Roberto D’angelo
Biographic Data
| ID | 4621557 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roberto D’angelo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roberto |
| FAMILY NAME | D’angelo |
| SIGNATURE | D’ANGELO R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2929-3831 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Letter in response to chairs of the American Psychoanalytic Association’s Committee on Gender and Sexuality
I am grateful for the opportunity to respond to this letter from the chairs of the American Psychoanalytic Association’s Committee on Gender and Sexuality (COGS). I welcome substantive critiques of
Trans is not the new gay: How psychoanalytic elitism and the rejection of science are creating a repetition of the past
Psychoanalysis has a troubled history with regard to sexual minorities. Throughout much of the twentieth century, prominent analysts endorsed a highly pathologising and coercive approach to homosexuality, which was essentially a form of conversion therapy. This departure from accepted analytic technique persisted for decades due to psychoanalytic elitism and the rejection of mounting empirical science contradicting the psychoanalytic position. To…
Supporting autonomy in young people with gender dysphoria: Psychotherapy is not conversion therapy
Opinion is divided about the certainty of the evidence base for gender-affirming medical interventions in youth. Proponents claim that these treatments are well supported, while critics claim the poor-quality evidence base warrants extreme caution. Psychotherapy is one of the only available alternatives to the gender-affirming approach. Discussion of the treatment of gender dysphoria in young people is generally framed in terms of two binary appr…
Avoiding a repetition of past mistakes: Response to Gozlan’s critique of “Do we want to know
D'Angelo, the author of "Do We Want To Know" responds to Gozlan's critique of his paper. He argues that Gozlan recruits psychoanalytic elitism to discredit his work, rather than engaging with the paper's central concerns. The first issue that Gozlan avoids addressing is the misuse of academic writing to discredit those with whom we disagree, extensively documented in "Do We Want To Know". The second is the refusal to acknowledge the weak evidence…
Do we want to know
The weak evidence base and profound consequences of gender-affirming interventions for youth call for a particularly sensitive and complex psychoanalytic exploration. However, prohibitions on knowing at the individual and social levels significantly constrain psychoanalytic work with trans-identified youth. Barriers to exploration and thinking that patients bring to treatment are reinforced and reified by the dominant socio-political trends that …
One Size Does Not Fit All: In Support of Psychotherapy for Gender Dysphoria
Who is Phoenix
Some patients find it difficult to be in the present because they are stuck in the past; others, by contrast, struggle to remain connected with the past and are suspended in a so-called present that is effectively atemporal, that is out of time”.1 (p.360) For psychoanalysts, the most profound and ultimately ethical way that we can help individuals, is by helping them know themselves. This involves discovering how they were shaped by their past an…
The man I am trying to be is not me
This paper explores the therapeutic process between analyst and Josh, a trans man whose life had fallen apart after transition. Repetitive enactments involving hiding, deceiving and mystification constituted a prolonged therapeutic impasse. The analyst's struggle with these binds and with countertransference confusion and anxiety, ultimately illuminated zones that had remained off-limits for a prolonged period of time. Where the couple had been s…
The man I am trying to be is not me
This paper explores the therapeutic process between analyst and Josh, a trans man whose life had fallen apart after transition. Repetitive enactments involving hiding, deceiving and mystification constituted a prolonged therapeutic impasse. The analyst's struggle with these binds and with countertransference confusion and anxiety, ultimately illuminated zones that had remained off-limits for a prolonged period of time. Where the couple had been s…
Do we want to know
The weak evidence base and profound consequences of gender-affirming interventions for youth call for a particularly sensitive and complex psychoanalytic exploration. However, prohibitions on knowing at the individual and social levels significantly constrain psychoanalytic work with trans-identified youth. Barriers to exploration and thinking that patients bring to treatment are reinforced and reified by the dominant socio-political trends that …
Who is Phoenix
Some patients find it difficult to be in the present because they are stuck in the past; others, by contrast, struggle to remain connected with the past and are suspended in a so-called present that is effectively atemporal, that is out of time”.1 (p.360) For psychoanalysts, the most profound and ultimately ethical way that we can help individuals, is by helping them know themselves. This involves discovering how they were shaped by their past an…
The man I am trying to be is not me
This paper explores the therapeutic process between analyst and Josh, a trans man whose life had fallen apart after transition. Repetitive enactments involving hiding, deceiving and mystification constituted a prolonged therapeutic impasse. The analyst's struggle with these binds and with countertransference confusion and anxiety, ultimately illuminated zones that had remained off-limits for a prolonged period of time. Where the couple had been s…
One Size Does Not Fit All: In Support of Psychotherapy for Gender Dysphoria
Supporting autonomy in young people with gender dysphoria: Psychotherapy is not conversion therapy
Opinion is divided about the certainty of the evidence base for gender-affirming medical interventions in youth. Proponents claim that these treatments are well supported, while critics claim the poor-quality evidence base warrants extreme caution. Psychotherapy is one of the only available alternatives to the gender-affirming approach. Discussion of the treatment of gender dysphoria in young people is generally framed in terms of two binary appr…
Avoiding a repetition of past mistakes: Response to Gozlan’s critique of “Do we want to know
D'Angelo, the author of "Do We Want To Know" responds to Gozlan's critique of his paper. He argues that Gozlan recruits psychoanalytic elitism to discredit his work, rather than engaging with the paper's central concerns. The first issue that Gozlan avoids addressing is the misuse of academic writing to discredit those with whom we disagree, extensively documented in "Do We Want To Know". The second is the refusal to acknowledge the weak evidence…
Do we want to know
The weak evidence base and profound consequences of gender-affirming interventions for youth call for a particularly sensitive and complex psychoanalytic exploration. However, prohibitions on knowing at the individual and social levels significantly constrain psychoanalytic work with trans-identified youth. Barriers to exploration and thinking that patients bring to treatment are reinforced and reified by the dominant socio-political trends that …
Letter in response to chairs of the American Psychoanalytic Association’s Committee on Gender and Sexuality
I am grateful for the opportunity to respond to this letter from the chairs of the American Psychoanalytic Association’s Committee on Gender and Sexuality (COGS). I welcome substantive critiques of
Trans is not the new gay: How psychoanalytic elitism and the rejection of science are creating a repetition of the past
Psychoanalysis has a troubled history with regard to sexual minorities. Throughout much of the twentieth century, prominent analysts endorsed a highly pathologising and coercive approach to homosexuality, which was essentially a form of conversion therapy. This departure from accepted analytic technique persisted for decades due to psychoanalytic elitism and the rejection of mounting empirical science contradicting the psychoanalytic position. To…
LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Psychoanalysis (4 works) · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Psychiatry (3 works) · Psychoanalytic theory (3 works) · Psychotherapist (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works)