CURRICULUM VITAE
Vanessa Rawlings Sinclair, Psy.D.
Founder of Rendering Unconscious Center for Psychoanalysis (2025–present).
Founder and host of Rendering Unconscious Podcast (2018–present).
HIGHER EDUCATION
Doctor of Psychology – Clinical Psychology, Psychodynamic Concentration, Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University, 3301 College Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314, USA (2007).
Bachelor of Arts – Psychology (Magna Cum Laude), Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL 33199, USA (2001).
POST-DOCTORAL PSYCHOANALYTIC FORMATION
Co-founder of Das Unbehagen: A Free Association for Psychoanalysis, New York, NY, USA (2012–present).
Lacanian study group with Dr. David Lichtenstein, 80 University Place, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10003, USA (2012–2017).
Psychoanalytic Candidate, New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute (NYPSI), 247 E. 82nd Street, New York, NY 10028 USA (2010–2013).
HONORS
Gradiva Award for Digital Media – Rendering Unconscious Podcast, National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis (NAAP), 850 7th Avenue, Suite 800, New York, NY 10019, USA (2023).
Humanitarian of the Year Award Winner, Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University, 3301 College Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314, USA (2004).
CLINICAL WORK
Private Practice (2010–present)
Storgatan 3, 598 37 Vimmerby, Sweden (2021–present).
Kungsbro Strand 25, 112 26 Stockholm, Sweden (2018–2021).
30 Charlton Street, New York, NY 10014, USA (2014–2017).
326 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA (2012–2014).
24 E. 12th Street, Suite 740, New York, NY 10003, USA (2011–2012).
20 W. 86th Street, Suite 1AA, New York, NY 10024, USA (2011–2012).
247 E. 82nd Street, New York, NY 10028 USA (2010-2011).
Psychologist–Level II, Department of Psychiatry/ AIDS Center Program, Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center, 760 Broadway, Room 2B-151, Brooklyn, NY 11206, USA (2009–2012).
Postdoctoral Resident, Counseling and Psychological Services – Humboldt State University, 1 Harpst Street, Arcata, CA 95521 USA (2007–2008).
Psychology Intern, Neurological Institute at North Broward Medical Center (NBMC) – Memory Disorder Center/ The Bridge Outpatient Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program, 201 East Sample Road, Pompano Beach, FL 33064 USA (2006–2007).
Psychological Testing Assistant, Private practice of Efrain A. Gonzalez, Psy.D., ABPP, 7800 Red Road, Suite 124, South Miami, Florida 33143 USA (2005–2006).
Psychology Extern, Jackson Memorial Hospital (JMH), 11 North West 12th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33136 USA (2004–2005).
Psychology Trainee, Intensive Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Clinic – Psychology Services Center, Nova Southeastern University, 3301 College Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33314 USA (2003–2006).
Behavioral Tutor / Personal Care Assistant, Spectrum Life Care Services, Inc., 11011 Sheridan Street, Suite 216, Cooper City, Florida 33026 USA (2003–2005).
SELECT BOOKS
Sinclair, V.R., Punzi, E. & Sauer, M. (eds.) (2025). The Queerness of Psychoanalysis: From Freud and Lacan to Laplanche and Beyond. London: Routledge.
Sinclair, V.R. (ed.) (2024). Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, vols 1 & 2. Vimmerby: Trapart Books.
Sinclair, V.R. (2024). Things Happen. Vimmerby: Trapart Books.
Sinclair, V.R. (ed.) (2023). Psychoanalytic Perspectives on the Films of Ingmar Bergman: From Freud to Lacan and Beyond. London: Routledge.
Sinclair, V.R. & Abrahamsson, C. (eds.) (2022). The Fenris Wolf, vol. 11. Vimmerby: Trapart Books.
Sinclair, V.R. & Punzi, E. (eds.) (2021). Outsider Inpatient: Reflections on Art as Therapy. Stockholm: Trapart Books.
Sinclair, V.R. (2021). The Pathways of the Heart. Stockholm: Trapart Books.
Sinclair, V.R. (2020). Scansion in Psychoanalysis and Art: The Cut in Creation. London: Routledge.
Sinclair, V.R. (ed.) (2019). Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics and Poetry. Stockholm: Trapart Books.
Sinclair, V.R. & Steinkoler, M. (eds.) (2019). 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.
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
Sinclair, V.R. (2024). “Freud’s Explorations of the Occult.” In Carl Abrahamsson (ed.) The Fenris Wolf, vol 12. Vimmerby: 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. (2014). “The Zeitgest Creating Psychoanalysis and Dada.” In Carl Abrahamsson (ed.) The Fenris Wolf, vol. 7. Stockholm: Edda Publishing.
Sinclair, V.R. (2011). “On Beginning the Treatment.” The Candidate Connection: Newsletter of the APsaA Candidates’ Council. 13(2), 3.
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
Psychoanalysis, Art & the Occult residency, co-hosted with Carl Abrahamsson, Morbid Anatomy Museum, online, 2021–2024.
Visionary Medium: Psychoanalysis and the Magic of Cinema conference, co-organized with Carl Abrahamsson, Husets Biograf, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2022.
Psychoanalysis to Come: Community and Culture conference, co-organized with Emma Lieber and Kasper Opstrup, Husets KBH, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2020. (canceled)
Re-writing the Future: 100 Years of Esoteric Modernism and Psychoanalysis conference, co-organized with Carl Abrahamsson, Schloss Pienzenau and Brunnenburg, Merano, Italy, 2019.
Psychoanalysis, Art and the Occult conference, co-organized with Carl Abrahamsson, Candid Arts Trust, London, England, 2016.
On Violence and Psychoanalysis: Civilization and its Bliss-contents conference, co-organized with Manya Steinkoler, Fordham University – Lincoln Center Campus, New York, NY, USA, 2015.
SELECT PRESENTATIONS
2025
Sinclair, V.R & Russo, E. “Dreams as art: Freud, Jung, Lacan” seminar, online.
Sinclair, V.R “Scansion in Psychoanalysis and Art,” Corpo Freudiano Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada, online.
Sinclair, V.R., Sauer, M. & Punzi, E. Book launch event and seminar for The Queerness of Psychoanalysis: From Freud and Lacan to Laplanche and Beyond (Routledge, 2025), Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden.
2024
Sinclair, V.R. “Der Doppelgänger, the Artist & Creative Will: The work of psychoanalyst Otto Rank explored through artists Breyer P-Orridge, Val Denham, Pierre Molinier & Ovartaci” presented at the Last Tuesday Society, Victor Wynd Museum, London, online.
Sinclair, V.R. “Cinema as Mirror: Film as Projective Surface,” (DE)MONTAGE OF THE SUBJECT IN CINEMA AND PSYCHOANALYSIS, INTERNATIONAL ONLINE-CONFERENCE, Cinema Club of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, online.
Sinclair, V.R. “The intersection between psychoanalysis and the creative arts,” Maryland Institute for Contemporary Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD, USA, online. Hosted by Mikita Brottman.
2023
Sinclair, V.R. “Freud and the Occult” presented at the Last Tuesday Society, Victor Wynd Museum, London, online.
2022
Sinclair, V.R. “Body Modification, Polymorphous Perversity & Pandrogeny” presented at Morbid Anatomy Museum, New York City, online.
Sinclair, V.R. “Glitchcraft: Creating Magic Through Filmwork” presented at Visionary Medium: Psychoanalysis and the Magic of Cinema conference, Husets Biograf, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Sinclair, V.R. “The Tenderness of the Cut” as part of the exhibition that other world, the world of the teapot. tenderness, a model, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany.
2021
Sinclair, V.R. “Scansion in Psychoanalysis and Art” presented at Cast off! Lacan and the arts, Fondation de la Psychanalyse, Paris, online.
Sinclair, V.R. “Freud’s Explorations of the Occult” presented at Morbid Anatomy Museum, New York City, online.
Sinclair, V.R. Scansion in Psychoanalysis and Art: The Cut in Creation (Routledge, 2020) presented at Morbid Anatomy Museum, New York City, 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, online.
2020
Sinclair, V.R. “Creativity, Dreams & the Unconscious” at Aquarius Rising (Reimagined), 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, The American University of Paris, online.
2019
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 High Seminar of the Department of Philosophy, Södertörn University, Stockholm, Sweden.
Sinclair, V.R. “Scansion in Psychoanalysis & Art: Another Royal Road” presented at the Swedish Psychoanalytic Association, Stockholm, Sweden
Sinclair, V.R. “Inpatient / Outsider: 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 Re-writing 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.
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.
2015
Sinclair, V.R., Gherovici, P., Dean, T. & Lichtenstein, D. “Systematized Violence in American Mental Health,” panel 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.
Sinclair, V.R. “Laughter and Psychoanalysis,” Das Unbehagen and Associated Psychoanalytic Workgroups (APW) conference. Fordham University – Lincoln Center Campus, New York, NY, USA.
2012
Sinclair, V.R. “The Great Mr. Gatsby: A case study of systematized violence in American mental health,” presented at Associated Psychoanalytic Workgroups (APW) 10th anniversary conference, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, USA.
2008
Sinclair, V.R. “Addressing Women’s Issues: Rape and Sexual Abuse, Eating Disorders and Body Image Issues,” presented at Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, USA.
2005
Madura, M.I., Montgomery, D.D., Burns, W.J., & Sinclair, V.R. “Alexithymia, Dissociation, and Stress.”American Psychological Association (APA) 113th Annual Convention, Washington DC, USA.
2004
Montgomery, D.D., Canyock, E.M., Fogel, M., Sinclair, V.R., & Spector, D. “Frontal Alpha Asymmetry: A State or Trait Measure of Affective Response.” Applied Psychophysiology & Biofeedback 35th Annual Meeting, Colorado Springs, CO, USA.
TEACHING ENGAGEMENTS
Lecturer, Morbid Anatomy Museum, New York, NY, online (2021–present)
Senior Research Fellow, Global Centre for Advanced Studies (GCAS) College, Dublin, Ireland, online (2021–2022).
Lecturer, “Occulturas” summer program, Escuela Incierta, Lugar a dudas, Cali, Colombia (2018).
Guest Lecturer, “The Uncanny,” on invitation from Mikita Brottman, Ph.D., Maryland Institute for Contemporary Art, Baltimore, MD, USA (2017).
Guest Professor, “Gender, Sexuality & Perversion,” with Jamieson Webster, Ph.D., Eugene Lang College, The New School for Social Research, New York, NY, USA, (2013).
Professor & Supervisor, Psychological Testing Didactics & Seminar, APA-Accredited Internship Program, Department of Psychiatry – Affiliated with New York University, School of Medicine, Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA (2009-2012).
Teaching Assistant, “Projective Personality Assessment,” Bady Quintar, Ph.D., Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA, (2006).
DIRECTED STUDY (DISSERTATION EQUIVALENT)
A Comparative Study of Select Theorists of the Two Schools of Object Relations, Supervisor: Robert C. Lane, Ph.D., ABPP. (2006).
SELECT RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Graduate Research Assistant, Forensic Concentration, Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA. Supervisors: David Shapiro, Ph.D. & Lenore Walker, Ph.D. (2005–2006).
Graduate Research Assistant, Biofeedback Laboratory, Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA. Supervisors: Doil D. Montgomery, Ph.D. & William J. Burns, Ph.D. (2003–2004).
SELECT PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Rendering Unconscious Center for Psychoanalysis, Founder and Director (2025–present)
The International Association for Spielrein Studies, Member (2020–present).
Das Unbehagen: A Free Association for Psychoanalysis, Founding Member (2012–present).
SELECT PAST AFFILIATIONS
Section IX – Psychoanalysis for Social Responsibility, Division 39, American Psychological Association (APA), Member (2021–2024).
Psychologists for Social Responsibility, Member, 2014–2016.
American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA), NYPSI Candidate Delegate, APsaA Candidates’ Council, Digital Media & Communications Committee, Chair (2011–2013).
Gay-Straight Student Alliance (GSSA), Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University, Vice President (2004–2006).
Southeast Florida Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology (SEFAPP), Psyche & Sol, Editorial Board Member (2004–2006).