Deadline Extended!
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Our application deadline has been extended. The Sigourney Award-2021 applications are now due by Saturday, July 31st.
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In the News Again: Dr. Patricia Gherovici, 2020 Winner
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Dr. Patricia Gherovici, originally from Argentina, had the opportunity to highlight her work with transgender individuals in Filo.News, an Argentinian publication. Within the article’s Q&A, Dr. Gherovici articulates how she believes psychoanalysis can serve marginalized communities and so many others.
Read MoreIn the News Again: Dr. Anton Kris, 2020 Winner
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Another fine example of work deserving of The Sigourney Award-2020, Dr. Anton Kris’ work bringing the Sigmund Freud archives to the public domain promises access for generations to come. The article he wrote prior to his passing about this work and more, is shared in Psychiatric Times.
Read MoreIn the News: Harvard Recognizes Dr. Anton Kris, 2020 Winner
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We are deeply saddened by the loss of Dr. Anton Kris (1934 - 2021).
Alumni publications are important in our community and the Harvard Medical School News picked up Dr. Anton Kris’ announcement after his work won The Sigourney Award-2020.
He is a Harvard Medical School professor of psychiatry, part-time, a psychoanalyst, a training and supervising analyst at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, and a past executive director of the Sigmund Freud Archives.
Read MoreIn the News: The South African Psychoanalytical Association (SAPA), 2020 winner
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Elda Storck, president of SAPA, shares the impact of the non-profit’s work which earned The Sigourney Award-2020 in the Psychiatric Times. SAPA successfully established the first psychoanalytic society accredited by the International Psychoanalytical Association on the African continent and helped deconstruct racist barriers within psychoanalysis and psychoanalytical training.
Read MoreIn the News: Dr. Patricia Gherovici, 2020 winner
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Dr. Patricia Gherovici’s award-winning work with marginalized communities began with Latinx and expanded to include gender and sexual variant people. She shares insights into her work in a Psychiatric Times video.
Read MoreIn the News: Dr. Heli Morales, 2020 winner
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Dr. Heli Morales’ award-winning work with psychoanalytical listening clinics and training programs was recently shared with millions via Mexico’s media, El Economista, Reforma, and El Norte.
Read MoreMark Solms, 2011 Winner, Releases New Book
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On Feb. 16, past Sigourney Award winner, psychoanalyst & neuropsychologist Mark Solms releases a new book, The Hidden Spring: A Journey to the Source of Consciousness.
Read MorePress Release for The Sigourney Award 2020
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The Sigourney Award-2020 honors four recipients with distinguished independent prize for advancing psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic thought. Judges select psychoanalytic work with Impact from Mexico, South Africa and the United States.
Read MorePatricia Gherovici, PhD, Wins Sigourney Award 2020
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Psychoanalyst Patricia Gherovici’s work with Latinx and nonconforming gender people earns The Sigourney Award-2020 prize for psychoanalytic achievement. Dr. Gherovici’s work in the US earns the independent prize recognizing contributions to advancing psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic thought alongside work from Mexico and South Africa.
Read MoreAnton Oscar Kris, MD, Wins Sigourney Award 2020
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Work by Harvard professor of psychiatry Dr. Anton Oscar Kris wins The Sigourney Award-2020 prize for psychoanalytic achievement worldwide. Dr. Kris’ work guiding The Sigmund Freud Archives into the public domain wins The Sigourney Award-2020 alongside exceptional work from Mexico, South Africa and the USA.
Read MoreHelí Rafael Morales Ascencio, Ph.D, Wins The Sigourney Award 2020
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Mexico City psychoanalyst Helí Rafael Morales Ascencio wins the Sigourney award-2020 prize for psychoanalytic achievement. Dr. Morales’ pioneering work provides treatment for those who have previously had little or no access to psychoanalytic care in Mexico and is recognized alongside award-winning work from South Africa and the United States.
Read MoreSouth African Psychoanalytical Association (SAPA), Wins The Sigourney Award 2020
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South African Psychoanalytical Association wins The Sigourney Award-2020 for work enhancing access to psychoanalysis across all economic and demographic boundaries in South Africa. SAPA’s work dramatically increased the reach of psychoanalytic thought and psychoanalysis for people with histories of apartheid, racism, and trauma in South Africa, and earns prestigious prize along with award-winning work from Mexico and the United States.
Read MoreSigourney Award Winner In The News
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We’re happy to find our prestigious winners in the news, and our Italian colleagues feature Roosevelt Cassorla in this podcast today. Congratulations, Dr. Cassorla!
Read MoreManifesto of Latin American Psychoanalysts (FEPAL)
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Click to view the FEPAL manifesto video, including past Sigourney Award winners!
Read MoreThe Sigourney Award: Whose Work Could Win?
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See an excerpt from the Psychiatric Times interview with William A. Myerson, PhD, MBA.
Read MorePress Release for The Sigourney Award 2019 Winners
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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.
Read MoreSiri Gullestad, PhD, Wins The Sigourney Award 2019
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Siri Gullestad’s work 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
Read MoreDr. Henri Parens, Wins The Sigourney Award 2019
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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.
Read MoreDr. Rodolfo Moguillansky Wins The Sigourney Award 2019
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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.
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