Distinguished judges evaluated submissions from an exceptional pool of global applicants and four recipients’ work merited the prestigious award. Please join us in congratulating The Sigourney Award-2024 recipients (in alphabetical order): Merav Roth, PhD (Tel Aviv, Israel); Björn Salomonsson, MD (Stockholm, Sweden); Dominique Scarfone, MD (Montreal, Canada), and The Ububele Educational and Psychotherapy Trust (Johannesburg, South Africa).

Professor Roth’s unprecedented interdisciplinary work on psychoanalysis and literature, and treatment of individual and collective trauma exercised original psychoanalytic thought and advanced “psychoanalysis for the people.”

Dr. Björn Salomonsson’s leading-edge work paved the path for applying psychoanalytic principles to infant and perinatal mental health and infant-parent relationships and introducing those techniques to community health care professionals.

Professor Dominique Scarfone’s influential work introduced French psychoanalyst Jean Laplanche to a wide audience, bridging the French, British and North American psychoanalytic cultures, and produced essential theoretical contributions in unconscious communication, temporality, and translation.

The Ububele Trust’s unique work expands accessibility and efficacy of psychoanalytic treatment in South Africa, addressing the country’s traumatic past and current uncertainties and challenges to personal relationships and mental health related to poverty, unemployment, poor infrastructure, and other crises.

We’ll soon introduce our Sigourney Award-2024 recipients, and are always pleased to see previous recipients spotlighted, such as Mark Solms (2011) who recently sat down with The Collector to discuss his revised translation of Sigmund Freud’s complete psychological works (The Revised Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud) and more.

We are saddened to learn that Psychoanalyst Roosevelt Cassorla has passed away at the age of 79 on September 23, 2024. Dr. Cassorla’s groundbreaking work was recognized with The Sigourney Award-2017, for delving deep into the technical components of the analytical process with patients who are difficult to reach and have deficits in their symbolization capacity. 

The Erikson Institute for Research, Education, and Advocacy of the Austen Riggs Center, a Sigourney Award-2021 recipient, hosts the Friday Night Guest Lecture series (6:30-8:00 p.m. EDT via Zoom). 

This Psychiatric Times Q&A with Rosine Perelberg, PhD (Sigourney Award-2023) discusses the intersection between psychoanalytic thought and social anthropology and the future of psychoanalysis.

On June 12th, you have an opportunity to hear The Sigourney Award-2023 recipient, Professor Daniel Pick, discuss The Fear of Hidden Influence: Psychoanalysis, Culture and Political Life through an event with The British Psychoanalytical Society (BPS). Pick draws from material in his book, Brainwashed: A New History of Thought Control. Click below for registration information.

Alessandra Lemma, recipient of The Sigourney Award-2022, has published an Open Access paper which "looks at the effects of online pornography." She has been involved with the UK government’s Independent Pornography Review and you can review this important work now. 

On June 14th, 2022 Sigourney Award recipient Jack Drescher, MD, will moderate the IPS Journal Club, a project of the IPA Communications Committee.

Patricia Gherovici, PhD and recipient of The Sigourney Award-2020 for her for her clinical and scholarly work with Latinx and gender variant communities, joins a panel discussion during the 31st Symposium at The Museum at FIT in New York City.

We're happy to share the news Professor Daniel Pick, a Sigourney Award-2023 recipient, has received recently surrounding his well-received book: Brainwashed: A New History of Thought Control.  You can hear his engaging discussion on a UK-based podcast, or read a review. 

Applications and nominations for The Sigourney Award-2024 are open March 1 – July 31, and work from any geographic location accomplished between 2014-2023 is eligible for consideration.

Mary Sigourney established The Sigourney Award Trust in 1989 to recognize and reward outstanding psychoanalytic achievements that benefit humankind around the world. Today Analyst Co-trustee Robin A. Deutsch, PhD, introduces Michael J. Harrington, JD, as the Trust’s new Attorney Co-trustee for The Sigourney Award Trust. The accomplished legal and financial specialist and San Francisco resident succeeds Barbara C. Sherland, JD, the Trust’s Attorney Co-trustee for the past 14 years.

The Sigourney Award-2023 recipient, Dr. Virginia Ungar, shared her winning work with children and adolescents on Arash’s World Podscast. 

Dr. Jack Drescher’s work and four fellow 2022 recipients featured in Tap Magazine.

History and psychoanalysis meld together in the work of The Sigourney Award-2023 recipient, Daniel Pick. 

Sigourney Award recipient (2011) and renowned South African psychoanalyst Mark Solms recently spoke with RobinsonErhardt as a guest on “Robison’s Podcast.”

We proudly hosted a private gathering of luminaries in the psychoanalysis world during the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA) 53rd Congress.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the American Psychiatric Association’s removal of homosexuality from its Diagnostic Manual. Sigourney Award-2022 recipient Dr. Jack Drescher is a member of the LGBTQ Committee of the Group for Advancement of Psychiatry and recognized for his work in the field of gender and sexuality identity.

The Sigourney Award often inspires media interest for winners, and most recently, Dr. Jack Drescher shared his reflections on the work that earned him The Sigourney Award-2022.

The Psychiatric Times asked Dr. Giuseppe Civitarese to reflect on his contributions to psychoanalysis and his journey to receiving The Sigourney Award-2022 for his work.

Our recipients receive media attention from around the globe, and this week, we’re pleased to share a podcast spotlighting Dr. Jack Drescher, a Sigourney Award-2022 winner.