Steven Ellman, Ph.D.

B.A. 1964, Ph.D. 1969, New York University

· Sleep and Dreams and the Neurophysiology of Pleasure Pathways
· Treatment of Difficult Patients – typically diagnosed as Borderline or some form of Psychotic
· Developing integrative Psychoanalytic Concepts
· Applying these concepts to early development and areas of psychological conflict

Steven J. Ellman, and Lissa Weinstein (2012) REM Sleep, Dreaming and the Role of Endogenous Stimulation. In, The Significance of Dreams; Bridging Clinical and Extraclinical Research in Psychoanalysis. Edited by Peter Fonagy, Horst Kächele, Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber and David Taylor. Karnac, London.

Lissa Weinstein and Steven J. Ellman, (2012) “It’s only a dream,” Physiological and Developmental Contributions to the Feeling of Reality. In, The Significance of Dreams; Bridging Clinical and Extraclinical Research in Psychoanalysis. Edited by Peter Fonagy, Horst Kächele, Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber and David Taylor. Karnac, London.

Ellman, S.J. (2010) When Theories Touch; A Theoretical and Historical Integration of Psychoanalytic Thought. Karnac, London.

Ellman, S.J., (2000) Dreams: Commentary on Paper by Hazel Ipp. Psychoanalytic Dialogues: A Journal of Relational Perspectives. Vol. 10 No. 1 Pg. 143-158.

Ellman, S.J. (1997) Termination and Long Term Analyses, Psychoanalytic Psychology, 14(2), 197-210.

Ellman, S.J. (1991, 2005) Freud’s Technique Papers; A Contemporary Perspective. Jason Aronson, London and Northvale, N.J. (Other Press, 2 ^nd.editon, New York)

Ellman, S.J. and Moskowitz, M. (1998)  Enactment: Towards a New Approach to the Therapeutic Relationship , Jason Aronson, London and Northvale, N.J.

Ellman, S.J. (2007) Analytic Love and Transference-Love, Healing Ruptures and Facilitating Repairs. Psychoanal. Inq. 27, 246-263.

Ellman, S.J. and Moskowitz, M. (2008) A Study of the Boston Change Process Study Group. Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 18, 812-837.

Ellman, S.J. (2010) Discussion of Oedipal Papers, Psychoanal. Inq. 30, 563-578.