More about Dr. Enid Young
After receiving my B.A. from Brandeis University in Boston, I came to California and earned a PhD in Counseling Psychology from the University of California at Berkeley.
I became familiar with psychotic processes when working at a halfway house with psychotic individuals. This work, as well as a growing interest in addiction and the addictive personality led me to pursue psychoanalytic theory. After four years at the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California, I became a psychoanalyst. In addition to my private practice, I also teach psychoanalytic theory and supervise other clinicians.
My interest in chronic pain grew out of personal experience, and I have been involved with the American Pain Society in bringing a psychoanalytic approach into chronic pain treatment. My familiarity with the 12-step program in my work with addiction has led me to join pioneers who are developing the 12-step program, Chronic Pain Anonymous. I have published papers on addiction, chronic pain, psychoanalysis and neuropsychoanlaysis. Presently, I am working on a grant to treat the growing the number of traumatic brain injury patients.
My current areas of interest include chronic pain and neuropsychoanalysis, a field that seeks to develop a dialogue between psychoanalysis and neuroscience. My other interests include working internationally with other psychoanalysts, involvement in the political arena as well as enjoying long and contemplative walks.