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Vanessa Sinclair

Doctor of Psychology
Private practice

Vanessa Sinclair, Psy.D. is a psychoanalyst in private practice, based in New York City and Stockholm. Most recently, she edited On Psychoanalysis and Violence: Contemporary Lacanian Perspectives (Routledge, 2018) with Dr. Manya Steinkoler and Rendering Unconscious (Trapart Books, 2019) a book of psychoanalytic theory and poetry. Dr. Sinclair facilitates lectures, events and conferences internationally and is a founding member of Das Unbehagen: A Free Association for Psychoanalysis.

Biography

Vanessa Sinclair, Psy.D. is a psychoanalyst and clinical psychologist in private practice, based in New York City and Stockholm. Most recently, she edited On Psychoanalysis and Violence: Contemporary Lacanian Perspectives (Routledge, 2018) with Dr. Manya Steinkoler and Rendering Unconscious (Trapart Books, 2019), a book of psychoanalytic theory and poetry. Upcoming, she is authoring Scansion in Psychoanalysis and Art: the Cut in Creation (Routledge, 2019) and editing Persona: Psychoanalytic Perspectives on the Work of Ingmar Bergman (Trapart Books, 2019). A book of her poetry Switching Mirrors (Trapart Books, 2016) is available, as is anthology she co-edited with Carl Abrahamsson, The Fenris Wolf vol. 9 (Trapart Books, 2017) collected papers from the Psychoanalysis, Art & the Occult conference, London, 2016. Dr. Sinclair facilitates lectures, events and conferences internationally and is a founding member of Das Unbehagen: A Free Association for Psychoanalysis (www.dasunbehagen.org). For more, visit her website: www.drvanessasinclair.net

Education

    Psy.D. Nova Southeastern University 2007

Areas of Research / Professional Expertise

    I have been fortunate to have had a wide range of experiences throughout my development as a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst, from working with persons suffering from depression, anxiety, chronic medical conditions and pain, to university students transitioning into their careers and procuring long-term relationships, to those suffering grief or bereavement. In my experience, psychoanalytic psychotherapy has proven to be the best treatment for attaining the long lasting results and positive life changes that one desires, allowing for exploration of the self, fostering creativity, and decreasing inhibitions, symptoms and anxiety.

    Psychological symptoms are not simply external problems to be overcome but rather messages speaking to unconscious desires and conflicts. Understanding the root of symptoms unlocks passion, drive and creativity. Gaining insight into relationship patterns fosters the ability to create healthier ways of interacting with others, in love and work.

    I offer psychotherapy and psychoanalysis for adolescents and adults. Based in New York City and Stockholm, my focus is on the international market, providing quality care for people who travel, business people, ex-pats, actors, and those who live more rurally and may not otherwise have access to high quality care.

    Having been in private practice for 10 years and worked in an HIV+ clinic for 5 years, I have experience with anxiety, depression, concurrent chronic medical conditions, sexual abuse, eating disoders, search for identity, exploration of gender and sexuality & more. I take an open-minded, non-judgmental stance and tailor my method to the individual needs of the person coming in for treatment.

Personal Interests

    Personally, I have found that creativity is key and see the psychoanalytic process as an inherently creative one. Therefore, much of my writing is focused on the arts and on exploring psychoanalytic theory through the lenses of various artists and techniques. I also write about current cultural issues and events and feel that a psychoanalytic viewpoint could be useful in many aspects of society.

Websites

Books

Featured Title
 Featured Title - On Psychoanalysis and Violence - 1st Edition book cover

Videos

Subversive Studies Podcast with Dr Vanessa Sinclair

Published: Jan 16, 2019

Dr. Vanessa Sinclair and I explore psychoanalysis, society, the unconscious, sexuality and its subversive power, identity, the cut-up method, creativity, art, and more. Subversive Studies Podcast Host Dan Glenn

Rendering Unconscious Podcast

Published: Dec 06, 2018

I host a podcast entitlted Rendering Unconscious, where I interview various psychoanalysts, psychologists, creative arts therapists, writers, scholars, artists & intellectuals, and post lectures from events I have hosted. Links to further episodes of Rendering Unconscious Podcast can be found via YouTube, as well as via iTunes and www.renderingunconscious.org

Virtual Memories Podcast

Published: Dec 06, 2018

Make psychoanalysis subversive again! Vanessa Sinclair joins the show to talk about her new book, Switching Mirrors. We get into psychoanalysis, art, Vanessa's use of cut-up theory and practice, the problem with the lack of rites of passage in western culture, where psychology went wrong, having a book problem, and co-founding an underground anarchist psychoanalyst gang!

Leo Says Podcast

Published: Dec 06, 2018

This week I am having a conversation with Dr Vanessa Sinclair, a New York based Psychoanalyst and Artist. Vanessa is a Psychoanalyst and Psychologist, working in private practice, hospital settings and universities. She also is an Artist, with a keen interest in the cut-up technique.