ISPS-US Award Winners
Explore past ISPS-US Award recipients who have made outstanding contributions to our mission of promoting psychosocial approaches to psychosis. Join us in celebrating their impactful work.
Gaetano Benedetti Award
For Life-time Service to ISPS-US and Psychosocial Approaches to Psychosis
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October 2023
Françoise Davoine, PhD
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October 2020
Ronald Abramson, MD
Ann-Louise Silver, MD -
November 2019
Julie Kipp, PhD, LCSW
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November 2018
Brian Koehler, PhD
Christian Müller Award
For Dedication to ISPS-US and Psychosocial Approaches to Psychosis
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October 2023
Claire Bien, MEd
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October 2020
Pat Wright, M.Ed.
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November 2019
Jessica Arenella, PhD
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November 2018
Ron Unger, MSW
Bertram Karon Memorial Award
Dr. Bertram Karon represented the heart and soul of ISPS-US, and inspired generations of psychotherapists to defy the prevailing belief that people experiencing psychosis could not be helped through psychoanalytic psychotherapy. He was a valued colleague, mentor, teacher, friend and therapist to many in our organization, and touched many more through his writings, including more than 100 papers published in professional journals, along with his contributions to many books, the best known of which is his classic collaboration with Gary VandenBos, Psychotherapy for Schizophrenia: The Treatment of Choice.
ISPS-US has chosen to honor Dr. Karon's towering contributions by creating an annual award for the presentation at the ISPS-US conference that best carries on his humane and spirited quest to promote psychotherapy for psychosis.
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October 2023
Marie Brown, PhD,Claire Bien, MEd, Elan Cohen, MA, Bret Fimiani, PsyD: Lived Perspectives and Psychoanalysis: Finding Solidarity in Understanding and Working through Psychosis
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October 2020
Françoise Davoine, Ph.D.: The Birth of a Political Subject
James Gorney, Ph.D.: So What Does Love Have To Do With It?
Best Student Poster Award
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November 2019
Eren Kafadar: A Pavlovian Visual Pavlovian Conditioned Hallucinations Task
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October 2023
Hannah Stewart MPH - Recovery Housing: Challenges and Opportunities for People with Histories of Psychosis and Extreme Experiences
