Dr. Bell is a human sciences-oriented psychologist with teaching and research interests at the intersection of Cultural Psychology, Critical Psychology, and Lacanian Psychoanalysis. His current research considers experiences of cross-racial / cross-cultural dyads in Lacanian Psychoanalysis.
EDUCATION
PhD, Psychology: Consciousness and Society, University of West Georgia, Carrollton,
Georgia
M.A., Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Aug. 2021 – present, University of the Cumberlands,
Williamsburg, Kentucky
M.A., Psychology, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia
B.A., English Literature and Cultures, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
APA Division 39: Psychoanalysis
APA Division 24: Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology
APA Division 32: Humanistic Psychology
PUBLICATIONS
Bell, C. (2022). Beyond the Specific Factors vs. Common Factors Debate: Lacan’s Four
Discourses and a Renewed Contextual Model for Theorizing Psychotherapy Effects. Theory & Psychology, 32(3), 423—442. Retrieved from
https://doi.org/10.1177/09593543221083580
Bell, C. (2022). Lacanian Psychoanalysis in Japan: An Interview with Dr. Luke Ogasawara.
Awry: Journal of Critical Psychology, 3(1), 199—214. Retrieved from https://awryjcp.com/index.php/awry/article/view/69/35
Bell, C. (2020). Disrupting Received Wisdom in Psychoanalysis and Critical Theory:
Reading Daniel Burston’s Psychoanalysis, Politics and the Postmodern University. Theory & Psychology. September 2020. doi:10.1177/0959354320959461
Bell, C., Senecal, G. (2020). Projection as a Political Weapon: From Unconscious Defense
to Conscious Offense. Room: A Sketchbook for Analytic Action. 2.20. IPTAR. Retrieved from http://www.analytic-room.com/essays/projection-as-a-political-weapon-chris-bell-gary-senecal/
Bell, C. (2019). Critical Perspectives on Personality and Subjectivity. In Robert K. Beshara (Ed.) A Critical Introduction to Psychology, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
Verhaeghen, P., Aikman S. N., Doyle-Portillo S., Bell, C. & Simmons, N. (2018). When
I saw me standing there: first-person and third-person memories and future projections,
and how they relate to the self. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 30:4, 438—452, doi:
10.1080/20445911.2018.1454451
Bell, C. (2018). Review of Intersubjectivity in Psychoanalysis: A Model for Theory and Practice. Language and Psychoanalysis, 7(2). Retrieved from http://www.language-and-psychoanalysis.com//article/view/2779/3913
Malone, K., Bell, C., Roberts J. (2015). Technology and addiction: Subjectivity, scientific
knowledge and the economy of jouissance. Subjectivity, 8(2), 147—164. Retrieved from http://www.palgrave-journals.com/sub/journal/v8/n2/abs/sub20154a.html
Bell, C. (2015). Three Approaches to Psychical Reality: An Interview with Dr. Antoine
Mooij. Language and Psychoanalysis, 4(2), 83—88. Retrieved from http://www.language-and-psychoanalysis.com//article/view/1605/2060
Bell, C. (2014). The Lacanian Subject: Subject of Desire or the Subject of Drive?
Language and Psychoanalysis, 3(1), 39—65. Retrieved from http://www.language-and-psychoanalysis.com//article/view/1587/2043
PRESENTATIONS
Bell, C. (2023). Critical Reflections on the Project of ‘Best Practices’ in Cross-Cultural
Psychotherapy: Considering the Applicability of Therapist Broaching and Bridging Actions
in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. Paper
Presentation at the Psychology and the Other Conference, Boston College, Boston, MA.
Bell, C. (2022). Revolution in Social Links: The Lacanian Cartel and the Paradox of
‘Suspended Leadership’. Paper presentation at the Lacan: Clinic & Culture Conference,
Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA.
Bell, C. (2021). Union Organizing in the Social Media Era. Paper Presentation at the
Psychology and the Other Conference. Conference held on-line.
Bell, C. (2020). Psychoanalytic Truth and the CBT Dare: Daring to Decouple CBT from
Neoliberal Values. Paper presentation at the Association for the Psychoanalysis of
Culture and Society Conference (APCS). Conference held on-line.
Bell, C., Senecal, G. (2019). Psychoanalysis in the Age of Trump. Paper presented
at the New England Psychological Association Conference (NEPA), Southern New Hampshire
University, Manchester, NH.
Bell, C. (2019). Psychotherapeutic Subjectivities: Experiences of Change in Psychoanalysis/Psychodynamic
Psychotherapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Poster Presentation at the Psychology
and the Other Conference, Boston College, Boston, MA.
Bell, C. (2019). Lacan with Cassirer: A new perspective on Symbolization and Separation.
Paper presented at the Lack iii Conference, Clark University, Worcester, MA.
Bell, C. (2018). Music, Lalangue, and the Real Unconscious. Paper presented at the
Žižek Studies Conference, Athens, GA.
Bell, C. (2017). Psychotherapeutic Subjectivities: Experiences of Change in Psychoanalysis
/ Psychodynamic Therapy and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. Paper presented at the St.
Louis Psychoanalytic Institute Society Meeting, St. Louis, MO.