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 David
L. Downing, Psy.D.
Professor
Director of Graduate Programs
(317) 788-6162
ddowning@uindy.edu
Degree: Wright State University School
of Professional Psychology (1981-1985)
Specialization: Psychoanalysis, Clinical Psychology
Internship: Counseling and Psychological Services, Indiana
University (Bloomington) Health Center (1984-1985)
Post-Doctoral Training & Certification: Center for
Psychoanalytic Study, Chicago (Certified in the theory and practice
of Psychoanalysis) 1994
Offices Held:
- President, Section V (Psychologist-Psychoanalyst Clinicians), Division 39 (Psychoanalysis), American Psychological Association
- Dean, Center for Psychoanalytic Study (Chicago)
- Past-President, International Federation for Psychoanalytic Education
- Past-President, Section IV (Local Chapters), Division 39 (Psychoanalysis), American Psychological Association
- Section IV Representative, Board of Directors, Section IV (Local Chapters), Division 39 (Psychoanalysis), American Psychological Association
- Current Treasurer, Past-President, Chicago Open Chapter for the Study of Psychoanalysis, Section IV (Local Chapters), Division 39 (Psychoanalysis), American Psychological Association
- Chairperson, Education and Training Committee, Division 39 (Psychoanalysis), American Psychological Association
Courses Taught: Graduate
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Brief and Crisis Psychotherapy
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Psychoanalytical Theories and Psychotherapy
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History and Systems of Psychology
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Professional Practice Seminar
- Comprehensive Psychological Assessment
Selected Publications/Presentations
Dr. Downing’s Presidential Address to the International Federation for Psychoanalytic Education, Why We Fight: A Brief Comment on Certain Elements of Psychoanalytic Knowledge and Culture is available at http://ifpc.org/President/president-addresses.html.
Downing, David L. 13 April 2008. "Conflict, Compromise, or Complementarity: Psychodynamic Theory Alongside Short-term Clinical Methods in our Psychology Doctoral Programs". Chairperson and discussant, Invited panel, Division of Psychoanalysis Graduate and Under-graduate Education and Training Committee, Division 39 Twenty-eighth Annual Spring Meeting, New York, New York.
Downing, David L (2007). "Paranoiac Visions and Neo-Realities the Recent Cinema: Reflections on Victor Tausk’s 'Influencing Machine in Schizophrenia". Psychoanalytic Review. 94(6), 991-1006.
Downing, David L. 2 December 2007. "A Psychoanalytical Ethos of Practice". Paper presentation, as part of an Invited Panel at the Future of Psychoanalytic Education Conference held in New York City. I was joined by other national leaders of psychoanalytical organisations such as Estelle Shane, MD of the Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis in Los Angeles, Douglas Maxwell, Past- President of the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis; David Ramirez, PhD, Past-President of the American Psychological Association's Division of Psychoanalysis; and Nancy McWilliams, PhD, the current President of the American Psychological Association's Division of Psychoanalysis – amongst others. The Panel was entitled, Contemporary Psychoanalytic Education: Analysing the Challenges and Proposing some Changes. This paper is available at: http://www.internationalpsychoanalysis.net/
Downing, David L. October 2007. "Why We Fight: A Brief Comment on Certain Aspects of Psychoanalytical Knowledge and Culture". Presidential Address. International Federation for Psychoanalytic Education, Eighteenth Annual Inter-Disciplinary Conference, Toronto, Ontario CANADA.
Downing, David L. October 2007. "Meta-psychology Today Confronting Neuro-Science". Paper presentation by Apollon, Willy. Panel Moderator, International Federation for Psychoanalytic Education, Eighteenth Annual Inter-Disciplinary Conference, Toronto, Ontario CANADA.
"Discussion of Obstacles to Succession in Psychoanalytic Institutes by Kieffer, Christine and Preparing for Ageing in Mid-life: A Psychotherapist and Institutional Leader by Eldridge, Amy – Lacanian Perspectives". Downing, David L. August 2007. 115th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, California.
"Research and Psychoanalysis: Finding Ways to think about 'evidence' and Overcoming Our Resistance". Hadley, Martha and Downing, David L (Chairpersons and Moderators). Bishop, Scott, Safran, Jeremy D, and Waldron, Sherwood, Presenters. Invited Panel of the Division 39 Education and Training Committee, at the Twenty-sixth Annual Spring Meeting of the Division 39 (Psychoanalysis), American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario CANADA, April 2007.
"Contemporary Culture and Its Vicissitudes: Constructing Psychoanalytic Space". Downing, David L (Chairperson and Presenter). Amunson, Garth, Presenter; Kavanaugh, Patrick, Discussant. International Federation for Psychoanalytic Education, Seventeenth Annual Inter-Disciplinary Conference, Pasadena, California, November, 2006.
"Locating the Subject in the Subject Matter[s]". Paper presentation. International Federation for Psychoanalytic Education, Seventeenth Annual Inter-Disciplinary Conference, Pasadena, California, November, 2006.
"Locating the Subject in the Subject Matters". Paper presentation at the 114th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, August, 2006.
"Psychoanalytical Management of the Industrialised Health-care Matrix: Preserving a Space for our Education, Practice, and Ethics". Invited Panel, Downing, David L (Chairperson & Discussant); Kavanaugh, Patrick; Miller, Ivan; and Wall, Gary. Invited panel presentation at the Twenty-fifth Annual Spring Meeting of the APA, Division 39 (Psychoanalysis), Section IV (Local Chapters), New York, New York, April 2005. Panel re-presentation by the Michigan Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology, Southfield, Michigan, May 2006.
"Psychoanalytical Training Opportunities in Pre-Doctoral Internships: Opportunities and Challenges". Invited Panel of the Division 39 Education and Training Committee. Paper presentation, at the Twenty-sixth Annual Spring Meeting of the Division 39 (Psychoanalysis), American Psychological Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 2006.
"Locating the Subject in the Subject Matter[s]: On Training Mental Health Professionals in a Cook-Book Culture". Paper presentation, Regional Conference, sponsored by the Chicago Open Chapter for the Study of Psychoanalysis, Section IV (Local Chapters), Division 39 (Psychoanalysis), American Psychological Association. Chicago, Illinois, December 2005.
"Psychoanalysis: Memory, Narration, Discovery". Downing, David L (Chairperson, Organiser, and Presenter). Regional Conference, sponsored by the Chicago Open Chapter for the Study of Psychoanalysis, Section IV (Local Chapters), Division 39 (Psychoanalysis), American Psychological Association. David L Downing, PsyD, Gerald J Gargiulo, PhD, Patrick B Kavanaugh, PhD, Waud Kracke, PhD, Bonnie E Litowitz, PhD, Lucia Villela-Kracke, PhD, Frank Summers, PhD, Charles E Turk, MD, Presenters. Chicago, Illinois, December 2005.
Downing, David L. August 2005. “[Re]Turning to Freud in Contemporary Contexts”. Paper presentation at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
Downing, David L. August 2005. “Psychoanalysis When & Where You Least Expect It: Successes on the Local Scene, Part II”. Invited Panel, Downing, David L (Chairperson & Discussant); Colebank, Kathleen; Kallarakal, Keziah; and Oliver, Allen. Invited panel presentation at the 113th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Division of Psychoanalysis (39), Section IV (Local Chapters), Washington, DC.
Downing, David L. April 2005. “Psychoanalytical Management of the Industrialised Health-care Matrix: Preserving a Space for our Education, Practice, and Ethics”. Invited Panel, Downing, David L (Chairperson & Discussant); Kavanaugh, Patrick; Miller, Ivan; and Wall, Gary. Invited panel presentation at the Twenty-fifth Annual spring Meeting of the APA, Division 39 (Psychoanalysis), Section IV (Local Chapters), New York, New York.
Downing, David L. April 2005. “Notes on Parallel Process: Securing the Frame and its Relation to the Transmission of a Psychoanalytical Ethos”. Invited panel presentation at the Twenty-fifth Annual spring Meeting of the APA, Division 39 (Psychoanalysis), Education and Training Committee, “Reflections on the Two-Person Relationships of Those Who Study & Those Who Teach Psychoanalysis”, New York, New York.
Downing, David L. & Weber, Barry (2005). A user-friendly guide to object relations (Book submitted for publication.)
Downing, David L. (2005). Somnolence in the Psychotherapeutic Situation. In Mills, Jon (Editor). Relational and Inter-subjective Perspectives in Psychotherapy. New York: Jason Aronson.
Downing, David L. August 2004. “Psychoanalytical Treatment of Psychosis: Local Efforts and Successes”. Invited Panel, Downing, David L (Chairperson); Karon, Bertram P (Discussant); Johnson, Crystal A; Pomeroy, E Lisa; von Baeyer, Sue. Invited panel presentation at the Annual Convention of the APA, Division 39 Program, Section IV(Local Chapters), Honolulu, Hawai'i.
Downing, David L. August 2004. “Applying the Psychoanalytical Method in Light of the Industrialisation of Psychological Care”. Chairperson, Panel at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Division of Psychoanalysis Section, Honolulu, Hawai'i.
Downing, David L. August 2004. “Situating Psychoanalysis in Professional, Ideological, Sociological Contexts”. Paper presentation at the Annual Convention of the American psychological Association, Honolulu, Hawai'i.
Downing, David L. 16 May 2004. “The Ethics and Ethos of the Evidence-Based Therapy Debate”. Invited Paper, with Arthur Bohart, PhD. Presented at the Spring Meeting of The Academy for the Study of the Psychoanalytic Arts. Madonna University, Livonia, Michigan.
Downing, David L. “Psychoanalytical Treatment of Psychosis & Its Results”. Downing, David L (Chairperson), Invited Panel. Apollon, Willy; Bergeron, Danielle; and Cantin, Lucie. Invited panel, Section IV, APA Division 39. Miami Beach, Florida, March 2004
Downing, David L. 28 February 2004. “An Ethic of Free Association: Reclaiming Our Profession, Education, & Practice”. Panel and paper presentations, by Kavanaugh, Patrick & Downing, David L. Chicago Open Chapter for the Study of Psychoanalysis, Section IV (local Chapters) APA Division 39 (psychoanalysis). Chicago Illinois.
Downing, David L. (2004). Commissioned Book Review. The Collapse of the Self by Rochelle Kainer, The Analytic Press, 1999. Psychologist-Psychoanalyst.
Downing, David L. (2004). Commissioned Book Review. Crises and Special Problems in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapyby Leopold Bellak and Peri Faithorn, Basic Books. Psychologist-Psychoanalyst.
Downing, David L. November 2003. “The impact of Industrialisation, Commodification, and De-professionalisation on the Transmission of Psychoanalysis”. Chairperson, Panel presentation, International Federation for Psychoanalysis Education, Fourteenth Annual Conference, Pasadena, California.
Downing, David L. November 2003. “Communicating [Across the] Divides: On Psychoanalytical Discourse in [Trans]formative Times”. Paper Presentation International Federation for Psychoanalytic Education, Fourteenth Annual Conference, Pasadena, California.
Downing, David L. August 2003. “Bringing the Plague: Reflections on Psychoanalysis in the Academy”. Paper presentation at the Division of Psychoanalysis program for the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Downing, David L. October 2002. "Creating
a Space for Psychoanalysis in Professional Psychology Programs,
or: In Praise of Dialectics: Tradition, Innovation,
and Reaction". Paper Presentation for Thirteenth Annual
Conference of the International Federation for Psychoanalytic
Education, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Downing, David L. August 2002. "Constructing
Psychoanalysis: Professional Identity and Practice”. Chairperson, Panel presentation for the American Psychological
Association, Division 39 (Psychoanalysis) section, Chicago, Illinois.
Downing, David L. May 2002.
"Film and Psychoanalysis”. The Michigan Society for Psychoanalytic
Psychology and the Michigan Council for the Psychoanalytic Arts,
Detroit, Michigan.
Downing, David L. April 2001. "Disquieting
Muses: Psychoanalytical Perspectives on the Arts & Humanities”.
Chairperson, Panel for Twenty-first Annual Spring Convention of
Division 39 (Psychoanalysis), the American Psychological Association,
Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Downing, David L. April 2001. "Paranoid
Visions and Neo-Realities in the Recent Cinema: Reflections on
Victor Tausk’s ’Influencing Machine in Schizophrenia”. Paper presentation
for Twenty-first Annual Spring Convention of Division 39 (Psychoanalysis),
the American Psychological Association, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Downing, David L. (2001). Commissioned Book Review.
The Analyst in the Inner City: Race, Culture, and Class Through
a Psychoanalytic Lense by Neil Altman, Analytic Press, 1995.
Psychologist-Psychoanalyst.
Downing, David L. (2000). "Controversies in psychoanalytic
education: The issue of race and its relevance in psychoanalytic
treatment”. The Psychoanalytic Review. 87 (3), 355-376.
Downing, David L. March 2000. "An Object Relations
Approach to the Treatment of a Delusional Patient From the Perspectives
of Fairbairn and Winnicott”. Scientific/Case Conference,
Chicago Chapter of the International Society for the Psychotherapy
of Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses (ISPS), the Institute for
Psychoanalysis – Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Downing, David L. November 1999. "Psychoanalysis
as a Subversive Activity”. Chairperson, Symposium for International
Federation for Psychoanalytic Education Tenth Annual Convention,
San Francisco, California.
Downing, David L. November 1999. "On
the Psychoanalyst’s ’Capacity to Be Alone’: Working Psychoanalytically
in Anti-Psychoanalytical Spaces”. Paper presentation for International
Federation for Psychoanalytic Education Tenth Annual Convention,
San Francisco, California.
Downing, David L. January 1999. "Administration,
Program Development, Management, & Consultation: Expanding
Roles for Psychologists”. Michael Horowitz, PhD, Co-Author. Paper presentation at the National Council of Schools and Programs
in Professional Psychology Mid-Winter Conference, Charleston,
South Carolina.
Downing, David L. November 1998. "The
Decline and Resurrection of the Intra-psychic Focus: The Transitional
Phenomenon and the Therapeutic Process”. Invited Panel.
Chair and Presenter, with Peter Giovacchini, MD and Charles E
Turk, MD. Ninth Annual Conference, the International Federation
for Psychoanalytic Education, New York, New York.
Downing, David L. April 1998."Perversions
as Representing the Patient’s Somaticized Attempts to Attain Psychical
Coherence and Integration”. Paper presentation at American
Psychological Association Division 39 (Psychoanalysis) Annual
Spring Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts.
Downing, David L. & Kerbis, Kim (1998). "Exterminate
all rational thought: David Cronenberg’s filmic vision of William
S. Burrough’s Naked Lunch”. The Psychoanalytic Review.
85 (5), 775-792.
Downing, David L. February 1997. "Exterminate
All Rational Thought: David Cronenberg’s Filmic Vision of William
S Burroughs’s Naked Lunch”. Paper presentation at the American
Psychological Association Division 39 (Psychoanalysis) Annual
Spring Meeting, Denver, Colorado.
Downing, David L. October 1997. "A Symposium
on the Vicissitudes of Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Treatment
of Severe Psychopathology in Light of the Contributions of D W
Winnicott”. Chair, Eighth Annual Conference, International
Federation for Psychoanalytic Education, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Downing, David L. October 1997. "Somnolence
in the Psychoanalytic Situation: On Benign and Pathognomonic Features
in the Treatment of a Severely Traumatized Patient”. Paper
Presentation, Eighth Annual Conference, International Federation
for Psychoanalytic Education, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Discussant:
Peter Giovacchini, MD.
Downing, David L. October 1997. "The
Perversions and Psychoanalysis”. Symposium Chair.
Eighth Annual Conference, International Federation for Psychoanalytic
Education. "A Symposium on the Vicissitudes of Psychoanalysis
and Psychoanalytic Treatment of Severe Psychopathology in Light
of the Contributions of D W Winnicott”. 16 November 1996.
Downing, David L. September 1996. "Teaching
Psychoanalysis”. Chair, Seventh Annual Conference, International
Federation for Psychoanalytic Education, Boca Raton, Florida.
Downing, David L. May 1996. "Education
and Training in Clinical Psychology in the United States”.
Citizen Ambassador Program, Psychoanalysts Delegation to the People’s
Republic of China. Beijing, Xi’an, Nanjing, Shanghai, People’s
Republic of China.
Downing, David L. 8 May 1996. "Psychotherapy
of an Adolescent with Frontal Cortex Head Injury”. Sino-Japanese
Friendship Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China.
Downing, David L. 25 January 1996. "Are
Professional Schools of Psychology Ready for a Post-Doctoral Program
in Psycho-pharmacology?” With Michael Horowitz, PhD. Poster
Presentation, Mid-Winter Conference, National Council of Schools
of Professional Psychology, Clearwater Beach, Florida.
Myra Leifer, Nancy U. Cairns, Mary E. Connors, Myra
M. Lawrence, Pamela Gruenhut, Ann Womack, Helen L. Evans, and
David L. Downing (1995). Illinois School of Professional
Psychology Predoctoral Minor in Sexual Abuse. Professional
Psychology: Research and Practice, Vol. 26, No. 3, 252-256.
Downing, David L. (1994). A Brief Comment
on the History of the Chicago Open Chapter for the Study of Psychoanalysis.
In, A History of the Division of Psychoanalysis of the American
Psychological Association, Robert C. Lane and Murray Meisels (Eds).
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, Hillsdale, New
Jersey.
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