dr. les fleischer

associate professor
lfleisch@lakeheadu.ca
+1 705-330-4010ext. 2703
or1030
mon-fri 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
academic qualifications: 

phd, smith college; msw, university of toronto; fipa; fellow of the international psychoanalytical association

publications:

papers in refereed journals:

  • fleischer, l. (2024). overwhelmed 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 /overwhelmed staff and faculty: personality disorders in university 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 . journal of applied self-regulation knowledge, 1(1), 4-13.
  • fleischer, l.m. (2020). corruptibility of the superego revisited. canadian journal of psychoanalysis, 86-106.
  • fleischer, l.m. (2019).putting the social work academy on the couch: exploring emotional resistance to psychoanalytic education. smith college studies in social work, 89, 132-156.
  •  fleischer, l.m. (2018).introduction to death, immortality, and unconscious fantasy: a symposium. canadian journal of psychoanalysis, 26(1), p.120.
  •  fleischer, l.m. (2018). concluding comments on death, immortality, and unconscious fantasy: a symposium.canadian journal of psychoanalysis, 26(1), p. 165.
  •  fleischer, l.m. (2017).“her anger frightens me!” using group work practice principles and feature films in teaching clinical practice in mental health. social work with groups, 41(3), 244-258.
  •  fleischer, l.m.  (2016). body image and transience: frozen in time. canadian journal of psychoanalysis. 24(2), 189-211.
  •  fleischer, l.m. (2017).ego psychological contributions to understanding micro-aggressions in clinical social work practice. psychoanalytic social work, 24, 1-17. doi:10.1080/15228878.2016.1226905. (published online sept. 27, 2016).
  •  fleischer, l.m. (2017). countertransference challenges in working with diversity: a group worker reflects. social work with groups, 40,137-141. doi: 10.1080/01609513.2015.1070637 (published online may 6, 2016).
  • fleischer, l.m., & lee, e. (2016). the analytic principle and attitudes: mobilizing psychoanalytic knowledge to maximize social work 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 ’ practice competence. psychoanalytic social work, 23, 99-118. doi: 10.1080/15228878.2016.1149776 (published online: april 13, 2016).
  •  fleischer, l.m. (2015). castration depression: affect, signal affect, and/or depressive illness? journal of the american psychoanalytic association, 63, 271297.
  • lee, e., & fleischer, l.m. (2014). contextualizing psychopharmacological issues in social work education. journal of human behavior and the social environment, 24, 112.
  • fleischer, l.m., & lee, e. (2013). ego psychological contributions to understanding psychopharmacology and clinical practice in social work education. smith college studies in social work, 83(4) 446465.

book chapters:

  • fleischer, l.m. (2023). american ego psychology. in b. huppertz (ed.), underlying assumptions in psychoanalytic schools: a comparative perspective (pp.1-22). routledge.
  • fleischer, l.m. (2020). psychoanalytic theory. in j. brandell (ed.), essentials of clinical social work (3rd. ed.) (pp. 39-65). san diego, ca: cognella
  • auchincloss, e.l., & sandberg, e. (eds.). (2012). psychoanalytic terms and concepts. new haven: yale university press. fleischer, l.m. (contributing author to sections on sexuality, especially libido, perversion, and infantile sexuality).
  •  rossi, m.f., fleischer, l.m., feldman, j., & barwick, c.l. (2000). the too-quiet adolescent: an interprofessional diversity informed approach to healthcare. in e. geva, a. barsky, & f. westernoff (eds.) interprofessional practice with diverse populations: cases in point (pp. 4766). westport, ct: greenwood.

 non-refereed publications:

  • fleischer, l.m., & marcus, e. (2015). psychoanalytic candidate dreams and daydreams about psychoanalytic training: the unconscious developmental process of becoming a psychoanalyst. the candidate connection newsletter of the american psychoanalytic association candidate’s council, 17(8).
  •  fleischer, l.m., & sacks, d. (1999). assessing and managing the difficult adolescent. pro-teen (canadian association for adolescent health), 8(3), 1920.
in the news:
 

november 26, 2015

love, sex, and mate choice the topic of lakehead...

what are the differences between sex, romantic love, and attachment? why is it sometimes difficult...