About the Author:
Dr. Kavanaugh is the founding president of the Academy for the Psychoanalytic Arts, a former president of the International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education, and a former president of the Michigan Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology. For nearly fifty years, he has been privileged to work with people on various in-patient units, day treatment programs, and in his private practice. His experiences include serving as the clinical director of an adult in-patient unit of an inner-city state hospital, clinical director of a community mental health (CMC) day treatment program, and a member of the core teaching and supervising faculties at various universities and teaching hospitals in the Detroit metropolitan area.
Professional Activities
Offices Held:
- President, Michigan Chapter, 101st Airborne Division Association, (2020-2022)
- 1st Vice-President, Michigan Chapter, 101st Airborne Division Association, (2018-2020)
- Founding President, Academy for the Psychoanalytic Arts
- Former President, International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education
- Former President, Michigan Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology
- Former President, Michigan Psychological Association
- Former President, Michigan Society of Clinical Psychologists
- Board of Directors, International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education
Awards and Honors:
- Past President’s Award: International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education
- Past President’s Award: Michigan Psychological Association
- Past President’s Award: Michigan Society of Clinical Psychologists
- Master Lecturer Award - University of Detroit Graduate Students/Michigan Psychological Association
- Distinguished Psychologist Award: Michigan Psychological Association
Academic Activities
Practice and Learning Communities:
- Teaching and Supervising Faculty, Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis
- Private practice, Farmington Hills, MI (1970-present)
- Consultation, supervision, seminars and study groups
- Clinical Director, Adult In-patient Unit, Detroit Psychiatric Institute (1970-1978)
- Clinical Director, Oakland County CMH Day Treatment Program (1978-1982)
- Teaching and Supervising Faculty, University of Detroit (1980-1997)
- Teaching and Supervising Faculty, Program for Advanced Studies in Psychoanalysis. Wyandotte General Hospital (1988-1993)
- Teaching and Supervising Faculty, pre- and post-doctoral training programs, Detroit Psychiatric Institute (1972-1997)
- Teaching and Supervising Faculty, pre- and post-doctoral training
programs, Wyandotte General Hospital (Wyandotte) (1986-2004)
- Teaching and Supervising Faculty, pre- and post-doctoral training programs, VA Medical Center (1984-2009) (Detroit).
- Philosopher-in-Residence (Psychoanalysis), Center for Psychoanalytic Study (2008-2009) (Chicago)
- Artist in Residence (Psychoanalysis), Cranbrook Academy of Art (2003-2005) (Bloomfield Hills, MI)
- Director of Clinical Training APA-approved, doctoral program in clinical psychology, University of Detroit (1988-1992)
- Professor of Psychology. University of Detroit (1988-1992)
- Adjunct Professor of Psychology. University of Detroit (1980-1988)
- Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Michigan School of Professional Psychology (2000-2003), Farmington Hills, MI
- Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Michigan State University (1977-1982) Department of Psychiatry, Lansing, Michigan
Recent (Selected) Publications
Books, Book Chapters, and Book Reviews:
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Kavanaugh, P.B. (2012). Stories From the Bog: On Madness, Philosophy, and Psychoanalysis. (Contemporary Psychoanalytic Study Book Series. vol. 14). Rodopi, Amsterdam, NL.
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Kavanaugh, P.B., (2006). On cutting the grass, psychoanalytic education, and the interweave of ideology, power, and knowledge: An historical and philosophical perspective. in Power Games: Influence, Persuasion and Indoctrination in Psychotherapy Training, R. Raubolt (ed). Other Press.
- Kavanaugh, P.B., (1999). Is psychoanalysis in crisis? It all depends on the premise of your analysis. in The Death of Psychoanalysis: Murder? Suicide? or Rumor Greatly Exaggerated? Prince, R. (ed), Aronson, NY.
- Kavanaugh, P. B., (2002) Jacques Lacan and the question of psychoanalytic training.Moustapha Safouan (Jacqueline Rose: transl.) The Psychoanalytic Review: 89 (2), April, 275-282.
- Kavanaugh, P.B., (1994) The grammar of the unconscious: What do it mean? Elder C.: The grammar of the unconscious: the conceptual foundations of psychoanalysis. Contemporary Psychology: A Journal of Reviews. 1996 (41) 5, 484.
(Numerous other publications in professional journals, newsletters, and abstracts)
Professional Formation
Education:
- University of Windsor, Doctor of Philosophy (psychology) (1975)
- University of Detroit, Master of Arts (psychology) (1970)
- Detroit Institute of Technology, Bachelor of Arts (psychology and sociology) (1967)
- Internship: University of Windsor, Counseling Centre and Psychological Services
- Psychoanalytical Experiences in the Vienna Tradition (1970 – 20--)
Areas of Interest:
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Consultation, Supervision, Study Groups
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Psychoanalysis as theory, practice, ethics, epistemology, and education
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Culture, psychoanalysis and the anthropic sciences
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Madness and psychoanalysis and the medical-scientific narrative
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Industrialization and commercialization of the mental health professions
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The Therapeutic Village
A Story of Political Violence
Against The Constitution
and Rule of Law
Stories from the Bog:
On Madness, Philosophy
and Psychoanalysis
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