Psychoanalyst Judy Gammelgaard

Born 1946 in Copenhagen .

1971 Graduated from Psychology University of Copenhagen

1972 Assistant professor at the Institute of Psychology University of Copenhagen

1982-1984 Co-founder of Centre of Feminist Studies University of Copenhagen .

1989 Member of The Danish Psychoanalytical Society and
the International Psychoanalytical Association ( IPA)

1993 Doctoral dissertation
Catharsis. The Purgation of the Soul in Psychoanalysis and Tragedy.

1999 Member of The International Advisory Committee for the Delphi International Psychoanalytic Symposium.

2000-2003 Editor of The Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review.

2001-2004 Member of the Board in The Danish Psychoanalytical Society.

2001 Training analyst in The Danish Psychoanalytical Society.

2004 Chair of  The Training Commitee in The Danish Psychoanalytical Society.

 

Scientific Activities.

The subject of research is primarily psychoanalysis, its theory, psychotherapy and application in the literary and aesthetic disciplines. The theoretical context is the tradition in French psychoanalysis from Lacan to Jean Laplanche and André Green incorporating also analysts working in the tradition of Donald Winnicott.

Having during the last ten years worked on mainly theoretical and clinical issues the interest is now on applied analysis working with the art of painting and literature under the title of inspiration and sublimation.

Papers read at English speaking congresses and meetings.

1992 The Delphi International Psychoanalytic Symposium: The tragic emotions.

1996 The Delphi International Psychoanalytic Symposium: The Oedipus complex and the third position. Publ. in: Peter Hartocollis (ed.)  Mankind´s Oedipal Destiny: Libidinal and aggressive aspects of Sexuality. Madison Connecticut. International Universities Press 2001.

1997 The International Psychoanalytic Congress in Barcelona : Castration as organizer of bisexuality. Publ. in: The International Journal of Psycho-Analysis.

1999 The International Psychoanalytic Congress in Santiago Chile : Catharsis or Catastrophy.

1999 The Swiss Psychoanalytical Society: Metaphors of listening. Publ. in: The Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review.

2000 The Delphi International Psychoanalytic Symposium: To come into possession of oneself.

2004 The Delphi International Psychoanalytic Symposium: The emergence and unfolding of the psyche. Publ. in: The  Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review.

In the Scandinavian countries Judy Gammelgaard has been speaking at The Nordic Psychoanalytic Congresses and at the literary Studies in the Universities of Copenhagen, Odense , Århus, Oslo and Bergen .

 

References published in English.

Gammelgaard, J. ( 1992 ) “They suffer mainly from reminiscences”. The Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review:15,2

p.104-122.

Gammelgaard, J. ( 1998 ) Metaphors of listening. The Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review: 21, 2 p.151-167.

Gammelgaard, J. ( 2000 ) The call of conscience. A psychoanalytic reading of Camus through Kierkegaard The Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review 23,2 p. 216-231.

Gammelgaard, J. ( 2001 ) A psychoanalytic reading of Peter Høeg´s novel Miss Smilla´s feeling for snow. The International Journal of Psychoanalysis 82, part 1, p. 101-116.

Gammelgaard, J. ( 2001 ) The Oedipus complex and the third position.In: Peter Hartocollis (ed.) Mankind´s oedipal destiny.Madison Connecticut . International Universities Press.

Gammelgaard, J.( 2001 ) The qualitative leap and the call of conscience. In: Niels Jørgen Kappelørn, Hermann Deuser, Jon Stewart ( eds.) Kierkegaard Studies. Yearbook 2001 p. 183-198. Berlin New York . Walter de Gruyter.

Gammelgaard, J. ( 2003 )The unconscious: a re-reading of the Freudian concept. The Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review 26, 1 p. 11-22.

Gammelgaard, J. ( 2003 ) Ego self and otherness. The Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review 26, 2 p. 96-109.

Gammelgaard, J. ( 2004 ) The emergence and unfolding of the psyche. The Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review 27, 2 p. 124-129.