What’s in a Name?

ABSTRACT

Sam Guzzardi’s essay bridges cultural, political, and clinical registers in his discussion of a dense and heartfelt treatment of a genderqueer subject, who comes increasingly into their multivalenced subjectivity as the years unfold. The therapy is rigorous, creative, and poignant.

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Virginia Goldner

Virginia Goldner, Ph.D., is a Clinical Professor and Faculty member in the Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis at NYU. She is the Founding Editor of Studies in Gender and Sexuality and an Associate Editor of Psychoanalytic Dialogues. She is completing a volume of her collected papers to be published in 2023.