Stuart D. Perlman, Ph.D.

Psychoanalyst / Clinical Psychologist

Stuart D. Perlman

Publications

  • Perlman, S. Understanding our ancestry: A brief book note on a brilliant, concise book.  Other/Wise – IFPE Online Journal, Vol. 4, Fall 2010, http://ifpe.wordpress.com/2010/09/15/understanding-our-ancestry/  .
  • Perlman, S. I do this for your own good: A story of shrieking, disaster and recovery. American Journal of Psychoanalysis, 69(4), pp. 330-347, 2009.
  • Perlman, S. Falling into sexuality: Sexual boundary violations in psychotherapy. Psychoanalytic Review, 96(6), pp. 917-941, Dec. 2009.
  • Perlman, S. One man’s journey through darkness into light in art and psychoanalysis. Other/Wise – IFPE Online Journal, Vol. 2, Fall 2009, http://ifpe.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/one-mans-journey/ .
  • Perlman, S. Down Alice’s rabbit hole: Extreme dissociation as a matter of life and death. Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 19(2), pp. 197-203, 2009.
  • Perlman, S. Angels in my consulting room: Kohut and others as selfobjects for a trauma therapist. International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, 2(4), pp. 441-462, 2007.
  • Perlman, S. On dissociation: Notes from a space alien. International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, 1(4), pp. 413-434, 2006.
  • Perlman, S. Trauma: To relive or not to relive? Self Psychology Newsletter, 2005.
  • Perlman, S. Who dissociates? Incest survivor or therapist. Progress in Self Psychology, pp. 95-108, 2004.
  • Perlman, S. Keeping psychoanalysis vibrant. Point of View, Vol.1, pg. 6, 2002.
  • Perlman, S. The therapist’s emotional survival: dealing with the pain of exploring trauma, New Jersey: Jason Aronson Inc., 1999.
  • Perlman, S. The implications of transference and parallel process for the frame of supervision: a historical perspective.  Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis, 24(3), 1996.
  • Perlman, S. Psychoanalytic treatment of chronic pain: the body speaks on multiple levels. Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis, 24(2), pp. 257-271, 1996.
  • Perlman, S. “Reality” and countertransference in the treatment of sexual abuse: the false memory controversy. Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis, 24(1), pp.139-159, 1996.
  • Perlman, S. One analyst’s journey into darkness: countertransference resistance to recognizing sexual abuse, ritual abuse, and multiple personality disorders. Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis, 23(1), pp. 137-151, 1995.
  • Perlman, S., Unlocking incest memories: preoedipal transference, countertransference and the body. Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis, 21(3), pp.363-386, 1993.
  • Perlman, S. Losing a primary caretaker: child observation and parental intervention. Bulletin of the Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute, 1988.
  • Perlman, S., and Brown, N. Rules just for me: a child abuse prevention color and read book. 1314 Westwood Blvd., Suite 206, L.A., Ca., 90024, Copyright 1984.
  • Perlman, S., and Abramson, P. La soddisfazione sessuale nei coniugati e nei conviventi. Psychopathologia International Journal of Psychiatric Culture and Praxis. Vol. 1, 1983.
  • Perlman, S., and Abramson, P. Sexual satisfaction in married and cohabiting individuals. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 50(3), June, pp.458-460,1982.
  • Perlman, S. Sexual satisfaction in married and cohabiting couples. Dissertation Abstracts, 1981.

 

Convention Presentations

  • Venice Beach regulars: The courage of the homeless.  Presented at the International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, November, 2011.
  • Seeing is believing: A videotaped trauma treatment.   Presented at the American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work Annual Conference, Marina del Rey, California, March, 2011.
  • Painting the other’s soul: Psychoanalysis and art.  Presented at the International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education, Nashville, Tennessee, October, 2010.
  • Exploring the unspoken in a videotaped trauma treatment.  Presented at the International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education, Seattle, Washington, October, 2009.
  • Falling into sexuality.  Presented at the American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work Annual Conference, New York, February, 2009.
  • One man’s journey into art and psychoanalysis.  Presented at the International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education, Boston, November, 2008.
  • Falling into sexuality: Severe boundary violations in psychotherapy.  American Psychological Association Spring Division 39 Conference, New York, April, 2008.
  • Sexual boundary violations in psychotherapy.  Presented at the Eighteenth Annual Interdisciplinary Conference of the International Federation for Psychoanalytic Education, Toronto, Canada, October, 2007
  • Angels in my consulting room: Kohut and others as selfobjects for a trauma therapist.  National Membership Committee on Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work 10th Annual Conference, Chicago, 2007
  • I do this for your own good: a therapeutic story of shrieking, disaster and recovery. International Federation For Psychoanalytic Education’s 17th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference, Pasadena, CA,  2006
  • Both/And: The mutual dialogue of trauma. International Federation For Psychoanalytic Education’s 14th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference, Pasadena, CA,  2003
  • The therapist’s emotional survival and treating trauma. Los Angeles County Psychological Association Conference, Los Angeles, CA, October 2003
  • The therapist’s emotional survival: Dealing with the pain of exploring trauma.  California State University Bakersfield School Of Education Alumni Association Honored Speaker, 2002
  • Post-traumatic stress: Back to the future.  Aviva Family and Children’s Services 18th Annual Conference on Critical Issues of Adolescents.  Studio City, CA, 2002
  • Treating adolescents.  Aviva Family and Children’s Services 16th Annual Conference on Critical Issues of Adolescents.  Studio City, CA, 2000
  • In the trenches treating a dissociated trauma survivor: a detailed process analysis. Presentation, Annual Conference on The Psychology of The Self, Chicago, 2000.
  • A new paradigm for presenting patient treatment: contextualism. Presentation, Annual Conference on The Psychology of The Self, Toronto, Canada, 1999.
  • Kohut, therapist rescue fantasies, and self psychology: pitfall or opportunity. Presentation, Annual Conference on The Psychology of The Self, San Diego, California, 1998.
  • Therapist survival: the inner struggle treating sexual abuse and trauma survivors.  Presentation, Annual Conference on The Psychology of The Self, Washington, D.C., 1996.
  • Does transference know which part of the training and supervising analyst is which: a historical perspective on the frame of supervision. Chair and symposium presentation, American Psychological Association Convention, Los Angeles, 1995.
  • “Reality” and countertransference in the treatment of sexual abuse patients: the false memory controversy. Invited presentation, American Academy of Psychoanalysis Convention, Santa Barbara, 1994.
  • Implications of parallel process and transference for the frame of supervision: a historical perspective. Invited symposium, Los Angeles County Psychological Association Convention, 1994.
  • Psychoanalytic treatment of chronic pain: the body speaks on multiple levels. Invited symposium, American Psychological Association Convention, Los Angeles, 1994.
  • Psychoanalytic treatment of chronic pain. Invited presenter, Los Angeles County Association Convention, 1993.