Notes on Contributors

Vineet Gairola is a PhD candidate in Psychology at the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, where his research interests focus on cultural psychology, the link between Jung and India, body and spirituality, psychoanalysis, psychological perspectives from India, and the correspondence among spirituality, psychopathology, and analytical psychology. He is the winner of the Excellence in Research Award by IIT Hyderabad, the Stephen Mitchell Award given by the American Psychological Association (APA) (Division 39), the Psychoanalytic Research Exceptional Contribution Award by the International Psychoanalytical Association, and the Student Research Award from APA (Division 36).

Marcelo Gomes, DMin, is a practicing analyst and supervisor with 19 years of clinical experience. He is a licensed psychoanalyst in the state of Vermont, a nationally certified psychoanalyst in the United States, and a registered psychoanalytic psychotherapist in the United Kingdom. He holds a Doctor of Ministry degree from Boston University and is currently a PhD candidate in Psychotherapy Science at Sigmund Freud University in Vienna, Austria. Gomes is a member of the Florida Psychoanalytic Center, the American Psychological Association, the Vermont Association for Psychoanalytic Studies, and the British Association for Counseling and Psychotherapy. He is also a research associate with the American Psychoanalytic Association.

Ryan LaMothe, PhD, is professor of pastoral care and counseling at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology in Indiana. He has written extensively in the areas of psychoanalysis, psychology of religion, and political theology.

Merle Molofsky, MFA, NCPsyA, is a psychoanalyst in private practice. She is a member of the Editorial Board of The Psychoanalytic Review, of the Editorial Board of The International Journal of Controversial Discussions, of the Advisory Council of the Harlem Family Institute, and of NPAP. Her play, Kool-Aid, was produced at Lincoln Center. Her p