Work by Drs. David Scharff and Jill Savege Scharff earned The Sigourney Award-2021. At that time, they were adapting psychoanalysis for remote education and treatment needs, and expanding access to psychoanalytic psychotherapy in areas and countries previously beyond reach. Today, they continue their international outreach.

As we continue to expand our reach across the globe, we’re very happy to share both a Spanish language and English language interview on Arash’s World Podcast with 2025 Sigourney Award recipient, Calibán.

A notable panel of anonymous judges evaluated a broad spectrum of work from 11 countries and selected four bodies of work most closely aligned with Mary Sigourney’s vision. Please join us in congratulating The Sigourney Award-2025 recipients In alphabetical order, clockwise from top left, recipients include: Dana Amir, PhD (Haifa, Israel); Calibán, Latin American Journal of Psychoanalysis (Montevideo, Uruguay); Siri Hustvedt, PhD (New York, USA); and ROOM: A Sketchbook for Analytic Action (New York, USA).

Professor Amir’s pioneering work has brought a novel and sophisticated perspective to the study of how trauma is conveyed in language. Amir has identified new pathways for therapeutic intervention, demonstrating that language can serve simultaneously as a symptom of trauma and a vehicle for healing.

Calibán, the official journal of the Psychoanalytic Federation of Latin America (FEPAL), is a stunning and engaging international Publication that has fostered both critical thinking and cultural growth within the psychoanalytic community.

Dr. Siri Hustvedt’s extraordinary work mines rich seams in psychoanalysis, literature, and culture and has significantly advanced the ongoing relevance of psychoanalysis in current intellectual and cultural discourse.

ROOM: A Sketchbook for Analytic Action, a brilliantly curated and edited free digital forum and platform, has illuminated and forged new connections between psychoanalysis and the most pressing social, political, and cultural issues facing the contemporary world.

On “Throwback Thursday” we’re taking a look back at recipients in the news as we prepare to announce our 2025 award winners. Revisit Dr. Helí Morales Ascencio’s work with female victims of violence and relatives of the disappeared.

The Psychiatric Times conversation details how The Ububele Educational and Psychotherapy Trust was founded and their focus on early childhood interventions to break cycles of emotional poverty.

We’re very proud to see two Sigourney recipients collaborating during a free virtual event this week! Professor Mark Solms (Sigourney Award-2011) presents the keynote discussion for the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Rapaport-Klein Study Group which is hosted by Sigourney Award-2021 recipients from the Erikson Institute for Education, Research, and Advocacy of the Austen Riggs Center.

Dominique Scarfone, MD, joins an online discussion entitled “The Sexual Drive for Power – The Passion for Ever More” with Orshi Hunyady, PhD, serving as moderator.

Sigourney Award-2024 recipient, Björn Salomonsson will join Tessa Baradon in a webinar on March 21st entitled “Rupture and Repair,” in the Early Relationships and Mental Health hosted by @TRTogether.

We always love when we can promote the work of two recipients at once. Sigourney Award-2021 recipient, Dr. Jorge Claudio Ulnik, MD, PhD will present a live webinar entitled Psychoanlaytic Approaches to the Skin Patient on Friday (3/14) for the Austen Riggs Center’s ( 2021 Sigourney Award recipient) “Virtual Grand Rounds.”

Merav Roth, Sigourney Award - 2024 recipient, is a guest on Arash's World Podcast. Click below for a link to the episode.

We’re proud to see this @alessandriatoday.piercarlolava news announcement regarding Sigourney Award-2023 recipient, Vittorio Lingiardi. Read more about this free event on Friday, December 6 at 5.45 pm .

We’ve just had big news to announce with our most recent Sigourney Award recipients’ introductions and we’re proud to see previous recipients continue to do great work around the world. Join Professor Lemma and others at this free conference speaking on Mourning and Melancholy in the Digital Age, Wed., Nov 27th.

Distinguished judges evaluated submissions from an exceptional pool of global applicants and four recipients’ work merited the prestigious award. Please join us in congratulating The Sigourney Award-2024 recipients (in alphabetical order): Merav Roth, PhD (Tel Aviv, Israel); Björn Salomonsson, MD (Stockholm, Sweden); Dominique Scarfone, MD (Montreal, Canada), and The Ububele Educational and Psychotherapy Trust (Johannesburg, South Africa).

Professor Roth’s unprecedented interdisciplinary work on psychoanalysis and literature, and treatment of individual and collective trauma exercised original psychoanalytic thought and advanced “psychoanalysis for the people.”

Dr. Björn Salomonsson’s leading-edge work paved the path for applying psychoanalytic principles to infant and perinatal mental health and infant-parent relationships and introducing those techniques to community health care professionals.

Professor Dominique Scarfone’s influential work introduced French psychoanalyst Jean Laplanche to a wide audience, bridging the French, British and North American psychoanalytic cultures, and produced essential theoretical contributions in unconscious communication, temporality, and translation.