Alexis Tomarken
Biographic Data
| ID | 9498093 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexis Tomarken |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexis |
| FAMILY NAME | Tomarken |
| SIGNATURE | TOMARKEN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis, New York, New York, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8957-2686 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Can You Hear Me ? Errands and Repair in the Analytic Identity
In this article, I use the witnessing of a tragic accident and the relationship formed between me, as a first responder, and the victim to describe how in psychoanalysis patients and analysts collide in what Apprey terms “pluperfect errands.” The use of these errands can be an ontological tool in the psychoanalytic relationship and have helped form my identity as a psychoanalyst. Drawing associative links between this story and the analytic dyad,…
The Shroud of Suicide: Misogyny, Abjection, and Transgenerational Trauma
This paper weaves my own personal and clinical experience with psychoanalytic and gender theory to contribute an understanding of the prevalence and risk of suicide transmission within long-term bereaved families. Integrating personal and theoretical, I propose a theory of how suicide transforms into a “mysterious object” within some families, haunting subsequent generations. Specifically, the view of women as dangerous and subservient to men int…
Reply to Tillman and Ferguson: The Personal and the Generalizable
In this paper, I reply to Jane Tillman and Heather Ferguson’s discussions of my paper on the suicide shroud. I focus on Tillman’s description of my paper as “autotheory,” giving some background to this term and questioning its utility for those who write in this form, predominately women and marginalized groups. I also respond to Tillman’s subtle questioning of the generalizability of my singular story and discuss the collective culture and its a…
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The Shroud of Suicide: Misogyny, Abjection, and Transgenerational Trauma
This paper weaves my own personal and clinical experience with psychoanalytic and gender theory to contribute an understanding of the prevalence and risk of suicide transmission within long-term bereaved families. Integrating personal and theoretical, I propose a theory of how suicide transforms into a “mysterious object” within some families, haunting subsequent generations. Specifically, the view of women as dangerous and subservient to men int…
Reply to Tillman and Ferguson: The Personal and the Generalizable
In this paper, I reply to Jane Tillman and Heather Ferguson’s discussions of my paper on the suicide shroud. I focus on Tillman’s description of my paper as “autotheory,” giving some background to this term and questioning its utility for those who write in this form, predominately women and marginalized groups. I also respond to Tillman’s subtle questioning of the generalizability of my singular story and discuss the collective culture and its a…
Can You Hear Me ? Errands and Repair in the Analytic Identity
In this article, I use the witnessing of a tragic accident and the relationship formed between me, as a first responder, and the victim to describe how in psychoanalysis patients and analysts collide in what Apprey terms “pluperfect errands.” The use of these errands can be an ontological tool in the psychoanalytic relationship and have helped form my identity as a psychoanalyst. Drawing associative links between this story and the analytic dyad,…
Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (2 works) · Psychoanalysis (2 works) · Psychoanalytic theory (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (2 works) · Shame (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Art (1 works)