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Voluntary rank detailsSusan Bers, PhD
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Assistant Clinical Professor
Biography
Education:
B.A. University of Chicago 1966
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology,Yale University 1987
Training:
Post-doctoral Fellowship, Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry 1989
Western New England Institute for Psychoanalysis 1999
Last Updated on March 11, 2025.
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Education & Training
- Post-Doctoral Fellow
- Yale University School of Medicine (1989)
- PhD
- Yale University, Clinical Psychology (1987)
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Publications Timeline
A big-picture view of Susan Bers's research output by year.
Ilan Harpaz-Rotem, PhD, ABPP
10Publications
294Citations
Publications
2025
Self and Object Representations in Eating Disorders: Combining Research and Psychological Treatment
Bers S. Self and Object Representations in Eating Disorders: Combining Research and Psychological Treatment. Psychoanalytic Inquiry 2025, 45: 90-104. DOI: 10.1080/07351690.2025.2451022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEating-disordered patientsObject representationsPsychological treatmentPatient's inner worldAnorexia nervosa patientsSense of selfWorld of selfEating DisordersSidney BlattYoung adultsInner worldSelfPsychotherapyBlattPsychologyPublished researchInfluence of researchDisordersResearch reportsClinical treatmentSymptomsResearchAdultsTreatmentRepresentation
2020
Clinical Evolutions on the Superego, Body, and Gender in Psychoanalysis
Bers S. Clinical Evolutions on the Superego, Body, and Gender in Psychoanalysis. Journal Of The American Psychoanalytic Association 2020, 68: 151-156. DOI: 10.1177/0003065120904449.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
AN EMPIRICAL EXPLORATION OF THE DYNAMICS OF ANOREXIA NERVOSA: Representations of Self, Mother, and Father
Bers S, Besser A, Harpaz–Rotem I, Blatt S. AN EMPIRICAL EXPLORATION OF THE DYNAMICS OF ANOREXIA NERVOSA: Representations of Self, Mother, and Father. Psychoanalytic Psychology 2013, 30: 188-209. DOI: 10.1037/a0032512.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2008
Out of the Woods: Tales of Resilient Teens
Bers S. Out of the Woods: Tales of Resilient Teens. The International Journal Of Psychoanalysis 2008, 89: 204-209. DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-8315.2007.00012_3.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitations
1998
Expressed Emotion and Differentiation of Self in the Relatives of Stable Schizophrenia Outpatients
Docherty N, Cutting L, Bers S. Expressed Emotion and Differentiation of Self in the Relatives of Stable Schizophrenia Outpatients. Psychiatry 1998, 61: 269-278. PMID: 9919622, DOI: 10.1080/00332747.1998.11024839.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitations
1997
23 Expressed emotion and definition of sele in parents of long-term stable schizophrenia outpatients
Docherty N, Cutting L, Bers S. 23 Expressed emotion and definition of sele in parents of long-term stable schizophrenia outpatients. Schizophrenia Research 1997, 24: 13. DOI: 10.1016/s0920-9964(97)82031-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitations
1993
Normal and Pathological Aspects of Self-Descriptions and Their Change Over Long-Term Treatment
Bers S, Blatt S, Sayward H, Johnston R. Normal and Pathological Aspects of Self-Descriptions and Their Change Over Long-Term Treatment. Psychoanalytic Psychology 1993, 10: 17-37. DOI: 10.1037/h0079432.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsCognitive-affective aspectsFemales ages 13Treatment gainsCognitive levelExpression of depressionInterpersonal relationshipsBehavioral expressionSubjective experienceAge 13Self-DescriptionDepressive feelingsLess senseTreatment reviewMore referencesPsychiatric inpatientsMore differentiationNonpatientsSelfSigns of progress
1992
Perceived-Competence Deficit in Anorexia Nervosa
Bers S, Quinlan D. Perceived-Competence Deficit in Anorexia Nervosa. Journal Of Psychopathology And Clinical Science 1992, 101: 423-431. PMID: 1500599, DOI: 10.1037/0021-843x.101.3.423.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsPsychometric Properties of the Depressive Experiences Questionnaire for Adolescents
Blatt S, Schaffer C, Bers S, Quinlan D. Psychometric Properties of the Depressive Experiences Questionnaire for Adolescents. Journal Of Personality Assessment 1992, 59: 82-98. PMID: 1512682, DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa5901_8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and Concepts
1984
Social-comparison jealousy: A developmental and motivational study
Bers S, Rodin J. Social-comparison jealousy: A developmental and motivational study. Journal Of Personality And Social Psychology 1984, 47: 766-779. DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.47.4.766.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitations
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