Christopher Bonovitz, Psy.D.

Teaching Faculty & Clinical Consultant | Interpersonal Track

Education

Psy.D. 1999, Illinois School of Professional Psychology

Selected Papers

Selected Publications

Bonovitz, C. (2010) The Interpersonalization of Fantasy: The Linking and De-Linking of Fantasy and Reality. Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 20:627-641.

Bonovitz, C. (2015) Charisma and Self-Destruction: A Developmental View. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 51:51-73.

Bonovitz, C. (2018) All but Dissertation (ABD), All but Parricide (ABP): Young Adulthood as a Developmental Period and the Crisis of Separation. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 35:142-148.

Bonovitz, C. (2021) Malignant Envy & Preservation of the Idealized Object: Discussion of “Whose Envy Is It Anyway?”. Psychoanalytic Dialogues 30:682-688.

Bonovitz, C. (2021) The Anxiety of Growing up: The Developmental Processes in Early Adolescence. Psychoanalytic Perspectives 18:8-21.

Bonovitz, C. (2021) The Waiting Room as an Extension of the Treatment: Transference and Countertransference across the Consulting and Waiting Rooms. Psychoanalytic Dialogues 31:50-62.

 

Book

Bonovitz, C. & Harlem, A. (Eds.). Developmental Perspectives in Psychoanalysis & Psychotherapy. New York. Routledge.

 

Book Chapters

Bonovitz, C. (2021) What makes time fly; Loewald’s concept of time and the resuscitation of vitality. In: Sopher, R. & Cooney, A. S. (eds.), Vitalization in Psychoanalysis, London: Taylor & Francis, pp. 257-275.

Bonovitz, C. (2021) Early adolescence and the search for idealization through basketball and its celebrities; A developmental perspective. In: Hirsch, I., Blumberg, P. & Watson, R. (eds.), (2021) Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Intense Involvement in Sports. New York: Routledge, pp. 127-144.