Steven J. Ellman, Ph.D., is Past Co-Chair of the Independent Psychoanalytic Societies. He is Past President and Program Chair of the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR) in New York City, Professor in the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology at the City University of New York, and faculty member and supervisor in the New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. His books include Freud’s Technique Papers: A Contemporary Perspective, The Mind in Sleep and The Neurobiological and Developmental Basis for Psychotherapeutic Intervention. Dr. Ellman is in private practice in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy in New York City.