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Danielle Knafo, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst. During her tenure as professor at Long Island University, she chaired a concentration for 22 years on serious mental illness. She has taught at a number of universities and psychoanalytic institutes, both in the U.S. and abroad. Currently, she is faculty and supervisor at NYU Postdoc (current course: PsychoTech, on psychoanalysis and technology). She is also faculty and supervisor at Adelphi’s Postgraduate Programs (current course: Perversion). She is also a popular lecturer both nationally and internationally. Dr. Knafo is a prolific writer. She has written ten books and dozens of articles, as well as art catalogue essays and art criticism. Her areas of expertise are: art and creativity, trauma and psychosis, sex and gender, and, recently, technology and A.I. Just a few titles demonstrate her range and interdisciplinary approach: Egon Schiele: The Creation of a Self; In Her own Image: Women’s Self-Representation in Twentieth-Century Art; Living with Terror: Working with Trauma; Dancing with the Unconscious: The Art of Psychoanalysis and the Psychoanalysis of Art; The Age of Perversion: Desire and Technology in Art and Psychoanalysis; The New Sexual Landscape and Contemporary Psychoanalysis. Her most recent book is From Breakdown to Breakthrough: Psychoanalytic Treatment of Psychosis. She conducts writing groups for psychoanalysts and serves as an independent writing consultant. Danielle maintains a private practice in Manhattan and Great Neck, New York.