Manisha Roy

Manisha Roy, PhD is an anthropologist and Zurich-trained Jungian analyst who has maintained a private practice in Cambridge, Massachusetts for over three decades. Born and raised in a small oil town at the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas at the border of India, Tibet, and Myanmar, Roy brings a uniquely cross-cultural lens to the practice of analytical psychology. She is a trained geographer and anthropologist who received her diploma in analytical psychology from the C.G. Jung Institute of Zurich, Switzerland in 1982.

Dr. Roy has taught both anthropology and analytical psychology at several universities, including the Universities of Colorado, Denver, Long Beach (California), and the University of Zurich. She serves as a training analyst and faculty member at the C.G. Jung Institute of Boston, where she has helped shape the next generation of Jungian clinicians for thirty years. Her scholarly archive has been acquired by Harvard's Schlesinger Library.

Roy is the author of eight books, co-editor of three volumes, and has published more than fifty articles spanning anthropology, analytical psychology, and women's studies. Her first book, Bengali Women (University of Chicago Press, 1976, 1993), remains a landmark in feminist anthropology. More recent works include Women: Stereotypes and Archetypes (Chiron, 2019), which explores women's identity across cultures through an archetypal lens. Her work consistently bridges cultural anthropology and Jungian thought, making her an especially valuable resource for individuals navigating questions of identity, cultural displacement, and individuation.