Presentations, Classes Taught, and Publications
January 2025
"The Poet’s Voice in the Making of Mind: Russell Meares on Borderline Experience and Therapeutic Conversation."​ Eight-week class offered through the NW Alliance for Psychoanalytic Study.
October 2024
“A known enemy”: Kurt Cobain’s non-functional lullabies for the unwelcome child.” Presentation at the International Federation for Psychoanalytic Education annual conference.
April 2024
“What if we reframed white fragility as white volatility? Thoughts on working through trauma towards reparative accountability.” Presentation at the Northwest Alliance for Psychoanalytic Study annual Forum conference.
November 2022
“Clinical practice during the long haul: Facing pandemic realities, learning together as we go.” Presentation sponsored by the Northwest Alliance for Psychoanalytic Study.
January-March 2022
“Potholes on the Royal Road: Rupture, Enactment and Repair in Psychoanalytically-oriented Therapy.” Ten-week class offered through the NW Alliance for Psychoanalytic Study.
April 2021
“Whose burden? Notes on historical trauma and personal memory.” Presentation to the Northwest Alliance for Psychoanalytic Study annual conference.
October 2018
“Treating whiteness: Thoughts on race, fragility, and enactment in clinical practice.” Presentation to the International Form for Psychoanaltytic Education annual conference.
September 2018
“Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and the psychology of buried trauma: How a high-profile testimony of sexual assault can unlock secrets we have kept from ourselves,” crosscut.com.
Spring 2016
“Rupture and Repair in the Therapeutic Relationship.” Eight-week class offered through the Northwest Alliance for Psychoanalytic Study.
April 2016
“Home is Where We Start From: Childhood Paths / Memoir as a Therapeutic Practice.” Joint presentation with Joan Fiset to the Northwest Alliance for Psychoanalytic Study annual conference.
December 2015
Grits, Green Beans and the Holy Ghost: Memoirs of a Girl Monk. Seattle: Rose Hip Press.
April 2015
“Too many to eat: Dissociation and growth in the poetry of Anne Sexton.” Presentation to the Northwest Alliance for Psychoanalytic Study annual conference.
Spring 2012
“Orienting, Holding and Containing: An Orientation to Psychoanalytic Study.” Six-week course offered through the Northwest Alliance for Psychoanalytic Study.
April 2011
“Troubles with boundaries: Notes on trauma and the sense of self.” Presentation to the Northwest Alliance for Psychoanalytic Study annual conference.
April 2010
“Notes on doubting well (and not so well): Doubt as a key theme in therapy with abuse survivors.” Presentation to the Northwest Alliance for Psychoanalytic Study annual conference.
2010
“The Ego, the Id, and Sookie Stackhouse: True Blood’s Freudian analysis of intimacy.” in Wilson (ed.), A Taste of True Blood. BenBella Books.
October 2009
“A small bundle of shivers: Imagery of the true self in Great Expectations.” Presentation to the International Federation for Psychoanalytic Education annual conference.
2008
“Darn your sinister attraction!: Narcissism in Buffy’s relationship with Spike.” in Davidson (ed.), The Psychology of Joss Whedon. BenBella Books.
