Presented Papers at Professional Conferences
Namir, S. (October 2005). Embodiments and disembodiments: The relation of body modifications to two psychoanalytic treatments. Bodies in the Making: Transgressions & Transformations Conference, Institute of Advanced Feminist Research, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Namir, S. (April 2004). Introduction to IARPP Panel: British Object Relations Theory and the Relational Perspective: Historical Underpinnings. International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Second Biennial Conference, Los Angeles.
Namir, S. (December 1994). From disidentifications to identifications: The formation of a gendered identity in the female-female analytic dyad. Panel on Identity Transformations in Treatment: Gendered and Racial. The American Academy of Psychoanalysis, 38th Winter Meeting, Santa Barbara.
Namir, S. (August 1994). Somatic chaos: Psychoanalytic treatment of preverbal trauma. Invited Panel (Division of Psychoanalysis) on Psychoanalytic Treatment of Somatic Illness. American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Los Angeles.
Namir, S. (April 1994). Mothers don’t do that: A theoretical perspective on mother-daughter sexual abuse. Panel on Mother-Daughter Sexual Abuse: Theoretical, Research, and Clinical Perspectives. Division of Psychoanalysis, American Psychological Association, Fourteenth Annual Spring Meeting, Washington D.C.
Lebe, D. & Namir, S. (December, l993). Boundary dilemmas posed by theory: Psychoanalytic teaching of ethics. Panel on Ethics in Psychoanalysis: Fundamental Issues. The American Academy of Psychoanalysis, 37th Winter Meeting, New York.
Stolorow, R.D. and Namir, S. (April 1992). Trauma, pathogenesis and analysis of resistance. Panel on the Rediscovery of Trauma: Implications for Psychoanalytic Treatment and Theory. Division of Psychoanalysis, American Psychological Association, Twelfth Annual Spring Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Namir, S. (October 1989). Introduction and discussion. Chair of Symposium on Working with Diverse Populations: Countertransference in Training and Practice. Los Angeles County Psychological Association, First Annual Convention, Los Angeles.
Namir, S., (August 1988). An empowerment model for the prevention of AIDS in women. Symposium on AIDS & Women: Reaching and empowering a hidden population. American Psychological Association Annual Convention. Atlanta, Georgia.
Namir, S. (April 1988). Women and AIDS: Prevention, intervention and policy implications. Symposium on Dimensions of Biopsychosocial Research on AIDS: Clinical and Policy Implications. Ninth Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
Namir, S. (February 1988). Outreach and education for women about AIDS. Symposium on AIDS and the Education and Training of Psychologists. California State Psychological Association Annual Convention, San Diego, California.
Namir, S. (August 1986). Coping with AIDS: The health implications of various strategies. Symposium on the Psychosocial Sequelae of AIDS: Reports from Three AIDS Epicenters. American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Washington, D.C.
Namir, S. and Weinstein, R.S. (August 1985). Risk-taking: A developmental approach to decisions in work and relationships. American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Los Angeles, California.
Namir, S. (August 1985). Neuropsychological assessment and intervention for people with AIDS. Symposium on Clinical Issues and Clinical Services in Response to AIDS. American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Los Angeles, California.
Alumbaugh, M.J., Namir, S. & Boxley, R. (August l985). Social support, coping and AIDS. American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Los Angeles, California.
Namir, S. (March 1985). Psychosocial needs of people with AIDS and preliminary results of groups interventions. Symposium selected as Colloquium Series: Behavioral Medicine at the Leading Edge. Sixth Annual Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Namir, S. (December, 1984). Prevention and intervention for people with AIDS. Working Conference on the Psychosocial Apects of AIDS, Institute for the Advancement of Health, Glen Cove, New York.
Namir, S. (June 1984). Psychosocial aspects of AIDS: A preliminary research report. Third Annual AIDS Forum, New York.
Namir, S. (June l984). Dilemmas in evaluating interventions for people with AIDS. Symposium on Research Issues. Third Annual AIDS Forum, New York.
Namir, S. (April 1983). Risk-taking: Motives and decisions in two contexts. Western Psychological Association Convention, San Francisco, California.
Namir, S. (August l982). Introduction. Symposium on Couples in Transition: Relocation and Graduate School Influences. American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Washington, D.C.
Namir, S. (August l982). Stresses and supports while going through a major life transition. Symposium on Couples in Transition. American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Washington, D.C.
Namir, S. (February 1979). Attitude change towards high-risk and drug use behaviors among adolescents after a drug abuse prevention program. California State Psychological Association Annual Convention, Monterey, California.
Namir, S. (May 1978). Women and drug abuse prevention. Women and Prevention Conference, Los Angeles County Drug Abuse Office, Project Focus, Los Angeles, California.
Namir, S. (November 1977). The effects of a values-oriented and decision-making curriculum for the prevention of drug abuse. International Drug Abuse Conference, Phoenix, Arizona.
Invited Presentations and Training Workshops
November, 2015: Psychotherapy with the “Old Old”. Paper presented at Santa Cruz Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Society, Santa Cruz, California, November 14, 2015.
March, 2014: Discussant for “It Can Take a Lifetime” presented by Jane Dawson, MFT. Paper presented at Santa Cruz Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Society, March 8, 2014.
January, 2014: To Retire or Not to Retire: That is the question. Paper presented at Santa Cruz Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Society, Santa Cruz, California, January 11, 2014.
July, 2013: Embodiment and Disembodiment. Panel on Dissociation Santa Cruz Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Society, Santa Cruz, California, July 13, 2013.
April, 2013: Fighting For Words: A Creative Writing Workshop for Veterans. Keynote Address (with Helene Moglen), Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, University of California. Santa Barbara Conference Narrative-making in the aftermath of War, April 25-26 2013.
September, 2008: America on the Couch: Psychological perspectives on the 2008 Presidential Election. (with Alan Strachan). Santa Cruz Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Society (co-sponsored by Monterey Bay Psychological Association), Santa Cruz, September 27, 2008.
May, 2006: Discussion of Crossing over: A story of surrender and transformation by Christal Daehnert. Los Angeles Institute And Society for Psychoanalytic Studies, Los Angeles, May 4.
October, 2005: War and the Dis-eases of Othering: A Psychoanalytic Conception (with Helene Moglen). Colloquium Series, Center for Cultural Studies. University of California, Santa Cruz, October 26, 2005.
May, 2005: War and the Dis-eases of Otherness. (with Helene Moglen) Psychoanalysis, the Iraq War and the Prospects for a Lasting Peace: A Symposium. University of South Carolina, May 13-15 2005.
January 2002: A Psychoanalytic Rashomon: Four Views of a Patient. Panelist for Southern California Psychoanalytic Scientific Meeting, Los Angeles, January 5, 2002.
June 2001: Discussion of The fictive object and disordered attachments: Linking contemporary Kleinian theory and attachment theory. by Margaret Rubin. Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute, Los Angeles, California, June 4.
December 2000: Paradox and illusion in psychoanalytic work, training, love and life: An object relations perspective. Paper presented at Institute of Psychoanalysis meeting “A Consideration of boundaries and dual relationships: Four theoretical perspectives”. Los Angeles, California, December 16.
October 2000: Discussion of A theory of psychoanalytic practice as praxis by K. Elizabeth Altman, Ph.D. Third Annual Daphne E. Stolorow Memorial Award Presentation, Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles, October 16.
September 2000: Discussion of A life for our times: Virginia Woolf and psychoanalysis in the post modern era by Billie Lee Violette, L.C.S.W. Committee on Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work, Southern California Area Meeting, September 16.
March 2000: Supervision from a Psychoanalytic Perspective. Training workshop, Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles, California.
April 1998: The 29th Annual Franz Alexander Memorial Lecture, Department of Psychiatry, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and The Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute and Society, Los Angeles. Discussion of Ethel Spector Person’s Lecture Power motivation in psychic life and in therapy.
February 1995: California Institute for Clinical Social Work, Winter Convocation: Boundary Issues and Dilemmas in Clinical Work, Los Angeles. Plenary Session: Intimacy, privacy and power in psychoanalysis.
January 1995: The Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Winter Meeting, Los Angeles. Discussant of Malcolm Pines’ paper Listening and the sonorous self.
February 1992: Pacific Center for Counseling. Inservice training on Countertransference.
April 1991: Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute. Extension Division. Discussant of film “The Wizard of Loneliness”.
April 1990: UCLA CIRID/APLA Conference on AIDS. Workshop on countertransference issues.
May 1989: California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles, Continuing Education Extension Division. Countertransference reactions to patients with life threatening illnesses.
June 1988: University of California Intercampus Health Psychology Conference, Berkeley, California. Community research on AIDS with women.
March 1988: UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute & Hospital, Third Annual Scientific Session. Neuropsychiatric and Psychosocial Aspects of HIV Spectrum Disease: Current Perspectives. Social support and HIV spectrum disease: Clinical and research perspectives.
November 1987: The Los Angeles County Psychological Association, Los Angeles Society of Clinical Psychologists, and San Fernando Valley Psychological Association Conference. Update: Latest AIDS Information for Psychologists. Psychological and social issues relevant to clinical practice.
September 1987: Alumni Association of the Wright Institute, Los Angeles, Conference: Social-Clinical Perspectives on AIDS. Psychotherapists’ roles and responsibilities in the AIDS crisis.
June 1987: Napa State Hospital, Imola, California. Training for psychologists, psychiatrists and social workers on psychological and neuropsychological aspects of AIDS.
June 1987: Group Psychotherapy Association of Southern California. 34th Annual Conference. AIDS: Impact on clients and therapists’ roles and responsibilities.
June 1987: University of California, Santa Barbara, Extension Division. AIDS Update 1987: Medical and Psychological Perspectives. Psychological and neuropsychological aspects of AIDS.
January 1987: AIDS and Mental Health Training Conferences
December 1986: Sponsored by UCSF AIDS Clinical Research
November 1986: Center and State of California Mental Health Department. Presented in Santa Barbara, San Diego, Los Angeles, Davis, Berkeley, and San Jose, California. Overview of the psychological treatment and research: People with AIDS. The psychotherapeutic relationship and counter-transference issues in working with people who have AIDS. Psychiatric and neuropsychological diagnosis and treatment of AIDS. (with Deane L. Wolcott, M.D.)
March 1986: Los Angeles Society of Clinical Psychologists, Membership Meeting. Countertransference and grief reactions of therapists coping with suicide, AIDS and cancer.
February 1986: University of California, Santa Barbara, Extension Division: AIDS – Current Psychological and Medical Perspectives: A team approach. Psychological and neuropsychological aspects of AIDS.
February 1986: UCLA School of Public Health, Community Affairs Public Lecture. AIDS: Psychosocial effects on individuals, families and the community.
January 1986: University of California, Los Angeles, Extension Division. AIDS- State of the Art for the Practitioner. Neuropsychological aspects of AIDS.
January 1986: Los Angeles Society of Clinical Psychologists. People with AIDS and ARC in psychotherapy.
December 1985: UCLA Consultation/Liaison Seminar, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences. AIDS and consultation-liaison services.
September 1985: University of California, San Francisco. AIDS: Policy, Administrative and Clinical Issues of Mental Health Conference. Treatment issues: People with AIDS.
June 1985: Central Valley AIDS Team Conference: AIDS: Are We Ready? Fresno, California. Psychological aspects of AIDS.
May 1985: Los Angeles City/ County AIDS Task Force. Testimony at public hearing. The psychological impact of AIDS.
April 1985: UCLA-AIDS Study Center Noon Conference. The psychosocial aspects of AIDS.
November 1984: AIDS Project/Los Angeles. Medical/Psychosocial Update. Coping with AIDS.
May 1984: UCLA-NPI Eating Disorders Clinic. Pregnant anorectics: A prospective clinical study.
April 1983: UCLA-NPI Eating Disorders Clinic. Depression and anorexia nervosa.
Ad Hoc Reviewer for Professional Journals
Health Psychology
Journal of Applied Social Psychology
AIDS: Prevention and Education
International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Chairperson of Dissertations
at the California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles
Sandra J. Fischer. (1987). An object relations exploration of maternal-fetal attachment.
David Goldberg. (1988). A study of the influence of self-esteem, internalized homophobia, safer sex knowledge, and anxiety on sexual satisfaction for gay men.
Kathleen Mooney. (1988). Optimistic bias in single women’s attitudes and beliefs regarding the prevention of AIDS and other diseases.
Jonne Van Meer. (1989). The impact of incest on identity formation and intimate relationships.
Gerald Sprague. (1990). Stress, coping and illness: An investigation of hardiness as a mediating variable.
Elizabeth Laquidera. (1990). The relationship of female adult children of alcoholics and the severity of eating disorders compared to non-ACAs from dysfunctional and non-dysfunctional families.
Constance Phillips. (1991). Task definition and coping behavior in adolescents with sickle cell disease: A biopsychosocial model.
Michelle Watts. (1991). Post-polio syndrome: The psychological and physical effects of Type A behavior.
Suzanne Currier. (1991). The impact of the family environment on the adjustment of adoptees as adults compared to their biological counterparts.
Margaret Cramer. (1992). Beyond coping: Creativity and the capacity for self-transformation.
Sue Collins. (1992). Attention in dementia of the Alzheimer type.
Lisa Allen. (1992). Countertransference issues in psychotherapists who work with persons with AIDS.
Karen Beard. (1992). Somatic knowing with psychosomatic patients.
Mari Radzik. (1993). HIV and hemophilia: An exploratory study of parental coping and adolescent self-esteem.
Doria Reagan. (1993). Disruptions in maturational processes associated with mother-daughter incest.
Cynthia Palmer. (1995). The effects of childhood loss on adults’ support of a spouse with cancer.
Elizabeth Ann Snider. (1997). The female adoptee’s identity and the post-reunion relationship with her birth mother.