Dana Amir
Dr Dana Amir is a clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst, poetess and literature researcher. She is the author of four poetry books and two psychoanalytic non-fiction books. She is the winner of the Adler National Poetry Prize (1993), the Bahat Prize for Academic Original Book (2006), the Frances Tustin Memorial Prize (2011), the Prime-Minister Prize for Hebrew Writers (2012), and the IPA Sacerdoti Prize (2013). Cleft Tongue, her second non-fiction book, has recently received the Israel Science Foundation Grant. Dana Amir's papers were published in psychoanalytic journals and presented at national and international conferences. She is a lecturer at Haifa University and practices psychotherapy and psychoanalysis.
Bearing Witness to the Witness: A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Four Modes of Traumatic Testimony
Bearing Witness to the Witness examines the different methods of testimony given by trauma victims and the ways in which these can enrich or undermine the ability of the reader to witness them. Years... (more)
Cleft Tongue: The Language of Psychic Structures
Cleft Tongue is an attempt to analyse psychic language and its diverse modes of expression, both within psychic structure and in the interpersonal realm. It begins by looking at two basic forms of... (more)
On the Lyricism of the Mind: Psychoanalysis and Literature
On the Lyricism of the Mind: Psychoanalysis and Literature explores the lyrical dimension (or the lyricism) of the psychic space. It is not presented as an artistic disposition, but rather as a... (more)
Psychoanalysis on the Verge of Language: Clinical Cases on the Edge
This book examines the importance of language and writing in psychoanalytic theory and practice, offering an understanding of how language works can give a deeper insight into the psyche both in... (more)
Psychoanalysis as Radical Hospitality: Six Perspectives on Turning-to versus Turning-Away
This book focuses on different forms of turning toward versus turning away from speech across a range of experiences in clinical treatment and general life.
The chapters of this volume deal with... (more)