Therese Ragen

Education

• Postdoctoral Certificate in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, 2000-New York University, New York, New York.
• Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, 1983-Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York.
• M. A. in Counseling Psychology, 1977-Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois.
• B.A. in Psychology, 1971-University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.
• St. Mary’s College, 1967-1969-Notre Dame, Indiana.

Clinical Experience

• Private practice-New York, New York, 1997-present.
• Psychologist-The Psychotherapy and Spirituality Institute-New York, New York, 2006-present.
• Private practice-Evanston, Illinois, 1986-1999.
• Staff psychologist-St. Raymond Psychological Services, Mt. Prospect, Illinois, 1983-1986.

Teaching Positions

• Clinical professor of psychology-New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, 2003-present.
• Adjunct professor-St. John’s University Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, Jamaica, New York, 1998-1999.
• Adjunct professor-Union Theological Seminary-New York, New York, 1998.
• Adjunct assistant professor of social sciences-New York University Continuing Education Program, 1998-2000.
• Adjunct professor-Illinois School of Professional Psychology, Chicago, Illinois, 1995 & 1996.

Publications

• (2008). The Consulting Room and Beyond: Psychoanalytic Work and Its Reverberations in the Analyst’s Life. New York and London: The Analytic Press/Routledge.

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• (2006). Longing. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 43, 4, pp. 554-583.
• (2006). Sandor Ferenczi and the Case of Matt. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 44, 4, pp. 604-621.
• (2004). How far to the moon? Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 40,3, pp. 373-385.]
• (2003). A Psychoanalyst’s Journal: September 11. In Northwest Review, winter, pp.114-131.
• (2002). Legacy. In: The Texas Review, winter, pp. 44-57.
• (2001). The patient’s need to love. In: Dimensions of Empathic Therapy, ed. P. Breggin, G. Breggin, & F. Bemak. New York: Springer Publishing Company, pp. 56-64.
• (2001). The Mass. In: Palo Alto Review, fall, pp.55-58.
• (1993). Mutual supervision, countertransference, and self analysis (with A. Harris). In J. W. Barron (Ed.), Self-analysis: Critical Inquiries, Personal Vision (pp. 195-2l8). Hillsdale, New Jersey: The Analytic Press.
• (1993). Abandoned workings: Ferenczi’s mutual analysis (with L. Aron). In L. Aron & A. Harris (Eds.), The Legacy of Sandor Ferenczi (pp.217-226). Hillsdale, New Jersey: The Analytic Press.

Papers Delivered

• (2006). Exploring Psychoanalytic Writing. Annual Meeting of the Division of Psychoanalysis, Toronto, CA, April, 19, 2007.
• (2006). The Use of the Genre of Creative Non-fiction in Clinical Writing. Paper presented at the Northwest Center for Psychoanalysis, Seattle, Washington.
• (1998). Body, energy, and the dialectic of body/mind subjectivities. Wilhem Reich and relational psychoanalysis. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Division of Psychoanalysis, American Psychological Association, Boston, Massachusetts.
• (1997). Patients: Artists in living. Otto Rank and relational psychoanalysis. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois.
• (1994). Subjectivities in psychoanalytic and supervisory dialogues (with A. Harris). A conference presented by Section V, Division of Psychoanalysis, American Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois.
• (1993). Discussion of Blechner, M. Character, technique, enactment, and understanding: Further thoughts on working in the countertransference (with A. Harris). Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Division of Psychoanalysis, American Psychological Association, New York, New York.
• (1992). The shock of the real (with A. Harris). Paper presented at the 6th biennial conference of the New York University Psychoanalytic Society, The meeting of the minds: on the nature of contact in psychoanalysis, New York, New York.