Joyce McDougall, 2001 (1924-2013)
Joyce McDougall’s brilliant work as a psychoanalytic clinician and educator left a lasting mark on the understanding of psychosomatic illness and perversion through her innovative application of psychoanalytic theory. Her work was widely read and deeply influential, distinguished in part by her elegant bridging of French psychoanalysis with British and American traditions. This synthesis brought renewed clinical relevance to Didier Anzieu's concept of the skin ego, while encompassing her own original contributions — among them her work on addictive sexualities, female sexuality, and the psychoanalysis of creativity.
A clinician of extraordinary sensitivity and a superb writer, McDougall gave voice to complex clinical and theoretical ideas with rare clarity and grace. She authored four major books, including The Many Faces of Eros (1996).
PEP members can access An Interview With Joyce McDougall.