Chapters in Books
Ferdinand Hodler and Valentine Gode-Darel, 1908-1915, From the Vertical of Life to the Horizontal of Death. In: The Body Image in Psychoanalysis and Art. Eds: Blum, Blum, Pazzagli. Nicomp L.E. Florence, Italy. 2007.
Esther Dreifuss-Kattan: Toldot: "Die Tauschung" pp.55-59, Ki Tissa: "Alle Kunst, die diesen Namen verdient, ist religios". pp:122=126, In: Kol Ischa, Juedische Frauen lessen die Tora, Chronos Verlag, Zurich 2007.
Esther Dreifuss-Kattan, Paul Klee: Psychische Imprivissationen im Angesichts des Todes. In: Inren. Perspektiven der Kusttherapie. Ed. Dannecker, Nausner & Nausner Verlag, Graz, Wien, 2003.
Esther Dreifuss-Kattan, "Before Breast Cancer -- The Healing Journey" in One in Eight--Women and Breast Cancer, Santa Monica College, 1994.
Esther Dreifuss-Kattan, "Wissenschaftliches Interesse and der Kunst muss zu Kunsttherapeutischer Intervention fuhren" (Scientific Interest in the Arts has to lead to Art psychotherapeutic Intervention) in: Kunst-Therapie. Verlag Aestetik und Kommunikation, Hochschule der Kuenste Berlin, West Germany, Fall 1992.
Verlust and Trauerbeit in der Juedischen Tradition (Loss and Mourning Work in the Jewish Tradition) in: Der letzte Weg (The Last Way). Ed. I.M. Levinger, Verlag Bollag-Herzheimer, Basel, Switzerland, 1991.
Esther Dreifuss-Kattan, I. Honsalek Blaschegg, F. Meerwein, "Angewandte Psychoanalyse in der medizinischen Klinik" (Clinical Psychoanalysis in the General Hospital Setting) in Psychoanalytische Kurztherapien, Ed. Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber, Westdeutscher Verlag, pp. 169-88, 1985.
Beck, Bernhard, Burgin, Dreifuss, Egli, Gervasi, Guex, Honsalek, Hurni, Radanow, Strauch, Wildbolg, Redaktion: Fritz Meerwein. "Das Erstgesprach auf der Abteilung fuer Onkologie" (The First Interview in the Dept. of Oncology), in Das Therapeutische Gesprach mit Krebstkranken. Ed. W. Brautigam, F. Meerwein, Verlag Hans Huber, Bern, Stuttgart, Toronto, 1985.
Esther Dreifuss, Fritz Meerwin, "Die Psychotherapie Sternbender - der Beitrag der Psychoanalyse" (Psycho-Therapy with the Dying - Contribution of Psychoanalysis) in Die Begleitung Sterbender, Theorie und Praxis der Thanatotherapie, Junfermann-Verlag, Paderborn, West Germany, pp. 259-277, 1983.
Articles
Esther Dreifuss-Kattan, "Einige Gedanken zur Ubertragung and Gegenuebertragung in der Kunstpsychotherapie" (Some Thoughts on Transference and Countertransference in Artpsychotherapy), Forum der Kunsttherapie, Switzerland. Fall 1990.
Esther Dreifuss, Fritz Meerwein, "Das Doppelgaengermotiv" (The Motif of the Double in Psychotherapy with Leukemia Patients), Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychoanalyse, Vol. 3, pp. 282-291, 1984.
Esther Dreifuss, "Verlust-und Trauerarbeit in der Judischen Tradition" (Loss and Mourning in the Jewish Tradition - A comparison), Schweizerische Arztezeitung, Vol. 64, Heft 46, pp. 1928-1935, 1983. Translated also into French: "Travail de perte et de deuildans la tradition juive" Schweizerische Arztezeitung, Vol. 66, Heft 33, pp. 1505-1511, 1985.
Esther Dreifuss, "Der Krebspatient und seine Familie - Erfahrungen aus der Klinik" (The Cancer patient & his Family - Clinical Experiences), Praxis, Schweizerische Kundschau fur Medizin, Vol. 71, Nr. 49, 1927-1934, 1982.
Esther Dreifuss, "Die psychotherapeutische Bedeutung der Kunstpsychotherapie in der Behandlung von Krebspatienten" (The Psychotherapeutic Significance of Art Therapy in the Treatment of Adult Cancer Patients), Schweizerische Rundschau fur Medizin, Praxis, Vol. 70, Nr. 22, pp. 1095-1102, 1981.
Esther Dreifuss, "Some Notes on the Relationship between Patient and Art Therapist", American Journal of Art Therapy, Vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 169-88, 1978.
Scientific Meetings
2011
Sigmund Freud, Lucian Freud and Jane McAdam Freud and Art
American Psychoanalytic Association meetings NYC: Presidential Symposium
2010
Transference and Counter-transference in the Psychoanalytic Work With Cancer Patients: Demonstrated with Art, Theory and Case Vignettes
Freud and Asia, IPA Conference in Beijing
2009
Psychoanalytic Interpretation of Time and Timelessness in
Art and Mourning
New Center of Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles
Time and Timelessness in Art and Mourning
Freud Institute, Zurich, Switzerland
2008
Paul Klee: Improvisations in the Shadow of Death.
Lucy Daniels Foundation and the North Carolina Museum of Art.
Cancer and Art: Beyond Words and Time.
Lucy Daniels Foundation, NC
Rene Magritte: Tracing the Lost Object. Trauma and Art.
University of Virginia. Sorensen Trust for the Study of British Object Relations.
Eva Hesse's "Hang Up" (1966): A Transition: From the Edge of Loss to the Containment of Emptiness. A Psychoanalytic Exploration
American Psychoanalytic Association Meetings, NY
2007
Rene Magritte: Attempting the Impossible - Tracing the
Lost Object.
New Center for Psychoanalysis, Southern California Psychiatric Society.
Eva Hesse's "Hang Up" (1960) A Transition From the Edge of Loss to the Containment of Emptiness
Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, MOCA Geffen: "Wack!" The Feminist Revolution
Beyond Words and Time, Theoretical Considerations
New Center for Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles. Simms/Mann UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology
2006
Rene Magritte: "Attempting the Impossible" - Tracing the
Lost Mother
New Center for Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles
2005
Albert Einstein and Sons: Psychobiography,
Emotional Intimacy and Creativity
New Center for Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles
Ferdinand Hodler: From the Vertical of Life to the Horizontal of Death
Third International Symposium Florence, Italy: The Body Image in Psychoanalysis and Art
2004
Art as Window to the Mind
The Healing Art Lectures Series UCLA, NPI
Lucian Freud: The Permeable Membrane Psychoanalytic Exploration of the Skin and Flesh in his Later Works
American Psychoanalytic Assoc. Meeting, NYC
Der Doppelganger: Alberto Giacometti -- In The Shadow Of Death Discussion
Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute
2003
A Room Of Ones Own Revisited: Discussant
Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute
The Permeable Membrane: A Psychoanalytic Look at Lucien Freud's Later Paintings
MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles
2001
Painting for Her Life Art and Holocaust, Gypsy Portrait
in Auschwitz
Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute
Art, Loss and Mourning, Portraits of Three Artists
School Of The Art Institute of Chicago Dept. of Art Therapy Chicago, IL
1999
Creativity and Self-Repair Trauma and the Healing Power
of Art
American Psychological Association Division 39, Santa Monica, CA
1998
Psychoanalysis with a Screenwriter
American Psychoanalytic Meeting New York City, NY
1997
Assisted Dying: Panel
Public Forum Beverly Hills, CA
Lecture: Assisted Dying Controversy
Psychoanalytic Foundation Portland, OR
Panel: Assisted Dying
American Psychoanalytic Association Meetings, San Diego, CA
1996
Discussion: Psychoanalysis with Creative Individuals
American Psychoanalytic Association New York, NY
1995
Internal World Illustrated, Understanding Art within Psychoanalytic Treatment
American Psychological Association, Division 39 (Psychoanalysis) Santa Monica, CA
Clinical and Theoretical Thoughts on Art Therapy with Cancer Patients American Art Therapy Association Annual Meetings, San Diego, CA
Clinical and Theoretical Consideration of Art Therapy in the Treatment of Cancer Patients
Loyola Marymount University Dept. of Marital and Family Therapy and Art Therapy, Los Angeles, CA
1994
Paul Klee's Late Work -- Deadline and Its Relation to Creativity and the Oceanic Experience
American Psychoanalytic Association Fall Meetings,
New York, NY
