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Susan C. Vaughan is an American author, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. She serves as the Director of the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (2017-),[1] Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University.

Vaughan has written widely on gender, sexuality and the neuroscience behind psychotherapy.[2] She is the author of three books: The Talking Cure: The Science Behind Psychotherapy,[3][4][5][6] Half Empty, Half Full: Understanding the Psychological Roots of Optimism,[7] and Viagra: A Guide to the Phenomenal Potency Promoting Drug.[8]

Education

Vaughan graduated from Harvard College and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.,[9][10]

Selected publications

  • Half Empty, Half Full Understanding the Psychological Roots of Optimism, Harcourt, New York, NY, 2000
  • The Talking Cure The Science Behind Psychotherapy, Grosset/Putnam, 1998
  • Psychoanalysis and Homosexuality: Do we need a new theory. J of Am Psychoanal. 2001;49: 1157–1186
  • Scrambled Eggs. Psychological meanings of new reproductive choices for lesbians. J Infant Child Adolescent Psychotherapy 2007;6: 141-155
  • The Dignity of One's Experience: Finding dignity in the lives of LGBTQ people. Chapter in Dignity, S. Akhtar, ed., Routledge, 2015

References

  1. ^ "Susan C. Vaughan, MD". Columbia University Department of Psychiatry. 9 February 2017.
  2. ^ Condor, Bob. "Psychology of rebound is so simple". Chicago Tribune.
  3. ^ Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher (31 July 1997). "Sure, It's All in Your Head, but at Least Science Knows Why". The New York Times.
  4. ^ "Author makes convincing case for science behind therapy". Deseret News. 14 September 1997.
  5. ^ Restak, Richard (22 June 1997). "Rewiring". The New York Times.
  6. ^ "The Talking Cure". Publishers Weekly.
  7. ^ "Half Empty, Half Full: Understanding the Psychological Roots of Optimism". Publishers Weekly.
  8. ^ Kuczynski, Alex (17 May 1998). "Curious Women Are Seeing if Viagra Works Wonders for Them". The New York Times.
  9. ^ "Susan C. Vaughan, MD". Columbia University Department of Psychiatry. 22 January 2019.
  10. ^ Levine, Susan S. (14 December 2015). Dignity Matters: Psychoanalytic and Psychosocial Perspectives. ISBN 9781781816288. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
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