President

Meredith Darcy, LCSW-R

Email: meredith.darcy@gmail.com

Meredith Darcy, LCSW-R is a psychotherapist and psychoanalyst in private practice
in New York City. Early in her practice, she worked exclusively with children,
adolescents, and families, and later began working extensively with patients with
eating disorders. Currently her practice focuses on women’s experience and
identity. She writes and presents papers nationally at psychoanalytic conferences;
her writing explores the therapist’s affect, the body, idealization of motherhood, and
subjectivity. Her most current published work is in the 2017 Routledge book, A
Womb of Her Own: A Women’s Struggle for Sexual and Reproductive Autonomy. She is
a board Member-at-Large of Division 39, Section III, Women, Gender and
Psychoanalysis, an Associate Editor for Contemporary Psychoanalysis, and faculty
and supervisor at The Intensive Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program at The
William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, and Psychology.

Past President

Helena Vissing, Psy.D.
Email: helenavissing@gmail.com

Helena Vissing, Psy.D., psychologist based in Los Angeles, specializing in motherhood studies, Maternal Mental Health, and psychoanalytic and somatic psychotherapy. Adjunct at Antioch University and The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. 

Representative to the Division 39 Board

Marilyn Metzl, Ph.D.
Email: marilynmetzl@sbcglobal.net

Kansas City Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Kansas City, MO

Treasurer

Ellen Toronto, Ph.D.
Email: etoronto@umich.edu

Private Practice, Ann Arbor, MI

Member-At-Large

Margaret Carr, Ph.D.
Email: marcarr00@yahoo.com

Margaret Carr, Ph, D., is a Clinical Psychologist in private practice in Princeton, NJ. She completed her psychoanalytic training at New York University’s Postdoctoral program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. She has particular interests in gender and sexuality, the use of mindfulness practices in treatment and the continuation of meaningful living in the later stages of life.

Member-At-Large

Diana Diamond , Ph.D.
Email: ddiamond@gmail.com

City University of New York, NY

Member-At-Large

Naomi Snider

Naomi Snider is co-author of "why does patriarchy persist?" a book exploring the psychological dimensions and impact of patriarchy written with world renowned feminist psychologist Carol Gilligan. With a commitment to advancing a social justice oriented approach to psychoanalysis, Naomi has published articles on gender and the intersection of politics and psychology for psychoanalytic audiences and in national media outlets. She is a research fellow at NYU Steinhardt school of culture, education and human development and co-founder of NYU's radical listening project. Naomi is a candidate in psychoanalytic training at the William Alanson White Institute.