Panelists: Evelyn Hartman, Ph.D., Chair; Mark, Blechner, Ph.D., Sheila Brown, Ph.D., Sandra Buechler, Ph.D., Ruth Imber, Ph.D., Amnon Issacharoff, M.D., Sharon Kofman, Ph.D., Arnold Rothstein, M.D., Milt Zaphiropoulos, M.D.

On the occasion of her 100th birthday, analysands, supervisees and students present her biography, theoretical contributions and her impact on their lives and work.  Dr. Szalita was born in Poland in 1910.  While she was at a medical conference in Russia, her entire family perished in the Holocaust.  She entered psychoanalysis to help grieve her losses.  She eventually began her psychiatric and psychoanalytic training at Chesnut Lodge.  She is a Training and Supervising Analyst, White Institute and Columbia University.  She helped to establish psychoanalytic institutes in Israel and Norway.  Her writings include perspectives on empathy, reanalysis, schizophrenia, and psychotherapy, which she labeled psychointegration.  Copies of her papers are available from Diane Amato.