The women included in this course were
practitioners of psychoanalysis and wrote extensively about their work. These
women have been selected because of the significance of their thought for
psychoanalytic practice. Some of them were ostracized by other psychoanalysts
and the importance of their thought may have been neglected, ignored, or
forgotten, and their work may have been derogated. We will articulate what is
different about the contributions of women to psychoanalytic theory. And we
will concentrate on women who were considered important: Karen Horney, Melanie
Klein, Anna Freud, Ana Maria Rizzuto and others. The goal of this series is to
bring out the indisputable contributions of these four women to psychoanalysis
and the practice of psychotherapy.
Instructor: Oliva M. Espín, Ph.D. is Professor Emerita in the Department of Women’s Studies
at San Diego State University and the California School of Professional
Psychology of Alliant International University. A native of Cuba, she received her BA in Psychology from the University of
Costa Rica and her PhD from the University of Florida, specializing in
counseling and therapy with women from different cultures and in Latin American
Studies. She has done post-doctoral work at Harvard University with a
fellowship from the National Institute of Mental Health.
Course dates are: Tuesdays, July 9, 16, 23, 30, August 6, 13
This course is offered by the National Resource Center (NRC) for Osher Institutes. After registration is complete, the NRC will facilitate the rest, including hosting each course on Zoom, sending emails to participants with registration details, Zoom links, etc. Registered participants are encouraged to attend the online "Osher Online Member Orientation" on June 27 at 2:00 p.m.