RONI BAHT, PhD, Clinical psychologist and faculty member, Postgraduate Psycho<strong>the</strong>rapyProgram of Tel Aviv University where he teaches, supervises; andis a member of <strong>the</strong> advanced program in relational psycho<strong>the</strong>rapy. Consultantto <strong>the</strong> Israeli TV series Be’TiPul (In Treatment), Consultant to severalIsraeli television shows and to <strong>the</strong> film Waltz with Bashir. He is inprivate practice in Tel Aviv, Israel.\ROSEMARY BALSAM, MD, Training and Supervising Analyst at <strong>the</strong> WesternNew England <strong>Institute</strong> for Psychoanalysis, Associate ClinicalProfessor of Psychiatry at <strong>the</strong> Yale Medical School, staff, Yale StudentHealth Services. Publications include “The Vanished Pregnant Body inDevelopmental Theory,” JAPA, 51/4, “Women Showing Off: Notes onFemale Exhibitionism,” JAPA, 56/1. Co-editor, JAPA Review of Books.Dr. Balsam is in private practice in New Haven, CT.NIR BERGMAN, 1998 Graduate of Sam Spiegel Film School in Jerusalem. His graduationfilm, Sea Horses, was chosen <strong>the</strong> best short of <strong>the</strong> school. Screened atnumerous festivals it won ten international awards. Broken Wings (2002)his feature film debut won nine Israeli film academy awards as well as<strong>the</strong> Grand Prix at <strong>the</strong> Tokyo Film Festival and Audience's Choice at <strong>the</strong>Berlin Film Festival. Bergman, considered one of <strong>the</strong> leading directorsin Israel is co-creator, writer and director of <strong>the</strong> TV series (Be’Tipul), whichwas adapted for American audiences by HBO as In Treatment. His miniseries Walk <strong>the</strong>Dog, won three Israeli Academy Awards. Bergman is working on his second feature film,an adaptation of David Grossman’s The Book of Internal Grammar.MARTIN S. BERGMANN, PhD, Clinical Professor of Psychology PostdoctoralProgram; Training and Supervising Analyst, New York FreudianSociety, Member, International Psychoanalytic Association; he hasbeen teaching psychoanalysis since 1953. Honorary Member,American Psychoanalytic Association. Recipient of <strong>the</strong> SigourneyHonorary Award for Outstanding Contributions to Psychoanalysis(1997). Recipient, Distinguished Psychoanalytic Educator Awardby <strong>the</strong> International Federation for Psychoanalytic Education (1998), and has given<strong>the</strong> Freud Anniversary Lecture at <strong>the</strong> New York Psychoanalytic Society. Editor,The Evolution of Psychoanalytic Technique (1976); author, Generations of <strong>the</strong>Holocaust (1982); The Anatomy of Loving (1988); In <strong>the</strong> Shadow of Moloch (1992);and The Hartman Era in Psychoanalysis (2000). He has delivered <strong>the</strong> Freud Lecturein Frankfort, Germany, and <strong>the</strong> Karl Abraham Lecture in Berlin. For his 80th birthday,many prominent psychoanalysts contributed to a Festschrift entitled ASpectrum of Psychoanalysis (1994). Understanding Dissidence and Controversyin <strong>the</strong> History of Psychoanalysis (2004) is based on a symposium that took placeon his 90th birthday in 2003.MARK J. BLECHNER, PhD, Fellow, Training and Supervising Analyst at <strong>the</strong><strong>William</strong> <strong>Alanson</strong> <strong>White</strong> <strong>Institute</strong>; Faculty, New York University.Editor-in-Chief, Contemporary Psychoanalysis. Author of SexChanges: Transformations in Society and Psychoanalysis (2009)and The Dream Frontier (2001). He is in private practice in NewYork City.
KEN CORBETT, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor at <strong>the</strong> NYU PostdoctoralProgram in Psycho<strong>the</strong>rapy and Psychoanalysis. He is <strong>the</strong> author ofBoyhoods: Rethinking Masculinities. (2009).CAROLYN ELLMAN, PhD, Training and Supervising Analyst, <strong>Institute</strong> forPsychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR), New York FreudianSociety, Adjunct Clinical Professor and Supervising Analyst, NYU Postdoctoralprogram in Psycho<strong>the</strong>rapy and Psychoanalysis, Senior Editor ofThe Modern Freudians (1998) and Omnipotent Fantasies and <strong>the</strong> VulnerableSelf (1997). Dr Ellman is in private practice in New York City.HELEN FISHER, PhD, Member, Rutgers University Center for Human EvolutionaryStudies; Research Professor. Department of Anthropology; Author, TheSex Contract (1982); Anatomy of Love (1992), The First Sex (1999);Why We Love (2004); and Why Him? Why Her? (2009). Recipient,American Anthropological Association Distinguished Service Award.Dr. Fisher has published articles in both scientific and popular magazines.She has studied patterns of romantic love, divorce, and <strong>the</strong> biologicalcomponents of personality in multiple cultures, with large populations.PETER FONAGY, PhD, FBA, Freud Memorial Professor of Psychoanalysis, Headof <strong>the</strong> Research Department of Clinical, Educational and HealthPsychology, University College, London. Chief Executive, The AnnaFreud Centre, London. Clinical Psychologist and Training andSupervising Analyst of Child and Adult Analysis, British Psycho-Analytical Society. His clinical interests are in <strong>the</strong> area of borderlinepsychopathology, violence and early attachment relationships.AHRON FRIEDBERG, MD, Associate Director, Division of Psycho<strong>the</strong>rapy, AssistantClinical Professor, Mount Sinai Medical Center, National President of <strong>the</strong>American Society of Psychoanalytic Physicians, Codirector, InternationalPsychoanalytic Symposium, Editorial Board, International Psychoanalysis, Coauthor,Between Us: A Fa<strong>the</strong>r and Son Speak (2005), Love’s Way: A CentralPark Tale (2006). He has appeared on CNN and Fox 5 and been cited in <strong>the</strong>Wall Street Journal. Dr. Friedberg is in private practice in New York City.RICHARD C. FRIEDMAN, MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Weil/CornellMedical School, Lecturer in Psychiatry, Columbia University Collegeof Physicians and Surgeons, Faculty Member, Columbia PsychoanalyticCenter. Author, Male Homosexuality: A ContemporaryPsychoanalytic Perspective (1988). Coauthor, Sexual Orientationand Psychoanalysis: Sexual Science and Clinical Practice (2002),republished as Sexual Orientation and Psychodynamic Psycho<strong>the</strong>rapy(2008). Dr Friedman is in private practice in New York City.