Ruth Lijtmaer
Biographic Data
| ID | 4126205 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ruth Lijtmaer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ruth |
| FAMILY NAME | Lijtmaer |
| SIGNATURE | LIJTMAER R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ridgewood Public Schools |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5580-2137 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Living in Two Worlds and Not Belonging Anywhere. Immigrants as Non‐Citizens
Citizenship means to be a member of a community, the “in‐group,” whereas immigrants are the “out‐group.” They are frequently racialized, and dehumanized that makes them to be feared, marginalized, and a source of projection and paranoia in the U.S. In this paper I will unpack the comparison between the treatment of immigrants and a virus; the lack of sensitive response from authorities to the plight of immigrants, belonging and not belonging, not…
Can we imagine a world without walls
Social Trauma, Nostalgia and Mourning in the Immigration Experience
Music beyond sounds and its magic in the clinical process
Who are the torturers and suicide bombers
The world is regularly confronted by occurrences of mass violence wherein specific groups of a population are brutally killed, raped, and tortured by another group that considers its own behavior morally justifiable. There are social, economic, and political crises that lead to the scapegoating of one group designated as the enemy. It represents a mental instrument that validates dehumanizing the chosen enemy and gives “meaning” to the exterminat…
Untold Stories and the Power of Silence in the Intergenerational Transmission of Social Trauma
Psychoanalysis and Visual Art
Since ancient times, creativity, genius, or special artistic accomplishments have been a topic of curiosity. The case presentation that follows describes a painters resistance to success. The patient's developmental history associated with issues of maternal deprivation and paternal abuse had an effect in her artistic creation. Her economic struggle was another ingredient used defensively for fear of success. As suggested by Ambers and Burke (200…
Splitting and Nostalgia in Recent Immigrants
Countertransference and Ethnicity
Language Shift and Bilinguals
Psychotherapy with Latina Women
Psychotherapy with Latina Women
Language Shift and Bilinguals
Splitting and Nostalgia in Recent Immigrants
Countertransference and Ethnicity
Psychoanalysis and Visual Art
Since ancient times, creativity, genius, or special artistic accomplishments have been a topic of curiosity. The case presentation that follows describes a painters resistance to success. The patient's developmental history associated with issues of maternal deprivation and paternal abuse had an effect in her artistic creation. Her economic struggle was another ingredient used defensively for fear of success. As suggested by Ambers and Burke (200…
Untold Stories and the Power of Silence in the Intergenerational Transmission of Social Trauma
Who are the torturers and suicide bombers
The world is regularly confronted by occurrences of mass violence wherein specific groups of a population are brutally killed, raped, and tortured by another group that considers its own behavior morally justifiable. There are social, economic, and political crises that lead to the scapegoating of one group designated as the enemy. It represents a mental instrument that validates dehumanizing the chosen enemy and gives “meaning” to the exterminat…
Music beyond sounds and its magic in the clinical process
Social Trauma, Nostalgia and Mourning in the Immigration Experience
Can we imagine a world without walls
Living in Two Worlds and Not Belonging Anywhere. Immigrants as Non‐Citizens
Citizenship means to be a member of a community, the “in‐group,” whereas immigrants are the “out‐group.” They are frequently racialized, and dehumanized that makes them to be feared, marginalized, and a source of projection and paranoia in the U.S. In this paper I will unpack the comparison between the treatment of immigrants and a virus; the lack of sensitive response from authorities to the plight of immigrants, belonging and not belonging, not…
Psychology (10 works) · Psychoanalysis (8 works) · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (6 works) · Psychoanalytic theory (5 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Immigration (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (2 works)