Sheila Cavanaugh painting in her Toronto studio

Sheila L. Cavanagh (PhD)

Professor, Social Worker/Psychotherapist, & Artist

Sheila L. Cavanagh is a professor at York University , a psychoanalytic candidate in formation at the Lacan School of Psychoanalysis, co-Editor of Australian Feminist Studies, and a Toronto-based artist.

She is accepting psychotherapy and psychoanalytic and can be reached at Sheilalcavanagh@gmail.com for an appointment.

Her psychoanalytic scholarship on gender, sexuality, and Lacanian theory has been published internationally.

Psychoanalytic Books and Edited Collections

Illustration of a woman with glasses and a dog sitting in a cluttered office or study with framed certificates on the wall. The woman is sitting on a chair, reading a book, and the dog is lying on a sofa with a cigar. The cover title reads "TSQ" with subtitle "Transgender Studies Quarterly" and includes volume and issue information.

Transpsychoanalytics

An issue of: TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly

Book cover titled 'Skin, Culture, and Psychoanalysis' edited by Sheila L. Cavanagh, Angela Failler, and Rachel Alpha Johnston Hurst. The cover features an artistic sculpture of a human figure with a textured, floral-patterned body and a round head against a black background.

Skin, Culture and Psychoanalysis

A co-edited book with Angela Failler and Rachel Alpha Jonhston Hurst

Cover image for the journal 'Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society' featuring silhouetted hands reaching upward, with some forming shapes like a heart, and a light green background.

Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society

Special Issue: The Psychoanalysis of Bracha L. Ettinger

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