Publications

Dr Hessel Willemsen writes about his work which he presents at international conferences. He has published in the Journal of Analytical Psychological and the Journal of Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. He is interested in the role of affect in psychotherapy and analysis and currently is editing a book on Temporality and Shame with Ladson Hinton.

Awards

International Association of Jungian Studies Book Award Winner 2022, with Ladson Hinton, in the category edited books: Shame, Temporality and Social Change, (Routledge 2021).

Gill McGauley Prize awarded by the International Association of Forensic Psychotherapy for the paper: Trans, truth, and the reinterpreted past: a child’s experience of living in two families. Presentation at the 29th annual conference of the International Association of Forensic Psychotherapy, 24 April 2021

American Board & Academy of Psychoanalysis Book Prize Winner 2018, with Ladson Hinton, in the category Edited book: Temporality and Shame: Perspectives from Psychoanalysis and Philosophy, (Routledge 2018).

Publications

Parental alienation. International Journal of Forensic Psychotherapy, 5(2), 135-144, 2023.

Hinton, L. & Willemsen, H., An interview with Ladson Hinton, conducted by Hessel Willemsen on 5th April 2021, Journal of Analytical Psychology, 66, 5, 1206–1220, 2021.

Hinton, L. & Willemsen H. (Eds.). Temporality, Shame and Social Change: Ominous Transitions. New York, London: Routledge, 2021.

Hinton, L. & Willemsen, H. (Eds.), Temporality & Shame: Perspectives from Psychoanalysis and Philosophy. New York, London: Routledge, 2018.

Hinton, L. & Willemsen, H., An interview with Ladson Hinton, conducted by Hessel Willemsen on 5th April 2021, Journal of Analytical Psychology66, 5, 1206–1220, 2021.

Primo Levi’s bearing witness and the reinterpreted past: Post truth and the authoritarian other. Journal of Analytical Psychology, 64, 4, 498-511, 2019.

Hinton, L. & Willemsen, H., Introduction. In: Ladson Hinton & Hessel Willemsen (Eds.), Temporality & Shame: Perspectives from Psychoanalysis and Philosophy. New York, London: Routledge, 2018.

Evanescence and shame: The body as driver of Temporality. In: Ladson Hinton & Hessel Willemsen (Eds.) Temporality & Shame: Perspectives from Psychoanalysis and Philosophy. New York, London: Routledge, 2018.

Early trauma and affect: the importance of the body for the development of the capacity to symbolise. Journal of Analytical Psychology, 59, 5, 695-712, 2014.

The Behaviour of Children, seen by Social Services, who are referred to a Community Based Mental Health Team. Doctorate Thesis: University of Essex, 2004.

Willemsen, H., Chowdhurry, U. & Briscall, L., Needle phobia in Children: A Discussion of Aetiology and Treatment Options

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 7, 619-629, 2002.

Willemsen, H. & Anscombe, E., Art and Play Group Therapy for Pre-School Children Infected and Affected by HIV / AIDS Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 6, 339-350, 2001.

Willemsen, H. & Duijsens, I.J., De ontwikkeling van een rapport-generator op basis van expertkennis over de NVM en de NPV; over vooruitgang en hindernissen. University of Amsterdam: Amsterdam, 1996. (Development of computerised reporting based on expert intelligence principles using two Dutch personality questionnaires)

Mead, S.C.W. & Willemsen, H., Crisis of the Psyche: Psychotherapeutic Considerations on Aids, Loss and Hope. In: L Sheer (Ed.) Aids and Grief, London: John Wiley, 1995.