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Jamieson Webster<\/h1>\n

Distinguished Research Fellow<\/p>\n

Global Centre for Advanced Studies \u2014 GCAS College Dublin<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n \n

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Jamieson Webster is a psychoanalyst in private practice based in New York City. In addition to her clinical work, she is a part-time faculty member at The New School for Social Research. She also holds a distinguished research position\u2014Distinguished Research Fellow\u2014at the Global Centre for Advanced Studies \u2014 GCAS College Dublin.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n \n

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Academic and Clinical Background<\/h2>\n
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  • Education:<\/strong> BA (2000) from Sarah Lawrence College; PhD in Clinical Psychology (2008) from the CUNY Graduate Center<\/li>\n
  • Teaches and supervises doctoral students in clinical psychology at CUNY Graduate Center, and has long-standing teaching roles across The New School and CUNY<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
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    Books<\/h2>\n
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    • The Life and Death of Psychoanalysis: Desire and Its Sublimation<\/em> (2011)<\/li>\n
    • Stay, Illusion! The Hamlet Doctrine<\/em> (2013), co-authored with Simon Critchley<\/li>\n
    • Conversion Disorder: Listening to the Body in Psychoanalysis<\/em> (2018)<\/li>\n
    • Disorganization and Sex<\/em> (2022)<\/li>\n
    • On Breathing: Care in a Time of Catastrophe<\/em> (2025), published by Catapult (US) and Peninsula Press (UK)<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
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      Articles and Media<\/h2>\n

      Webster regularly contributes to a wide range of publications, including:<\/p>\n

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      • The New York Times<\/strong> \u2014 Opinion pieces like “I Don’t Need to Be a Good Person” (2023)<\/li>\n
      • The New York Review of Books<\/strong> \u2014 “A Child is Being Aborted” (2022)<\/li>\n
      • The Los Angeles Review of Books<\/strong> \u2014 “Freudulence” (2024)<\/li>\n
      • Artforum<\/strong>, among other scholarly and psychoanalytic journals<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
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        Engagements & Fellowships<\/h2>\n
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        • Participated as a Fellow in the “Futures of Capitalism” program at The New Institute for the academic year 2024\u20132025<\/li>\n
        • Spoke at the Aspen Art Museum in connection with the exhibition In the House of the Trembling Eye<\/em>, tying psychoanalysis to themes in art, archaeology, and cultural discourse<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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