Presentations & Publications
Sarah teaches and presents on the psychotherapy process and the craft of clinical attunement. She is available for talks, workshops, and classroom teaching.
Presentations & Publications
Sarah teaches and presents on the psychotherapy process and the craft of clinical attunement. She is available for talks, workshops, and classroom teaching.
Presentations & Publications
Sarah teaches and presents on the psychotherapy process and the craft of clinical attunement. She is available for talks, workshops, and classroom teaching.
Recent Publications
Mendelsohn, S. (2024). “Dialectics of We-Ness and I-Ness: Discussion of Geist and Nocek, Goldin, and Stern on Boundaries, Empathy and Selfobjects”, Psychoanalysis, Self and Context, 19: 445 – 456.
Mendelsohn, S., Trop, J. & Trop, G. (2023) Walking Dogs in Santa Monica and other Pathways to Dynamic Systems: Jeffrey and Gabriel Trop in Conversation with Sarah Mendelsohn. Psychoanalysis, Self, and Context 18:79-91
Lidofsky, D. & Mendelsohn, S. (2021) When the World Shifted: The Impact of the Pandemic on Practice, Theory and Culture, Psychoanalysis, Self and Context, 16: 203-204.
Mendelsohn, S. & Slowiaczek, M. (2020) IAPSP Vancouver Conference, Special Edition #1. Psychoanalysis, Self and Context, 15: 217.
Ferguson, H. & Mendelsohn, S. (2020) In Vienna 2018: Searching for Creativity in times of Crisis. Psychanalysis, Self, and Context, 15: 1-4.
Mendelsohn, S. (2018) “Poetics in the Clinical Encounter”, Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 28(1): 78 – 85.
Ferguson, H. & Mendelsohn, S. (2010) “Full of Yourself: How Eating Disorders Encode a Relational History”, International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, 6:352 – 376.
Recent Publications
Mendelsohn, S. (2024). “Dialectics of We-Ness and I-Ness: Discussion of Geist and Nocek, Goldin, and Stern on Boundaries, Empathy and Selfobjects”, Psychoanalysis, Self and Context, 19: 445 – 456.
Mendelsohn, S., Trop, J. & Trop, G. (2023) Walking Dogs in Santa Monica and other Pathways to Dynamic Systems: Jeffrey and Gabriel Trop in Conversation with Sarah Mendelsohn. Psychoanalysis, Self, and Context 18:79-91
Lidofsky, D. & Mendelsohn, S. (2021) When the World Shifted: The Impact of the Pandemic on Practice, Theory and Culture, Psychoanalysis, Self and Context, 16: 203-204.
Mendelsohn, S. & Slowiaczek, M. (2020) IAPSP Vancouver Conference, Special Edition #1. Psychoanalysis, Self and Context, 15: 217.
Ferguson, H. & Mendelsohn, S. (2020) In Vienna 2018: Searching for Creativity in times of Crisis. Psychanalysis, Self, and Context, 15: 1-4.
Mendelsohn, S. (2018) “Poetics in the Clinical Encounter”, Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 28(1): 78 – 85.
Ferguson, H. & Mendelsohn, S. (2010) “Full of Yourself: How Eating Disorders Encode a Relational History”, International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, 6:352 – 376.
Recent Publications
Mendelsohn, S. (2024). “Dialectics of We-Ness and I-Ness: Discussion of Geist and Nocek, Goldin, and Stern on Boundaries, Empathy and Selfobjects”, Psychoanalysis, Self and Context, 19: 445 – 456.
Mendelsohn, S., Trop, J. & Trop, G. (2023) Walking Dogs in Santa Monica and other Pathways to Dynamic Systems: Jeffrey and Gabriel Trop in Conversation with Sarah Mendelsohn. Psychoanalysis, Self, and Context 18:79-91
Lidofsky, D. & Mendelsohn, S. (2021) When the World Shifted: The Impact of the Pandemic on Practice, Theory and Culture, Psychoanalysis, Self and Context, 16: 203-204.
Mendelsohn, S. & Slowiaczek, M. (2020) IAPSP Vancouver Conference, Special Edition #1. Psychoanalysis, Self and Context, 15: 217.
Ferguson, H. & Mendelsohn, S. (2020) In Vienna 2018: Searching for Creativity in times of Crisis. Psychanalysis, Self, and Context, 15: 1-4.
Mendelsohn, S. (2018) “Poetics in the Clinical Encounter”, Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 28(1): 78 – 85.
Ferguson, H. & Mendelsohn, S. (2010) “Full of Yourself: How Eating Disorders Encode a Relational History”, International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, 6:352 – 376.
Speaker Bio
Sarah Mendelsohn, LCSW, is a training analyst and supervisor on faculty at the Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity (IPSS), The Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (MIP) and the National Institute for the Psychotherapies (NIP) in New York. She has written and presented at international organizations on enactive clinical action and the analyst’s subjectivity. She is an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology: Psychanalysis, Self and Context and she is a psychoanalyst and clinical supervisor in private practice in New York City.
Speaker Bio
Sarah Mendelsohn, LCSW, is a training analyst and supervisor on faculty at the Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity (IPSS), The Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (MIP) and the National Institute for the Psychotherapies (NIP) in New York. She has written and presented at international organizations on enactive clinical action and the analyst’s subjectivity. She is an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology: Psychanalysis, Self and Context and she is a psychoanalyst and clinical supervisor in private practice in New York City.
Speaker Bio
Sarah Mendelsohn, LCSW, is a training analyst and supervisor on faculty at the Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity (IPSS), The Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (MIP) and the National Institute for the Psychotherapies (NIP) in New York. She has written and presented at international organizations on enactive clinical action and the analyst’s subjectivity. She is an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology: Psychanalysis, Self and Context and she is a psychoanalyst and clinical supervisor in private practice in New York City.
Recent Presentations
“Hunger Artists: Enigmatic Strivings in Disordered Eating Behaviors, Selected Paper Session, 46th Annual Conference of the International Association for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, Pasadena, CA (2025).
“The Creative Edges of Self-Psychological Theory: Permeable Boundaries, Complex Self Objects and Empathy on a Continuum”, Invited Plenary Panel, 44th Annual Conference of the International Association for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, Chicago, IL (2023)
“The Analyst’s Subjectivity: A Double Edged Sword”, Invited Plenary Panel, 40th Annual Conference of the International Association for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, Chicago, IL (2017)
“Creative Means to Therapeutic Ends: When Enactive Communication Yields Clinical Traction”, accepted panel, 13th Annual conference of the International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Rome, Italy (2016)
“Revisiting Searles: Conflict and Mutual Change in the Analytic Relationship”, invited panel. Scientific Meeting, IEA, Fall 2013 and Division 39, APA 34th Annual Spring Meeting, New York, NY (2014)
“No-Mad Poet: A Brief Treatment Narrative and a Live Demonstration of Poetry, Self-Discovery and Surrender”, 32nd Annual Spring Meeting, Division of Psychoanalysis (39), Santa Fe, NM (2012)
“Full of Yourself: How Eating Disorders Encode a Relational History”, 31st Annual International Conference on the psychology of the Self, Baltimore, MD (2008)
Recent Presentations
“Hunger Artists: Enigmatic Strivings in Disordered Eating Behaviors, Selected Paper Session, 46th Annual Conference of the International Association for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, Pasadena, CA (2025).
“The Creative Edges of Self-Psychological Theory: Permeable Boundaries, Complex Self Objects and Empathy on a Continuum”, Invited Plenary Panel, 44th Annual Conference of the International Association for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, Chicago, IL (2023)
“The Analyst’s Subjectivity: A Double Edged Sword”, Invited Plenary Panel, 40th Annual Conference of the International Association for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, Chicago, IL (2017)
“Creative Means to Therapeutic Ends: When Enactive Communication Yields Clinical Traction”, accepted panel, 13th Annual conference of the International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Rome, Italy (2016)
“Revisiting Searles: Conflict and Mutual Change in the Analytic Relationship”, invited panel. Scientific Meeting, IEA, Fall 2013 and Division 39, APA 34th Annual Spring Meeting, New York, NY (2014)
“No-Mad Poet: A Brief Treatment Narrative and a Live Demonstration of Poetry, Self-Discovery and Surrender”, 32nd Annual Spring Meeting, Division of Psychoanalysis (39), Santa Fe, NM (2012)
“Full of Yourself: How Eating Disorders Encode a Relational History”, 31st Annual International Conference on the psychology of the Self, Baltimore, MD (2008)
Recent Presentations
“Hunger Artists: Enigmatic Strivings in Disordered Eating Behaviors, Selected Paper Session, 46th Annual Conference of the International Association for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, Pasadena, CA (2025).
“The Creative Edges of Self-Psychological Theory: Permeable Boundaries, Complex Self Objects and Empathy on a Continuum”, Invited Plenary Panel, 44th Annual Conference of the International Association for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, Chicago, IL (2023)
“The Analyst’s Subjectivity: A Double Edged Sword”, Invited Plenary Panel, 40th Annual Conference of the International Association for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, Chicago, IL (2017)
“Creative Means to Therapeutic Ends: When Enactive Communication Yields Clinical Traction”, accepted panel, 13th Annual conference of the International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Rome, Italy (2016)
“Revisiting Searles: Conflict and Mutual Change in the Analytic Relationship”, invited panel. Scientific Meeting, IEA, Fall 2013 and Division 39, APA 34th Annual Spring Meeting, New York, NY (2014)
“No-Mad Poet: A Brief Treatment Narrative and a Live Demonstration of Poetry, Self-Discovery and Surrender”, 32nd Annual Spring Meeting, Division of Psychoanalysis (39), Santa Fe, NM (2012)
“Full of Yourself: How Eating Disorders Encode a Relational History”, 31st Annual International Conference on the psychology of the Self, Baltimore, MD (2008)