An Enduring Legacy: Phoenix Publishing House

Salman Akhtar, MD, is emeritus professor of psychiatry at Jefferson Medical College and a training and supervising analyst at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia. A prolific contributor to psychoanalytic literature, Dr. Akhtar has 122 authored or edited books to his credit, including Comprehensive Dictionary of Psychoanalysis (2009), Psychoanalytic Listening (2013) and, most recently, Damaged and Damaging (2027). He has delivered plenary addresses at both the APsA and IPA Congresses and has served on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis, Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, and Psychoanalytic Quarterly. He has received numerous awards including the highly prestigious Sigourney Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychoanalysis (2012) and quite recently The Fred Pine Award from the New York Psychoanalytic Institute (2024). Dr. Akhtar has published eighteen volumes of poetry in three different languages and serves as a scholar-in-residence at the Inter-Act Theatre Company in Philadelphia.

Cüneyt İşcan, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. He earned his medical degree from Ankara University School of Medicine in Turkey in 1990. He completed his psychiatry residency training at Gazi University School of Medicine and the University of Michigan. He received the Wyeth-Ayerst American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT) International Medical Graduate Award in Psychiatry in 2001. His studies continued at the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, a center specializing in the treatment of resistant psychiatric conditions and the application of psychoanalytic treatments. He pursued his psychoanalytic training at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. He is currently a faculty and an active member of this institute and the American Psychoanalytic Association. He has been an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical School since 2001, and is actively involved in residency training and supervision. He has numerous publications in the form of books, book chapters, and scientific papers in English and Turkish focusing on psychoanalysis, applications of psychoanalytic theory in clinical work, and personality disorders. He is the author of the first book about self-psychology that was published in Turkish. Among his translations to Turkish were Heinz Kohut's Analysis of the Self as well as Gedo and Goldberg's Models of the Mind. He has written book chapters on the biology of personality disorders, residential treatment of personality disorders, food and sexuality, and fatherhood in Turkish culture. He has written about violence in postmodern society and violence and sexuality in cinema from the psychoanalytic perspective. His numerous book reviews have been published in various psychoanalytic journals. He is on the editorial board of the American Journal of Psychoanalysis.

Süreyya İşcan, PhD, is a psychologist and board-certified psychoanalyst whose work bridges developmental science, psychoanalytic theory, and clinical practice. She earned her MA in educational psychology and PhD in developmental psychology from Ankara University in Turkey, followed by a second MA and PhD in clinical psychology from Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, California. Dr. İşcan worked as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Michigan and pursued advanced training in psychodynamic research at the Yale Child Study Center and the Anna Freud Centre. She later served as a research associate at the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, where she deepened her engagement with psychoanalytic treatment and research. She is a graduate of the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute (BPSI), where she currently serves as vice chair of the Curriculum Committee. Dr. İşcan is associate professor of psychiatry and director of psychotherapy education at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts. A dedicated educator, she is a three-time recipient of the Paul B. Barreira Teaching Award (2016, 2018, 2019). Her scholarly work spans psychoanalytic research, psychodynamic psychotherapy, and the study of sexuality, reflecting her ongoing commitment to integrating clinical insight with empirical inquiry.