Gila Ashtor, PhD

As a psychoanalyst and critical theorist, Dr. Ashtor is at the forefront of current efforts to bring psychoanalysis into dialogue with adjacent disciplines, especially critical theory, affect studies, and cultural criticism. One of the few psychoanalysts who also has an extensive background in academia, Dr. Ashtor conducts groundbreaking research at the intersection of dissociation, selfhood, and sexuality. She is part of the Faculty at the Center for Psychoanalytic Training & Research, where she teaches courses on Freud, Laplanche, sexuality, masochism, and selfhood. Dr. Ashtor is the author of three books, including Exigent Psychoanalysis: The Theoretical Interventions of Jean Laplanche (Routledge, 2022) and Homo Psyche: On Queer Theory & Erotophobia (Fordham UP, 2021). She is currently at work on a new project that explores "pseudo-selfhood" and other disorders of self-connection.