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Susan Bers is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine. Her academic career spans several decades with significant contributions to clinical psychology, psychoanalysis, and eating disorders research.
Education:
- B.A. from University of Chicago (1966)
- Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Yale University (1987)
Training:
- Post-doctoral Fellowship, Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry (1989)
- Western New England Institute for Psychoanalysis (1999)
Dr. Bers's research primarily focuses on psychoanalysis, eating disorders, self-representation, and schizophrenia. Her work explores the intersection of psychological theory and clinical practice, with particular attention to how self and object representations influence mental health conditions. She has made significant contributions to understanding anorexia nervosa, schizophrenia, and adolescent psychology through both empirical research and theoretical developments.
Her publication record spans from 1984 to 2025, demonstrating a long-standing commitment to advancing knowledge in clinical psychology. Her most recent work continues to explore eating disorders through the lens of psychoanalytic theory, while her earlier publications established important connections between self-representation, family dynamics, and mental health conditions. Her research shows a consistent trajectory from social psychology foundations to specialized clinical applications in eating disorders and psychoanalytic theory.
Dr. Bers has collaborated with notable researchers including Ilan Harpaz-Rotem, Sidney Blatt, and Alan Besser in the field of clinical psychology and psychiatry. Her work appears in prestigious journals such as Psychoanalytic Inquiry, Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, and Psychoanalytic Psychology.
