פרופ’ ג’אן אברם

Professor Jan Abram is a training and supervising analyst of the British Psychoanalytical Society. She was past Chair of the BPas Scientific Committee and is presently Chair of the Archives Committee. She is Vice President of the European Psychoanalytic Federation for the annual conferences. As a Visiting Professor at University College London she convenes  courses on the Msc in Psychoanalytic Studies. For over a decade she has been a member of the Paris Group (IPA and EFP Research group on The Specificity of Psychoanalytic Treatment Today) and was its Chair between 2016 and 2019.

Jan Abram published several books and articles notably: The Language of Winnicot (1st edition 1996; 2nd edition 2007);  Donald Winnicott today (2013); The Clinical Paradigms of Melanie Klein and Donald Winnicott: comparisons and dialogues (2018 with co-author R.D. Hinshelwood). Her forthcoming books are: The Surviving Object: clinical essays  on psychic survival (a collection of her clinical papers); Donald Winnicott: A Contemporary Introduction; and another book with R.D. Hinshelwood The Clinical Paradigms of Donald Winnicott and Wilfred Bion: comparisons and dialogues.