the Italian Psychoanalytic Society and of the International Psychoanalytical Association. He is a professor of Dynamic Psychology and Psychopathology of Relations in the Department of Psychology, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Caserta, Italy.

Arthur A. Lynch, PhD, is a social worker and psychoanalyst. He is the President of the American Institute for Psychoanalysis (AIP), a member of the senior faculty, and Training and Supervising Analyst. He is founder of the AIP/China Program, a remote learning model program for psychotherapy and psychoanalytic training. Lynch practices and teaches in New York City and China.

Daniel Moreno-Flórez is a graduate student at the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis. His work focuses on the treatment of addictions in outpatient therapy services. He is currently researching the phenomenological aspects of addiction in group therapy settings.

Stefania Napolitano, PhD, a Lacanian psychotherapis