Rebecca Coleman Curtis is an American author, psychologist, and psychoanalyst. Curtis has written extensively on the topics of Theories of Therapeutic Action, Creativity, Unconscious Processes, the Self, Self-Defeating Behaviors, Gender and Race. Career Also a writer of poetry and fiction, Curtis teaches at the Derner Institute, Adelphi University, and the W. A. White Institute, New York, NY. She maintains a practice in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis in Miami, Florida, New York City, and Sag Harbor, New York. A native of New Orleans, La., she attended Benjamin Franklin Senior High School and Tulane University. Rebecca Coleman Curtis obtained a Ph.D. in social psychology in 1973 from Columbia University, and subsequently a degree in clinical psychology from Adelphi University. She also received a certificate in psychoanalysis from the W. A. White Institute in New York City. Dr. Curtis is involved in psychology and the arts as well as the integration of psychological science and psychoanalysis. Interests and Current Works Curtis' interests are in the self-defeating behaviours of humans and how humans change over time. Her current projects analyse eating disorders, anxiety and depression, alcoholism and trauma in terms of psychotherapy and what can help in psychotherapy. She has published books on these topics, plus books on the self, psychoanalysis, psychotherapies and how humans cope with death and endings. External links Adelphi University Faculty Profile for Rebecca Coleman Curtis References American women psychologists 21st-century American psychologists American psychoanalysts American women writers Columbia University alumni Tulane University alumni Adelphi University alumni Writers from New Orleans Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century American women