Can we be both women and analysts?

The authors, candidates at a psychoanalytic institute that has not had a woman training analyst for more than 20 years, have a unique vantage point from which to examine the woman's development as an adult female and as a psychoanalyst. Our group has engaged in a series of discussions asking: Can we be both women and analysts? Comparing and contrasting our experiences with feedback from colleagues across the United States and abroad, we had to accept that our unique situation could not be a foil for the training dilemmas facing women. Our insights into the challenges involved with training, expression of sexuality, family ties, formation of an analytic identity, creative contributions to the field, and career progression have caused us to arrive at some sobering observations and hard-hitting questions which we present here. We hope that as we describe our discussions about the woman analyst's experience an active dialogue will arise within the reader's mind, and subsequently with colleagues.

Directions for the future of Menninger children's services: summary of group discussions.

As part of the planning process for a new facility for children and adolescents at Menninger, a working conference on the Future of Mental Health Services for Children and the Role of Psychiatric Hospitalization in the Treatment of Emotionally Disturbed Children was convened August 24-25, 1989, at The Menninger Clinic. Four discussion groups met during the conference, and the authors summarize the central ideas emerging from those groups. They focus on the understanding of the Menninger mission, the need for both a continuum of care and continuity of care, physical requirements of the new facility, economic issues, and the critical role of research.