Member Bio
Suzanne Gassner, Ph.D.
OFFICE 10 Crecienta Lane
Sausalito, CA 94965
(415) 331-9980
1491 Hopkins Street
Berkeley, CA 94702
(510) 528-6042
AREAS OF SPECIALTY - Working with trauma, including strain trauma
- Control-Mastery Theory
- Conducting Clinical Research
EDUCATION
Licensed Psychologist # PSY4908
- Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, 1968
- Graduated from the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute, (SFPI)1988
- Appointed Training and Supervising Analyst at SFPI, 1993
PUBLICATIONS - Gassner, S., Sampson, H., Weiss, J. and Brumer, S. The emergence of warded-off contents. Psychoanalysis and Contemporary Thought, l982, 5, 55 - 75.
- Gassner, S. (Guest Editor) Dialogue, A Journal of Psychoanalytic Perspectives. Infancy: Research Advances and Clinical Implications. l983, 6.
- Gassner, S., Sampson, H., Brumer, S. and Weiss, J. The Emergence of Warded-off Contents. Chapter l2 in Weiss, J. and Sampson, H. and the Mount Zion Hospital Psychotherapy Research Group. The Psychoanalytic Process: Theory, Clinical Observation and Empirical Research. New York: Guilford Press, l986.
- Weiss, J., Gassner, S. and Bush, M. The Patient Studied. Chapter l0 in Weiss, J. and Sampson, H. and the Mount Zion Hospital Psychotherapy Research Group. The Psychoanalytic Process: Theory, Clinical Observation and Empirical Research. New York: Guilford Press, l986.
- Bush, M. and Gassner, S. The Immediate Effects of the Analyst's Intervention on the Patient's Resistance to Termination. Chapter 20 in Weiss, J. and Sampson, H. and the Mount Zion Hospital Psychotherapy Research Group. The Psychoanalytic Process: Theory, Clinical Observation and Empirical Research. New York: Guilford Press, l986.
- Gassner, S. and Bush, M. A Description and Clinical Research Application of the Control-Mastery Theory. Clinical Social Work Journal, l988, vol. l6, l23l - l242.
- Weatherford, Suzanne G. Unconscious Guilt as a Cause of Sexualized Relationships. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, l989, vol. 53, l08 - ll5.
- Weatherford, Suzanne G. Reply to "Commentary on a New View of Unconscious Guilt. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, l989, vol. 53, l43 - l48.
- Gassner, S. The Implications of "Control-Mastery Theory" for Supervision. In Ed. Lane, Robert C. Psychoanalytic Approaches to Supervision: Current Issues in Psychoanalytic Practice. Monograph of the Society for Psychoanalytic Training, Number 2. New York: Brunner Mazel Publishers, l990, l40 - l47.
- Settlage, C., Rosenthal, J., Spielman, P., Gassner, S., Afterman, J., Bemesderfer, S., and Kolodny, S. An Explanatory Study of Mother-Child Interaction during the Second Year of Life. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, l990, v.38, No. 3, 705- 733.
- Gassner, S. and Bush, M. Research on Unconscious Mental Functioning In Relationship to the Therapeutic Process. In Ed. Bornstein, M. and Masling J. Empirical Studies of the Therapeutic Hour. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, l998.
- Gassner, S. Elian Gonalez as the Moses of the Third Millennium.
Clio’s Psyche: Understanding the “Why” of Culture, Current Events, History, and Society. 2000, vol. 7, No. l, pp.27-28.
- Gassner, S. The Central Role of Pathogenic Expectations and Beliefs in a Case of Intense Genital Damage Anxiety. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 200l, vol.l8, 92-119.
- Gassner, S. The Role of Trauma in Panic Disorder. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 2004, vol. 2l, 222-243.
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