CURRICULUM VITAE
Vanessa Rawlings Sinclair, Psy.D.
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
Sinclair, V.R. (2020). Scansion in Psychoanalysis and Art: the Cut in Creation. London: Routledge.
Sinclair, V.R. (2020). “Breyer P-Orridge Try to Altar Everything.” In Carl Abrahamsson (ed.) The Fenris Wolf, vol. 10. Stockholm: Trapart Books.
Sinclair, V.R. (ed.) (2019). Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics and Poetry. Stockholm: Trapart Books.
Sinclair, V.R. (2019). “Inventing Ourselves: A Daily Practice of Cut-ups.” In Judith Noble, et al (eds.) Black Mirror: Elsewhere. London: Fulgur.
Sinclair, V.R. & Steinkoler, M. (eds.) (2018). On Psychoanalysis and Violence: Contemporary Lacanian Perspectives. London: Routledge.
Sinclair, V.R. & Abrahamsson, C. (eds.) (2017). The Fenris Wolf, vol. 9. Stockholm: Trapart Books.
Sinclair, V.R. (2016). Switching Mirrors. Stockholm: Trapart Books.
Sinclair, V.R. (2016). “Polymorphous Perversity and Pandrogeny.” In Carl Abrahamsson (ed.) The Fenris Wolf, vol. 8. Stockholm: Trapart Books.
Sinclair, V.R. & Lambrecht, I. (2016). “Ritual and Psychoanalytic Spaces as Transitional, featuring Sangoma Trance States.” In Carl Abrahamsson (ed.) The Fenris Wolf, vol. 8. Stockholm: Trapart Books.
Sinclair, V.R. (2015). “Das Unbehagen of Duchamp, Dada & Psychoanalysis.” Division/ Review: Quarterly Psychoanalytic Forum of APA Division 39, No. 10 Spring 2015.Sinclair, V.R. (2015). “Das Unbehagen of Duchamp, Dada & Psychoanalysis.”
Sinclair, V.R. (2014). “The Zeitgest Creating Psychoanalysis and Dada.” The Fenris Wolf, vol. 7. Stockholm: Edda Publishing.
Sinclair, V.R. (2011). “On Candidate Morale: One Candidate’s Response to ‘On Beginning the Treatment’.” The Candidate Connection: Newsletter of the APsaA Candidates’ Council. 13(2), 3.
Sinclair, V.R. (2011). “Dream Over at The Rubin.” The Candidate Connection: Newsletter of the APsaA Candidates’ Council. 13(2), 11.
Sinclair, V.R. (2005). “Toward a National Research Agenda in Child and Adolescent Psychoanalysis.” Psyche & Sol. 15(2), 15.
Montgomery, D.D., Canyock, E.M., Fogel, M., Sinclair, V.R., & Spector, D. (2004). “Frontal Alpha Asymmetry: A State or Trait Measure of Affective Response.” Applied Psychophysiology & Biofeedback, 29(1), 293.
Sinclair, V.R. (2004). “Is Psychoanalysis in Crisis?” Psyche & Sol, 14(3), 16.
Sinclair, V.R. (2004). “Taming the HIPPA Beast.” Psyche & Sol, 14(2), 14.
CONFERENCES ORGANIZED
2020
Psychoanalysis to Come: Community and Culture, co-organized with Drs. Emma Lieber and Kasper Opstrup, Husets, Copenhagen, Denmark. (postponed)
2019
Re-writing the Future: 100 Years of Esoteric Modernism and Psychoanalysis, co-organized with Carl Abrahamsson, Schloss Pienzenau and Brunnenburg, Merano, Italy.
2016
Psychoanalysis, Art and the Occult, co-organized with Carl Abrahamsson, Candid Arts Trust, London, England.
2015
On Violence and Psychoanalysis: Civilization and its Bliss-contents, co- organized with Dr. Manya Steinkoler, Fordham University – Lincoln Center Campus, New York, NY, USA.
SELECT PRESENTATIONS
2020
Sinclair, V.R. “Creativity, Dreams & the Unconscious” at Aquarius Rising (Reimagined) organized by Sherene Vismaya and Christina Caudill, online.
Sinclair, V.R., Johanssen, J., Millar, I., Steele, J. & Zeavin, H. “Connection and Community Through Technology” panel presented at The Psychology of Global Crises 2020 conference, organized by Drs. Irene Strasser and Martin Dege, American University Paris, online.
Sinclair, V.R. & Steinkoler, M. On Psychoanalysis and Violence: Contemporary Lacanian Perspectives (Routledge, 2019) presented at Reckoning/ Foresight, the 40th annual conference of APA, Division 39, New York, NY, USA. (postponed)
2019
Sinclair, V.R. “Some applications of scansion in psychoanalysis and art” presented at the Department of Philosophy High Seminar, Södertörn University, Stockholm, Sweden.
Sinclair, V.R. “Psychoanalysis and Necromancy” presented at Death Matters: Queer(ing) Mourning, Attuning to Transitionings, the 1st international conference of the Queer Death Studies Network, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden.
Sinclair, V.R. “Scansion as applied in psychoanalysis and the arts” presented at the Swedish Psychoanalytic Association, Stockholm, Sweden.
Sinclair, V.R. “Inpatient / Outsider: On Art Created in Psychiatric Institutions” presented at The Immaterial and Material Heritage of Psychiatry conference, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Sinclair, V.R. “The Crusade Against Magical Thinking” presented at Rewriting the Future: 100 Years of Esoteric Modernism and Psychoanalysis, conference, Schloss Brunnenburg, Merano, Italy.
Sinclair, V.R. “The Colonial Crusade Against Magical Thinking” presented at Colonial Fantasies, Violent Transmission, Psychoanalysis and Politics conference, Swedish Psychoanalytic Association, Stockholm, Sweden.
Sinclair, V.R. “Scansion in Psychoanalysis and Art: Another Royal Road,” presented at The Truths of Psychoanalysis, the 11th annual conference of the International Society for Psychoanalysis and Philosophy, Södertörn University, Stockholm, Sweden.
2018
Sinclair, V.R. “The Cut-up Method of William Burroughs and Brion Gysin” presented at the conference Conjuring Creativity: Art and the Esoteric, Fylkingen, Stockholm, Sweden.
Sinclair, V.R. “The Creative Potential Inherent in the Cut-up Method,” Nura Learning, online.
2017
Sinclair, V.R. “The Cut in Creation” presented at Maryland Institute for Contemporary Art, Baltimore, MD, USA.
2016
Sinclair, V.R. & Foisy, K.V. “The Cut in Creation” presented at Psychoanalysis, Art and the Occult, Candid Arts Trust, London, England.
Sinclair, V.R. “Cutting-up the Image of the Father/ Reconstructing the Third” presented as part of the exhibition Father Figures are Hard to Find, NGBK, Berlin, Germany.
Sinclair, V.R. & Foisy, K.V. “The Cut in Creation,” Madame Zuzu’s, Chicago, IL, USA.
Sinclair, V.R. & Foisy, K.V. “The Cut in Creation,” Morbid Anatomy Museum, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
2015
Sinclair, V.R. “Systematized Violence in American Mental Health” presented at On Violence and Psychoanalysis: Civilization and its Bliss-contents, Fordham University – Lincoln Center Campus, New York, NY, USA.
2013
Sinclair, V.R. “Psychoanalysis: An Urban Experience” presented at The New School for Public Engagement Undergraduate Studies, Department of Social Sciences. New York, NY, USA.
2012
Sinclair, V.R. “The Great Mr. Gatsby: Addressing Systemic Abuses in the American Mental Health System” presented at Associated Psychoanalytic Workgroups 10th Anniversary Conference, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO, USA.
EDUCATION
2012-2017
Lacanian Cartel, New York, NY, USA.
2010-2013
Psychoanalytic Candidate New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute, New York, NY, USA.
2002-2007
Doctor of Psychology, Clinical Psychology (Psychodynamic concentration) Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA-
1995-2001
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology (Magna cum laude), Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.
CLINICAL WORK
2010-present
Private Practice
2008-2012
Psychologist – Level II Department of Psychiatry/ AIDS Center Program (ACP), Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center (WMMHC). Brooklyn, NY, USA.
2007-2008
Postdoctoral Resident Counseling and Psychological Services – Humboldt State University. Arcata, CA, USA.
2006-2007
Psychology Intern Neurological Institute at North Broward Medical Center Memory Disorder Center / The Bridge Outpatient Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program. Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA.
2005-2006
Psychological Testing Assistant for private practice of Efrain A. Gonzalez, Psy.D., ABPP. Miami, FL, USA.
2004-2005
Psychology Extern Jackson Memorial Hospital. Miami, FL, USA.
2003-2006
Psychology Trainee Intensive Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Clinic, Psychology Services Center, Nova Southeastern University. Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA.
2003-2005
Behavioral Tutor / Personal Care Assistant Spectrum Life Care Services. Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA.
TEACHING ENGAGEMENTS
2018
Lecturer as part of the “Occulturas” summer program at Escuela Incierta, Lugar a dudas, Cali, Colombia.
2013
“Gender, Sexuality & Perversion” seminar guest professor on invitation of Jamieson Webster, Ph.D., Eugene Lang College at The New School for Public Engagement, New York, NY, USA.
2009-2012
Psychological Testing Didactics & Seminar, professor and supervisor, APA Accredited Internship Program – Department of Psychiatry, Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center, Affiliated with New York University, School of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
2006
“Projective Personality Assessment” assistant professor for Bady Quintar, Ph.D., ABPP, Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA.
DIRECTED STUDY (DISSERTATION)
2006
A Comparative Study of Select Theorists of the Two Schools of Object Relations. Psychodynamic Concentration, Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA. Supervisor: Robert C. Lane, Ph.D., ABPP
SELECT RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2005-2006
Graduate Research Assistant, Forensic Concentration, Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA. Supervisors: David Shapiro, Ph.D. & Lenore Walker, Ph.D.
2003-2004
Graduate Research Assistant, Biofeedback Laboratory, Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA. Supervisors: Doil D. Montgomery, Ph.D. & William J. Burns, Ph.D.
HONORS
2004
Humanitarian of the Year Award Winner, Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA.
SELECT PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2012-present
Das Unbehagen: A Free Association for Psychoanalysis, Founding Member
2004-2017
American Psychological Association, Division 39, Member
2014-2016
Psychologists for Social Responsibility, Member
2011-2013
American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA), NYPSI Candidate Delegate and APsaA Candidates’ Council, Digital Media & Communications Committee, Chair
2004-2006
Southeast Florida Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology (SEFAPP), Psyche & Sol, Editorial Board Member