WCSPP Faculty

Psychoanalytic and Psychotherapy Faculty

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• ADLER, ELLIOT M., Ph.D. – Director, 1992-95, WCSPP; Training Analyst and Senior Supervisor, The Postgraduate Psychoanalytic Institute; Invited Faculty and Supervisor, The Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity; Faculty, The National Training Program in Contemporary Psychoanalysis; Faculty, The NIP Regional Psychoanalytic Training Program at Kansas City; Past President, Section 1, Division 39, American Psychological Association; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health.
  
  
• ADLER, Helen O., M.S.W. – Director, 1998-200 1, WCSPP; Faculty, Senior Supervisor and Training Analyst, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health; Certificate in the Supervision of Psychoanalytic Process, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• BACHANT, Janet L., Ph.D. – Faculty, Supervisor, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health; Coordinator, NY Disaster Counseling Coalition; Certificate in the Supervision of the Psychoanalytic Process, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• BARISH, Kenneth J., Ph.D. – Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Weill Medical College, Cornell University; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• BASESCU, Sabert, Ph.D. – Director, 1984-1989, WCSPP; Co-Director, Supervisory Training Program, WCSPP; Clinical Professor of Psychology and former Co-Director, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health.
  
  
• BEHR, William A., M.S.W. – Director, 1999-2004, Psychotherapy Program, WCSPP; Faculty and Senior Supervisor, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health; Faculty and Supervisor, National Institute for the Psychotherapies; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• BERENSON, Judith, M.S.W. – Co-Director of Admissions, WCSPP, Former Director, Treatment Service, WCSPP; Director of Ambulatory Mental Health Services, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• BIEBER, Elaine Eaton, Ph.D. – Director of Training, 2004-2007, WCSPP; Certificate in the Supervision of the Psychoanalytic Process, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• BLOOMGARDEN, Jane, Ph.D. - Associate Director, Faculty and Supervisor, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Program, WCSPP; Adjunct Faculty and Supervisor, Ferkauf School of Psychology. Yeshiva University; Certificate in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, NYU.
  
  
• BUSHRA, Annabella, Ph.D. - Supervisor, NIP, Clinical Psychology Externship Program; Adjunct Supervisor, Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, Ferkauf Graduate School of Yeshiva University; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis.
  
  
• CANTOR, C. Lola, Ph.D. – Formerly full-time Faculty, Queens College, Fordham University; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis.
  
  
• CASPE, Diane Girdwoyn, M.S. – Director, 2004-2007, WCSPP; Voluntary Faculty, NY Presbyterian Hospital-Westchester Division; Former Chief Social Worker, Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Jacobi Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• DAVIES, Michael J., Ph.D. – Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• ELIOT, Stephen V., Ph.D. – Co-Director of Admissions, WCSPP; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• FINN, Mark G., Ph.D. – Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• FLEISCHMAN, Linda, M.S.W. – Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• FUTTERMAN, Linda, Ph.D. – Co-Director, Supervisory Training Program, WCSPP; Former Faculty, Center for the Study of Anorexia and Bulimia; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• GALEF, Harold, M.D. – Director, 1995-1998, WCSPP; Associate Clinical Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Fellow, American Psychiatric Association, American Academy of Psychoanalysis; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, New York Psychoanalytic Institute.
  
  
• GOLDEN, Helen K., Ph.D. – Former Director of Internship Training, Hillside Hospital, Long Island Jewish Hospital; Former Visiting Instructor of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Former Faculty, Supervisor, Albert Einstein Postgraduate Psychotherapy Training Program; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• GOLDSTEIN, George, Ph.D. – Director, 2001-2004, WCSPP; Faculty and Supervisor, The Adelphi University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis; Supervisor, NYU Postdoctoral Program for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis; Supervisor and Faculty, Suffolk Institute for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, NYU Postdoctoral Program for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis.
  
  
• GREER, RUTH B., D.S.W. – Co-Director, Psychotherapy Program, WCSPP; Former Supervisor, Family and Children’s Aid of Fairfield County; Clinical Member, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy; Certificate in Supervision of the Psychoanalytic Process, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• GREY, Alan, Ph.D. – Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Graduate School, Fordham University; Faculty and Supervising Analyst, William A. White Institute and Manhattan Institute; Assistant Editor, Contemporary Psychoanalysis; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, William A. White Institute.
  
  
• GREY, Carolyn C., Ph.D. – Faculty and Supervisor, NYU Postdoctoral Program for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis; Diplomate in Psychoanalysis, American Board of Professional Psychology; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• GRUENTHAL, Ruth, M.S.S. – Training Analyst, Faculty, Senior Supervisor, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health; Faculty and Supervisor, NYU Postdoctoral Program for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis; Certificate in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health.
  
  
• HARTMAN, William, Ph.D. – Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• HODYS, Helen T., M.S.W. – Former Director, Treatment Service, WCSPP; Supervisor, Schools of Social Work of Adelphi and Columbia Universities; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• KATZ, Robert J., Ph.D. – Faculty, NYU Postdoctoral Program for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis; Supervisor, Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy; Member, Department of Psychiatry, Phelps Memorial Hospital; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, NYU Postdoctoral Program for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis.
  
  
• KUNIHOM, Jane, LCSW - Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• LEVY, Judith Schweiger, Ph.D. – Faculty and Supervisor, Manhattan Institute of Psychoanalysis; Supervisor, Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, NYU Post Doctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, and New York Freudian Society. Member, International Psychoanalytical Association.
  
  
• LOPEZ, Thomas, Ph.D. – Former Director, Cornerstone Therapeutic Nursery; Certificates in Psychoanalysis form the Anna Freud Centre and the New York Freudian Society; Member: New York Freudian Society; The Association for Child Psychoanalysis; International Psychoanalytic Association.
  
  
• MANN, Carola H., Ph.D. – Emeritus.
  
  
• MENAKER, Elsa, Ph.D. – Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• MENAKER, Thomas, Ph.D. – Supervisor and Faculty in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, William A. White Institute; Supervisor and Faculty, Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy; Supervisor and Faculty, Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis; Supervisor, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, William A. White Institute.
  
  
• MENDELSOHN, Eric, Ph.D. – Faculty and Supervisor, Adelphi University Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy; Faculty and Supervisor, National Institute for the Psychotherapies; Supervisor of Psychotherapy, Ferkauf Graduate School, Yeshiva University; Former Co-Director, Kansas City Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis. Psychoanalytic Certificate, Post Doctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Adelphi University.
  
  
• MESSER, Barbara Hyde, M.S.W. – Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• ORTMEYER, Dale, Ph.D. – Fellow Emeritus, Training and Supervisory Analyst, William A. White Institute; Clinical Professor, Training and Supervisory Therapist, Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy, Adelphi University; Instructor in Psychiatry, Columbia University; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, William A. White Institute; Past President, William A. White Society and Connecticut Society of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy.
  
  
• PEARSON, Barbara, Ph.D. – Former Director, Community Counseling Center; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• PICARD, Sharon Medoff - Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• REMBAR, James, Ph.D. – Director, 1999-2004, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Program, WCSPP; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• RHODES, Rosetta Marino, LCSW - Director, Treatment Service, WCSPP; Former Assistant Executive Director, The Center for Preventive Psychiatry; Former Director, The Mental Health Division, Andrus Children’s Center; Adjunct Professor, Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service, Post Masters Certificate Program in Child and Adolescent Therapy; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP; Certificate in Child Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, The Center for Preventive Psychiatry.
  
  
• ROSENBLUM, Sylvia, M.S. – Director, 1989 1992, WCSPP; Faculty and Supervisor, Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• SASSO, Gail Wittkin, M.S.W., Ph.D. – Former Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fordham University School of Social Service; Former Adjunct Assistant Professor, Lehman College, City University of New York; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• SINGER, Dale, M.S.W. – Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• SKOLNICK, Neil J., Ph.D. – Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology, Ferkauf Graduate School, Yeshiva University; Faculty and Supervisor, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis.
  
  
• SLOATE, Phyllis L. - Training Analyst, Supervisor and Faculty, New York Freudian Society; Supervisor and Faculty, NYU Postdoctoral Program for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis; Voluntary Faculty, NY Presbyterian Hospital - Westchester Division; Member: IPTAR, International Psychoanalytic Association. Certificate in Psychoanalysis, NYU Postdoctoral Program for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis.
  
  
• SPITZ, Steven, Ph.D. – Director, Treatment Service, WCSPP; Consultant, Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut; Adjunct Clinical Faculty Yeshiva University; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• STARK, Paul, Ph.D. – Director, 1974 1979, WCSPP; former Dean, Psychoanalytic Institute of Postgraduate Center for Mental Health; Training Analyst and Faculty, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health.
  
  
• TURTZ, John, Ph.D. – Co-Director, Psychotherapy Program, WCSPP; Faculty, Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• VERLEN, Deborah, Ph.D. - Director and Supervisor, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Program, WCSPP; Former Co-Director (2004 - 2007), Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Program, WCSPP; Adjunct Clinical Supervisor, Pace University; Certificate in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, WCSPP.
  
  
• WEISMAN, Suzanne S., M.S.W. – Associate Director, Treatment Service, WCSPP; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• ZINMAN, Arnold, Ph.D. – Co-Director, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Program, WCSPP; Associate Director, Treatment Service, WCSPP; Formerly Supervisor of Psychologists, New York City Department of Education; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• ZUCKER, Herbert, Ph.D. – Clinical Professor of Psychology and Training Analyst, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, NYU; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, William A. White Institute.
  

Visiting Faculty

• NEWMAN, David C., LCSW - Faculty, Supervisor, Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis; Visiting Faculty, National Institute for the Psychotherapies; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, MIP.

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Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Faculty

• AUSTIN, Nancy, Psy.D. – Associate Director, Lucio Bini Mood Disorder Center, Adjunct Faculty, Ferkauf School of Psychology, Yeshiva University; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
• BARISH, Kenneth J., Ph.D. – Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Weill Medical College, Cornell University; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• BLOOMGARDEN, Jane, Ph.D. - Associate Director, Faculty and Supervisor, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Program, WCSPP; Adjunct Faculty and Supervisor, Ferkauf School of Psychology. Yeshiva University; Certificate in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, NYU.
  
  
• CASPE, Diane Girdwoyn, M.S. – Director, 2004-2007, WCSPP; Voluntary Faculty, NY Presbyterian Hospital-Westchester Division; Former Chief Social Worker, Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Jacobi Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• GAINES, Robert, Ph.D. – Fellow, Training Analyst, Director, Child and Adolescent Training Program, William A. White Institute; Faculty, Supervisor, Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, William A. White Institute.
  
  
• MANISCALCO, Philip, Psy.D. – Adjunct Supervisor, Yeshiva University; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• REMBAR, James, Ph.D. – Director, 1999-2004, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Program, WCSPP; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• SPITZ, Steven, Ph.D. – Director, Treatment Service, WCSPP; Consultant, Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut; Adjunct Clinical Faculty, Yeshiva University; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• STUNTZ, Elizabeth, M.S.W. – Supervisor, Child and Adolescent Training Program, National Institute for the Psychotherapies; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• TAUB, Sandra, Ph.D. – Adjunct Clinical Supervisor, Yeshiva University; Analytic Certificate, New Hope Guild; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• VERLEN, Deborah, Ph.D. - Director and Supervisor, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Program, WCSPP; Former Co-Director (2004 - 2007), Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Program, WCSPP; Adjunct Clinical Supervisor, Pace University; Certificate in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, WCSPP.
  
  
  
• WASHTON, Kate, M.S.W. – Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
  
  
• ZINMAN, Arnold, Ph.D. – Co-Director, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Program, WCSPP; Associate Director, Treatment Service, WCSPP; Formerly Supervisor of Psychologists, New York City Department of Education; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

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