Aisha Abbasi
Biographic Data
| ID | 4501054 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aisha Abbasi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aisha |
| FAMILY NAME | Abbasi |
| SIGNATURE | ABBASI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | 5720 Bloomfield Glens, West Bloomfield, MI, 48322, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1055-0850 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Why I Write
Reflections on Three Decades of Being a South-Asian American Analyst
In this paper, the author, a South Asian American female analyst, discusses her technical approach to working with patients across ethnic, racial, religious, and sociopolitical boundaries. She also describes the trajectory of her analytic career over three decades: both the challenges and the high points. Certain problems in organized psychoanalysis, especially about minorities, are briefly discussed
Living and Containing Psychoanalysis in Institutions
Practicing Psychoanalysis at the Intersection Of Covid-19, The Murder of George Floyd, and Trump’s Presidency
The author focuses on some of her experiences as the COVID-19 pandemic began and her retrospective understanding of those experiences. She describes having drawn on memories from her early life to arrive at this understanding; she discusses how this process has allowed her to move past certain countertransferential obstacles in her clinical work during the early days of the pandemic and to listen to her patients with more optimal analytic attenti…
Surprising Lessons from a Long-Distance Analysis
Who’s behind the Couch? The Heart and Mind of the Psychoanalyst
The Therapist in Mourning
(2016). The Therapist in Mourning: from the Faraway Nearby. Edited by Anne J. Adelman and Kerry L. Malawista. The Psychoanalytic Quarterly: Vol. 85, No. 1, pp. 234-239
Book Essay
The Therapeutic Situation in the 21st Century
In this recently published book, Mark Leffert distills decades of clinical experience and 35 years of being a psychoanalytic educator, and presents his readers, in seven chapters, with his current
Rupture of Serenity
The Analyst at Work‘A very dangerous conversation’
I looked at my new patient, Mr F. He was a man of medium height, with dark hair and eyes that were a startling blue. “My brother killed himself,” he told me, sitting across from me in my office on
Sensuality and Sexuality Across the Divide of Shame
by Joseph D. Lichtenberg The Analytic Press , New York, London , 2008 ; 160 pp; $90 This slim volume, the twenty‐fifth in the Psychoanalytic Inquiry book series, is composed of a brief, crisp intro
Surprising Lessons from a Long-Distance Analysis
Practicing Psychoanalysis at the Intersection Of Covid-19, The Murder of George Floyd, and Trump’s Presidency
The author focuses on some of her experiences as the COVID-19 pandemic began and her retrospective understanding of those experiences. She describes having drawn on memories from her early life to arrive at this understanding; she discusses how this process has allowed her to move past certain countertransferential obstacles in her clinical work during the early days of the pandemic and to listen to her patients with more optimal analytic attenti…
The Therapist in Mourning
(2016). The Therapist in Mourning: from the Faraway Nearby. Edited by Anne J. Adelman and Kerry L. Malawista. The Psychoanalytic Quarterly: Vol. 85, No. 1, pp. 234-239
The Analyst at Work‘A very dangerous conversation’
I looked at my new patient, Mr F. He was a man of medium height, with dark hair and eyes that were a startling blue. “My brother killed himself,” he told me, sitting across from me in my office on
Sensuality and Sexuality Across the Divide of Shame
by Joseph D. Lichtenberg The Analytic Press , New York, London , 2008 ; 160 pp; $90 This slim volume, the twenty‐fifth in the Psychoanalytic Inquiry book series, is composed of a brief, crisp intro
The Analyst at Work‘A very dangerous conversation’
I looked at my new patient, Mr F. He was a man of medium height, with dark hair and eyes that were a startling blue. “My brother killed himself,” he told me, sitting across from me in my office on
The Therapeutic Situation in the 21st Century
In this recently published book, Mark Leffert distills decades of clinical experience and 35 years of being a psychoanalytic educator, and presents his readers, in seven chapters, with his current
Rupture of Serenity
Book Essay
The Therapist in Mourning
(2016). The Therapist in Mourning: from the Faraway Nearby. Edited by Anne J. Adelman and Kerry L. Malawista. The Psychoanalytic Quarterly: Vol. 85, No. 1, pp. 234-239
Surprising Lessons from a Long-Distance Analysis
Who’s behind the Couch? The Heart and Mind of the Psychoanalyst
Practicing Psychoanalysis at the Intersection Of Covid-19, The Murder of George Floyd, and Trump’s Presidency
The author focuses on some of her experiences as the COVID-19 pandemic began and her retrospective understanding of those experiences. She describes having drawn on memories from her early life to arrive at this understanding; she discusses how this process has allowed her to move past certain countertransferential obstacles in her clinical work during the early days of the pandemic and to listen to her patients with more optimal analytic attenti…
Living and Containing Psychoanalysis in Institutions
Reflections on Three Decades of Being a South-Asian American Analyst
In this paper, the author, a South Asian American female analyst, discusses her technical approach to working with patients across ethnic, racial, religious, and sociopolitical boundaries. She also describes the trajectory of her analytic career over three decades: both the challenges and the high points. Certain problems in organized psychoanalysis, especially about minorities, are briefly discussed
Why I Write
Psychoanalysis (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (7 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Psychoanalytic theory (3 works) · Psychotherapist (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (2 works) · Law (2 works)