Erikson Institute for Education, Research, and Advocacy of the Austen Riggs Center Wins The Sigourney Award-2021

Erikson Institute for Education, Research, and Advocacy of the Austen Riggs Center Wins The Sigourney Award-2021

The nonprofit Erikson Institute’s commitment to, and investment in providing public and professional education about psychoanalysis as a clinical discipline and an applied theory for understanding human experience earns The Sigourney Award-2021.

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In the News: Harvard Recognizes Dr. Anton Kris, 2020 Winner

In the News: Harvard Recognizes Dr. Anton Kris, 2020 Winner

We are deeply saddened by the loss of Dr. Anton Kris (1934 - 2021).
Alumni publications are important in our community and the Harvard Medical School News picked up Dr. Anton Kris’ announcement after his work won The Sigourney Award-2020.

He is a Harvard Medical School professor of psychiatry, part-time, a psychoanalyst, a training and supervising analyst at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, and a past executive director of the Sigmund Freud Archives.

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In the News: The South African Psychoanalytical Association (SAPA), 2020 winner

In the News:  The South African Psychoanalytical Association (SAPA), 2020 winner

Elda Storck, president of SAPA, shares the impact of the non-profit’s work which earned The Sigourney Award-2020 in the Psychiatric Times. SAPA successfully established the first psychoanalytic society accredited by the International Psychoanalytical Association on the African continent and helped deconstruct racist barriers within psychoanalysis and psychoanalytical training.

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Press Release for The Sigourney Award 2020

Press Release for The Sigourney Award 2020

The Sigourney Award-2020 honors four recipients with distinguished independent prize for advancing psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic thought. Judges select psychoanalytic work with Impact from Mexico, South Africa and the United States.

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Patricia Gherovici, PhD, Wins Sigourney Award 2020

Patricia Gherovici, PhD, Wins Sigourney Award 2020

Psychoanalyst Patricia Gherovici’s work with Latinx and nonconforming gender people earns The Sigourney Award-2020 prize for psychoanalytic achievement. Dr. Gherovici’s work in the US earns the independent prize recognizing contributions to advancing psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic thought alongside work from Mexico and South Africa.

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Helí Rafael Morales Ascencio, Ph.D, Wins The Sigourney Award 2020

Helí Rafael Morales Ascencio, Ph.D, Wins The Sigourney Award 2020

Mexico City psychoanalyst Helí Rafael Morales Ascencio wins the Sigourney award-2020 prize for psychoanalytic achievement. Dr. Morales’ pioneering work provides treatment for those who have previously had little or no access to psychoanalytic care in Mexico and is recognized alongside award-winning work from South Africa and the United States.

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South African Psychoanalytical Association (SAPA), Wins The Sigourney Award 2020

South African Psychoanalytical Association (SAPA), Wins The Sigourney Award 2020

South African Psychoanalytical Association wins The Sigourney Award-2020 for work enhancing access to psychoanalysis across all economic and demographic boundaries in South Africa. SAPA’s work dramatically increased the reach of psychoanalytic thought and psychoanalysis for people with histories of apartheid, racism, and trauma in South Africa, and earns prestigious prize along with award-winning work from Mexico and the United States.

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