Deanna Holtzman, PhD is a Training and Supervising analyst and Past President of the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute. She is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine at Wayne State University and an Adjunct Professor of Psychology at the University of Detroit. She is the President of the Sigmund Freud Archives, Inc. and has co-authored two books with Nancy Kulish.

Nancy Kulish, PhD is a Training and Supervising Analyst and Past President of the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute. She is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine at Wayne State University and an Adjunct professor of Psychology at the University of Detroit. She has co-authored two books with Deanna Holtzman and published numerous articles on transference/countertransference, gender, and female sexuality.

Dedication
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction: The Suffering of Sisyphus
Deanna Holtzman PhD and Nancy Kulish PhD
Chapter 2. Clinical Constellations of Masochistic Psychopathology
Otto F. Kernberg, MD
Chapter 3. Masochism in Childhood and Adolescence as a Self-Regulatory Disorder
Alan Sugarman, Ph. D
Chapter 4. Some Suggestions for Engaging with the Clinical Problem of Masochism
Kerry Kelly Novick and Jack Novick Ph.D
Chapter 5. Clinical Observations on Masochistic Character Structure
Robert Alan Glick MD
Chapter 6.Sadomasochistic Stuckness.
Stanley J. Coen M. D.
Chapter 7.Masochism as a Multiply-Determined Phenomenon
Glen O. Gabbard MD
Chapter 8. Self-abuse and Suicidality; Clinical Manifestations of Chronic Narcissistic Rage
Anna Ornstein
Chapter 9. Varieties of Masochistic Experience-Modes of Analytic Relating
Henry Markman M.D.
Chapter 10. Masochism and Trauma
Harold P. Blum MD
Chapter 11. Failure to Thrive: Shame, Inhibition and Masochistic Submission in Women
Dianne Elise Ph.D.
Chapter 12.Analysts Who Have Sexual Relations with Their Patients - The Central Role of Masochism
Marvin Margolis MD, PhD
Chapter 13. Conclusion
Deanna Holtzman PhD and Nancy Kulish PhD
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