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.

Brilliantly curated and edited, ROOM is a global and free digital forum and platform that has illuminated and forged new connections between psychoanalysis and the most pressing social, political, and cultural issues facing the contemporary world.

Dr. Drescher’s pioneering award-winning work in the areas of gender and sexuality has brought innovation to psychoanalytic treatment and theory--specifically, major, critical re-thinking based on solid scientific evidence and what is actually known rather than outdated assumptions about gender and sexuality.

Despite many differences among the founders of the White Institute, they agreed upon a humanistic concern to alleviate suffering, a fervent commitment to psychoanalysis as a response to human pain, a pro-active political stance toward redefining social structures to support individualism and personal freedom, and an abiding interest in the manifold interactions between individuals and their interpersonal environment.

Roy Schafer is a psychologist and psychoanalyst who has emphasized the place of narrative in psychoanalytic formulations.