Honors for Distinguished Colleagues

Awards were presented at the 94th Annual Meeting of members in Seattle for distinguished contributions to psychoanalysis.

Brenda Solomon presented the National Psychoanalytic Woman Scholar Award to Nancy Kulish for her outstanding career as psychoanalytic clinician, author, and educator, and especially for her many contributions to the psychoanalytic understanding of the psychological development of women. She has inspired women, through her mentorship and scholarship, both to become psychoanalysts and to take early leadership positions. Under the auspices of this scholar award, she will be visiting the St. Louis and the Montreal psychoanalytic institutes.

The Committee on Scientific Activities, through its Subcommittee on Science Paper Prizes, awarded the second Science Paper Prize to Sidney Blatt and Golan Shahar of New Haven for their paper, “Psychoanalysis—with whom, for what, and how? Comparisons with psychotherapy,” published in The Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (JAPA), 52: 393-447.

After reviewing all of the major psychoanalytic literature for the year, the committee selected the paper both as representing a major body of research that has extended over Blatt's career and as describing an important research project that demonstrates how psychodynamic constructs can assist in identifying patients who have different responses to different psychotherapeutic modalities.

The JAPA paper prize was awarded to Leon Wurmser for his paper, “Psychological Reflections on 9/11.” It was the first time an article-length book review won the prize.

Arthur Leonoff a past president of the Canadian Psychoanalytic Association, was made an honorary member of APsaA. He noted, “There has always been a strong tradition of personal relationships between members of the Canadian and members of the American Psychoanalytic Association. These personal bonds and friendships have translated into close intellectual and professional ties over the years.”