Polly Young-Eisendrath

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Polly Young-Eisendrath, Ph.D.,Dr. Polly Young-Eisendrath is a psychologist and Jungian psychoanalyst practicing in Burlington, Vermont where she is also Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Vermont Medical College. She has published ten books[citation needed] and many chapters and articles on psychotherapy, women's development, couples therapy, spirituality, resilience and Carl Jung's psychology.

A recent keynote speaker at the Georgia Psychological Association Annual Conference, the London Society for Analytical Psychology Conference on the Millennium, featured guest on National Public Radio's "Fresh Air," and "The Diane Rehm Show," Dr. Young-Eisendrath is a lively, eloquent and thought-provoking speaker. She lectures widely on topics of resilience, women's growth and development, and couple relationship in the context of Buddhism, feminism, and the practice of psychoanalysis.


[edit] Special: When Great Expectations Defeat Ordinary Happiness

She is finishing "Special: When Great Expectations Defeat Ordinary Happiness," to be published by Little, Brown in 2007.