Richard B. Gartner, PhD, was awarded a Lifetime Achievement award by the American Psychological Association’s Division of Trauma Psychology in 2021. A graduate of the William Alanson White Institute in New York, he is training and supervising analyst, faculty, and Founding Director of its Sexual Abuse Service. He is also faculty and supervisor at the Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis and of its Certificate Program in Trauma Studies, and is a Fellow of Divisions 39 (Psychoanalysis), 51 (Men and Masculinities), and 56 (Trauma Psychology) of the American Psychological Association.
A pioneer in the 1980s in the treatment of sexually abused men, Dr. Gartner co-founded MaleSurvivor.org, an organization that supports men with sexual abuse histories. He is the recipient of the William Friedrich Memorial Child Sexual Abuse Research, Assessment and/or Treatment Award from IVAT (Institute on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma); the Award for Outstanding Contributions to Practice in Trauma Psychology by the APA’s Division of Trauma Psychology; and the Director’s Award of the William Alanson White Institute for contributions to the psychoanalytic understanding of trauma. Two of his six books were runners-up for the Gradiva Award given by the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis (NAAP) for the best works that advance psychoanalysis. His Betrayed as Boys: Psychodynamic Treatment of Sexually Abused Men is considered the classic text on the topic, while his book for the general public, Beyond Betrayal: Taking Charge of Your Life after Boyhood Sexual Abuse, is widely read by lay people interested in male sexual victimization. He has made dozens of professional presentations about his work in the U.S and throughout the world and has been interviewed in the media (newspapers, magazines, radio and television) about male sexual victimization both in the U.S. and internationally.
REFERENCES
1) Easton, S. D., Coohey, C., Rhodes, A. M., & Moorthy, M.V. (2013). Posttraumatic growth among men with histories of child sexual abuse. Child Maltreatment, 18: 211-220. doi: 10.1177/1077559513503037;
2) Gartner, R.B., Ed. (2017). Understanding the sexual betrayal of boys and men: The trauma of sexual abuse. New York: Routledge.
3) Gartner, R.B., Ed. (2017). Healing sexually betrayed men and boys: Treatment for sexual abuse, assault, and trauma. New York: Routledge
IMAGE of distraught man from Can Stock
