Press Release for The Sigourney Award 2019 Winners
The Sigourney Award honors four recipients with distinguished independent prize for advancing psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic thought. Recipients from Argentina, Germany, Norway, and the United States take home The Sigourney Award 2019.
Seattle, WA — July 9, 2020 – The Sigourney Trust has presented its highly prestigious Sigourney Award 2019 to four remarkable recipients in the international psychoanalytic community. While the formal spring 2020 presentation in Vienna was cancelled due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, the recipients are being personally congratulated and honored with a substantial cash prize and award for work completed.
“We continue to be impressed by the quality of work being put forth by our international applicants and congratulate this year’s award recipients,” says Dr. William A. Myerson, PhD, MBA, co-trustee of The Sigourney Trust. “We are proud to maintain Mary Sigourney’s original intent to reward innovative work and hope this distinctive acknowledgement continues to inspire those embracing psychoanalysis – both seasoned and emerging in experience – to apply from around the world for reward and recognition,” he adds.
The 2019 winners join a long list of the world’s top talent who, since 1990, have been honored with The Sigourney Award. The Award honors recipients’ recent past work, not future work, as judges look for a substantial body of outstanding work during the last ten years. A nominee's accomplishments should be insightful or ground-breaking, advance the understanding or evolution of psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic thought, and advance the public good.
Recipients of The Sigourney Award - 2019:
Dr. Rodolfo Moguillansky's work has played a pivotal role in developing and expanding psychoanalysis in Argentina and throughout Latin America. While serving as rector of the Instituto Universitario De Salud Mental de APdeBA (IUSAM), Dr. Moguillansky helped lead efforts to attain full academic accreditation for the university’s psychoanalytic training program. Built on the International Psychoanalytic Association’s tripartite training model, the University’s fully accredited program has helped solidify psychoanalysis’ position as a legitimate area of study in Latin America and has attracted students from across South America.
A not-for-profit charitable organization based in Germany, Partners in Confronting Collective Atrocities (PCCA) is unique in its location of pain and guilt within the group, rather than in the individual. While PCCA is a community-based psychoanalytic and social welfare enterprise led by psychanalysts from various countries, it also attracts and recruits many non-analysts. PCCA seeks to positively impact the residual effects of trauma and atrocities on individuals, communities, and national groups. PCCA represents the extension and application of psychoanalysis to the sphere of social reality and offers a fruitful way of dealing with large scale trauma, beginning with the Holocaust and extending to other atrocities, victims, and perpetrators.
Work by Siri Gullestad, PhD, has profoundly impacted the evolution and acceptance of psychoanalysis as a scientific discipline in Norway. A researcher, theoretician, educator and a powerful public voice, Gullestad developed a highly innovative psychoanalytic theory that was applied to both university training and clinical treatment. A well-respected spokesperson for psychoanalysis, she is skillful at communicating the relevance of unconscious conflict and fantasy to the general public.
Dr. Henri Parens’ innovative research work in the United States has focused on a psychoanalytic approach to the understanding and treatment of aggression. Working with caregiver/children dyads, Dr. Parens and his colleagues documented their hypothesis that caregivers could be taught optimal ways to handle the emergence of aggression in children and this approach could improve the children’s lives. Dr. Parens and his colleagues used real life moments to help teach parents and caregivers how to respond in ways that would enhance their children’s emotional development. Focusing on the caregiver’s role in shaping the child’s capacity to manage their own aggression and teaching care givers new ways of responding at moments of real urgency between caregiver and child, Dr. Parens is able to teach new and alternative ways to handle aggression.
“The work of these award recipients represents Mary Sigourney’s vision of how psychoanalysis can serve humanity worldwide,” said Dr. Myerson. “Today, psychoanalysis embraces a range of philosophies, modern clinical theories, social advocacy, culture, art, and research. The Sigourney Trust honors the expansion and connection of psychoanalysis to many fields of study and experience through The Sigourney Award,” he added.
Applications for The Sigourney Award 2020 are being accepted through Sept. 15, 2020. Visit www.sigourneyaward.org for information and find The Sigourney Award on social platforms including Facebook and LinkedIn @SigourneyAward.
About The Sigourney Award
Established by Mary Sigourney in 1989, The Sigourney Award offers independent, international recognition and a substantial cash prize for outstanding work that advances psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic thought. Ms. Sigourney was a psychotherapist, publisher, and community activist who had a passionate interest in psychoanalysis and understood its ability to benefit and extend human conversation across various disciplines. To date, 129 Award Recipients from 21 countries represent her global vision. The Sigourney Award recipients’ ground-breaking work has significantly contributed to human affairs on topics ranging from neuroscience to feminism.
Dr. Henri Parens, Wins The Sigourney Award 2019
Dr. Henri Parens’ innovative research work focused on a psychoanalytic approach to the understanding and treatment of aggression. Working with caregiver/children dyads, Dr. Parens and his colleagues documented their hypothesis that caregivers could be taught optimal ways to handle the emergence of aggression in children and this approach could improve the children’s lives. Dr. Parens and his colleagues used real life moments to help teach parents and caregivers how to respond in ways that would enhance their children’s emotional development. Focusing on the caregiver’s role in shaping the child’s capacity to manage their own aggression and teaching caregivers new ways of responding at moments of real urgency between caregiver and child, Dr. Parens is able to teach new and alternative ways to handle aggression.
Dr. Parens joins esteemed winners from Argentina, Germany and Norway earning the distinguished, independent prize advancing psychanalysis and psychoanalytic thought for the betterment of mankind.
Seattle, WA — July 9, 2020 – The Sigourney Trust has presented its highly prestigious Sigourney Award 2019 award to Philadelphia-based Dr. Henri Parens for his innovative research work focused on a psychoanalytic approach to the understanding and treatment of aggression. Using real-life moments, he and his colleagues teach caregivers and parents how to respond in ways that can shape a child’s capacity to manage his/her own aggression and enhance children’s emotional development.
Dr. Parens, who serves as Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior at Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Medical College, joins three additional recipients in the international psychoanalytic community to earn the notable award and substantial cash prize. The Sigourney Award rewards those whose work within the past 10 years proves to be insightful or ground-breaking, advancing the understanding or evolution of psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic thought while advancing the public good.
Working with caregiver/children dyads, Dr. Parens and his colleagues documented their hypothesis that caregivers could be taught optimal ways to handle the emergence of aggression in children and this approach could improve the children’s lives. Focusing on the caregiver’s role in shaping the child’s capacity to manage their own aggression and teaching caregivers new ways of responding at moments of real urgency between caregiver and child, Dr. Parens is able to teach new and alternative ways to handle aggression.
Dr. Parens’ personal experience with unrestrained aggression as a Holocaust survivor led to research regarding plasticity of aggression. Dr. Parens and his team have systematically developed parenting education materials and an intervention program. The Program includes a CD, Parenting for Emotional Growth (Parens, 2010) containing two sets of books; a textbook; A Curriculum for Students in Grades K Thru 12; and a DVD, The Urgent Need for Universal Parenting Education (Parens, 2008). In 2015, Thomas Jefferson University’s Media Division published the CD’s full contents. It is available as a free download and has been downloaded 1,995 times in 90 countries.
“Dr. Parens offers a shining example of how psychoanalytic work can better the world by addressing a child’s aggression and aggressive behavior at an early age,” says Dr. William A. Myerson, PhD, MBA, co-trustee of The Sigourney Trust. “We are proud to recognize his work among the esteemed group of international winners whose quality of work exemplifies our founder, Mary Sigourney’s, best intentions,” he added.
The 2019 winners join a long list of the world’s top talent who, since 1990, have been honored with The Sigourney Award. Three additional 2019 awards were presented to Dr. Rodolfo Moguillansky from Argentina, Partners in Confronting Collective Atrocities (PCCA), a not-for-profit charitable organization based in Germany, and Siri Gullestad, PhD, from Norway.
“Today, psychoanalysis embraces a range of philosophies, modern clinical theories, social advocacy, culture, art, and research. The Sigourney Trust honors the expansion and connection of psychoanalysis to many fields of study and experience through the independent Sigourney Award,” said Dr. Myerson.
Applications for The Sigourney Award 2020 are being accepted through Sept. 15, 2020. Visit www.sigourneyaward.org for information and find The Sigourney Award on social platforms including Facebook and LinkedIn @SigourneyAward.
About The Sigourney Award
Established by Mary Sigourney in 1989, The Sigourney Award offers independent, international recognition and a substantial cash prize for outstanding work that advances psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic thought. Ms. Sigourney was a psychotherapist, publisher, and community activist who had a passionate interest in psychoanalysis and understood its ability to benefit and extend human conversation across various disciplines. To date, 129 Award Recipients from 21 countries represent her global vision. The Sigourney Award recipients’ ground-breaking work has significantly contributed to human affairs on topics ranging from neuroscience to feminism.
Dr. Rodolfo Moguillansky Wins The Sigourney Award 2019
Dr. Rodolfo Moguillansky’s work has played a pivotal role in developing and expanding psychoanalysis in Argentina and throughout Latin America. While serving as rector of the Instituto Universitario De Salud Mental de APdeBA (IUSAM), Dr. Moguillansky helped lead efforts to attain full academic accreditation for the university’s psychoanalytic training program. Built on the International Psychoanalytic Association’s tripartite training model, the University’s fully accredited program has helped solidify psychoanalysis’ position as a legitimize area of study in Latin America and has attracted students from across South America.
Dr. Moguillansky joins esteemed winners from Germany, Norway, and the United States to earn the distinguished, independent prize for advancing psychanalysis and psychoanalytic thought.
Seattle, WA — July 9, 2020 – The Sigourney Trust has presented its highly prestigious, independent Sigourney Award 2019 to Dr. Rodolfo Moguillansky for his pivotal role in developing and expanding psychoanalysis in Argentina, and helping solidify psychoanalysis as an area of study in Latin America.
While serving as rector of the Instituto Universitario De Salud Mental de APdeBA (IUSAM) in Buenos Aires, Dr. Moguillansky helped lead efforts to attain full academic accreditation for the university’s psychoanalytic training program. Built on the International Psychoanalytic Association’s tripartite training model, the University’s fully accredited program has helped solidify psychoanalysis’ position as a legitimate area of study in Latin America and has attracted students from across South America.
IUSAM is the only accredited university-based program in the world that combines clinical supervision, academic coursework, and personal analysis. IUSAM offers a postgraduate Specialization in Psychoanalysis and other psychoanalytically oriented postgraduate degrees in the mental health field. In addition, IUSAM offers an Outreach Department with several community action programs and a Research Department. Dr. Moguillansky, a full professor for the Specialization in Psychoanalysis and a master's degree program in Family and Couples at IUSAM, has also taught across Latin America and Europe. Published in four languages, Dr. Moguillansky has written four books and co-authored seven, fourteen chapters for books by other authors and more than forty articles on various subjects, including narcissism, perversion, the theory of thinking, ethical problems in psychoanalysis, and the theory and practice of family therapy.
“Dr. Moguillansky’s recognition with The Sigourney Award 2019 is well-deserved,” says Dr. William A. Myerson, PhD, MBA, co-trustee of The Sigourney Trust. “His efforts to expand acceptance of the practice, and successes in gaining accreditation for psychoanalytic study in Latin America greatly complements our founder, Mary Sigourney’s, purposeful intentions to reward individuals’ best work around the world,” he adds.
According to Dr. Myerson, by adding to the legitimacy of psychoanalysis, Dr. Moguillansky’s work has had an important role in facilitating its growth worldwide, but especially within Latin America.
Dr. Moguillansky joins three additional recipients in the international psychoanalytic community to earn the notable, independent award and substantial cash prize. The Sigourney Award rewards those whose work within the past 10 years proves to be insightful or ground-breaking, advancing the understanding or evolution of psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic thought while advancing the public good.
This year’s winners join a long list of the world’s top talent who, since 1990, have been honored with The Sigourney Award. The Sigourney Award 2019 was also presented to a not-for-profit charitable organization based in Germany, Partners in Confronting Collective Atrocities (PCCA), as well as Siri Gullestad, PhD, of Norway, and Dr. Henri Parens from the United States.
“Today, psychoanalysis embraces a range of philosophies, modern clinical theories, social advocacy, culture, art, and research. The Sigourney Trust honors the expansion and connection of psychoanalysis to many fields of study and experience through the independent Sigourney Award,” said Dr. Myerson.
Applications for The Sigourney Award 2020 are being accepted through Sept. 15, 2020. Visit www.sigourneyaward.org for information and find The Sigourney Award on social platforms including Facebook and LinkedIn @SigourneyAward.
About The Sigourney Award
Established by Mary Sigourney in 1989, The Sigourney Award offers independent, international recognition and a substantial cash prize for outstanding work that advances psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic thought. Ms. Sigourney was a psychotherapist, publisher, and community activist who had a passionate interest in psychoanalysis and understood its ability to benefit and extend human conversation across various disciplines. To date, 129 Award Recipients from 21 countries represent her global vision. The Sigourney Award recipients’ ground-breaking work has significantly contributed to human affairs on topics ranging from neuroscience to feminism.