Susan C. Vaughan is an American author,

psychiatrist A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry. Psychiatrists are physicians who evaluate patients to determine whether their symptoms are the result of a physical illness, a combination of physical and mental ailments or strictly ...

and

psychoanalyst PsychoanalysisFrom Greek: and is a set of theories and techniques of research to discover unconscious processes and their influence on conscious thought, emotion and behaviour. Based on dream interpretation, psychoanalysis is also a talk th ...

. She serves as the director of the

Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research The Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research was founded in 1945. It is part of the Department of Psychiatry of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Training It offers training in adult and ch ...

(2017-),

Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons The Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (officially known as Columbia University Roy and Diana Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons) is the medical school of Columbia University, located at the Columbia University Irvin ...

, Columbia University. Vaughan has written widely on gender, sexuality and the neuroscience behind psychotherapy. She is the author of three books: ''The Talking Cure: The Science Behind Psychotherapy'', ''Half Empty, Half Full: Understanding the Psychological Roots of Optimism'', and ''Viagra: A Guide to the Phenomenal Potency Promoting Drug''.

Education

Vaughan graduated from

Harvard College Harvard College is the undergraduate education, undergraduate college of Harvard University, a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Part of the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Scienc ...

and

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons The Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (officially known as Columbia University Roy and Diana Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons) is the medical school of Columbia University, located at the Columbia University Irvin ...

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

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