WCSPP - Training Faculty

Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy

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Training Faculty

ADLER, ELLIOT M., PH.D. – Director, 1992-1995, WCSPP; Training Analyst, Senior Supervisor, The Postgraduate Psychoanalytic Institute; Invited Faculty, 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, 1998-2001, WCSPP; Faculty, Senior Supervisor, Training Analyst, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health; Certificate in the Supervision of the Psychoanalytic Process, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

AUSTIN, NANCY, PSY.D. – Associate Director, Lucio Bini Mood Disorder Center; Adjunct Faculty, Ferkauf School of Psychology, Yeshiva University; 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, Weil Medical College, Cornell University; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

Basescu, Sabert, Ph.D. Emeritus.

Behr, William A., M.S.W. – Treasurer, WCSPP; Chair, Faculty Appointments, WCSPP; Former Director, Adult Psychotherapy Program, WCSPP; Faculty, Senior Supervisor, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health; Faculty, Supervisor, National Institute for the Psychotherapies; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

Berenson, Judith, M.S.W. – Director, Psychoanalytic Program, WCSPP; Former Director of Adult Psychotherapy Program, 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. – Former Director, Psychoanalytic Program, WCSPP; Certificate in the Supervision of the Psychoanalytic Process, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

Bloomgarden, Jane Willner, Ph.D. – Associate Director, Adult Psychotherapy Program, WCSPP; Former Associate Director, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Program, WCSPP; Adjunct Faculty, Supervisor, Ferkauf School of Psychology, Yeshiva University; Certificate in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, NYU.

Bushra, Annabella, Ph.D. – Supervisor, NIP Psychology Externship; Supervisor, Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, Ferkauf Graduate School, Yeshiva 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.

Crane, Stewart M., M.S.W. – Supervisor and former Faculty, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, Certificate in Supervision, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health.

Eliot, Stephen V., Ph.D. – Former Chair, Faculty Appointments, WCSPP; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

Finn, Mark G., Ph.D. – Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

Fleischman, Linda, M.S.W. – Director of Supervisory Program, WCSPP; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

Futterman, Linda, Ph.D. – Former Co-Director, Supervisory Program, WCSPP; Former Director of Training, Psychoanalytic Program, WCSPP; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

Gaines, Robert J., 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.

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.

Goff, Beverley, M.S.W. – Certificate in Psychoanalysis, NPAP.

Golden, Linda, M.S.W. – Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

Goldstein, George, Ph.D. – Director, 2001-2004, WCSPP; Faculty, Supervisor, The Adelphi University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis; Supervisor, NYU Postdoctoral Program for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis; Supervisor, Faculty, Suffolk Institute for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, NYU Postdoctoral Program for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis.

Greer, Ruth B., Ph.D. – Co-Director, Couples Psychotherapy Program, WCSPP; Former Co-Director, Adult Psychotherapy Program, WCSPP; Certificate in the 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, 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, 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, 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.

Kuniholm, Jane, M.S.W. – Director of Admissions, WCSPP; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

LaManna, Angela C. P., M.S.W. – Director, Treatment Service, WCSPP; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP; Certificate in Child and Adolescent Psychoanalysis, ICAFS.

Levy, Judith Schweiger, Ph.D. – Training Analyst, New York Freudian Society; Faculty, 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.

Lopez, Thomas, Ph.D. – Former Director, Cornerstone Therapeutic Nursery; Certificates in Psychoanalysis from the Anna Freud Centre and the New York Freudian Society.

Mahlstedt, Carol, Psy.D. – Associate Director, Treatment Service, WCSPP; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

Maniscalco, Philip, Psy.D. – Supervisor of Clinical-School Psychology Psy.D. Program, Yeshiva University; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

Menaker, Elsa, Ph.D. – Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

Menaker, Thomas, Ph.D. – Supervisor, Faculty in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, William A. White Institute; Supervisor, Faculty, Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy; Supervisor, Faculty, Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis; Supervisor, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, William A. White Institute.

Mencher, Edythe Held, M.S.W. – Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

Mendelsohn, Eric, Ph.D. – Conference Committee Chair, WCSPP; Faculty, Supervisor, Postgraduate Programs in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Adelphi University; Faculty, Supervisor, National Institute for the Psychotherapies Training Institute, and National Institute for the Psychotherapies National Training Program; Former Co-Director, Kansas City Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis; Psychoanalytic Certificate, Postdoctoral Programs in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Adelphi University.

Messer, Barbara Hyde, M.S.W. – Former Secretary, WCSPP; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

Moses, Ira, Ph.D. – Director of Clinical Services, Training and Supervising Analyst, William A. White Institute; Clinical Instructor, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, William A. White Institute.

Newman, David, M.S.W. – Faculty, Supervisor, Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis. Author of Talking With Doctors, The Analytic Press, 2006.

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.

Pearson, Barbara, Ph.D. – Former Director, Community Counseling Center; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

Picard, Sharon Medoff, M.S.W. – Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

Rembar, James, Ph.D. – Director of Curriculum, WCSPP; Former Director, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Program, WCSPP; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

Rosenblum, Sylvia, M.S.W. – Director, 1989-1992, WCSPP; Faculty, Supervisor, Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

Sasso, Gail Wittkin, Ph.D. – Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.
 
Singer, Dale, M.S.W. – Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

Skolnick, Neil, Ph.D. – Faculty, Supervisor, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis.

Sloate, Phyllis L., Ph.D. – Training and Supervising Analyst, Faculty, The New York Freudian Society; Supervising Analyst, Faculty, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis; IPA Fellow; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis.

Spitz, Steven, Ph.D. – Director, WCSPP; Former Director of Admissions, 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, Faculty, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health.

Stuntz, Elizabeth Cohn, M.S.W. – Associate Director, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Program, WCSPP; Supervisor, 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.

Turtz, John, Ph.D. – Co-Director, Couples Psychotherapy Program, WCSPP; Former Co-Director, Adult Psychotherapy Program, WCSPP; Faculty, Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

Verlen, Deborah, Ph.D. – Former Director, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Program, WCSPP; Adjunct Clinical Supervisor, Pace University; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

Wald, Michael, Ph.D. – Chair, Marketing Committee, WCSPP; Faculty and Supervisor, Adelphi University Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy and the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center; Supervisor of Psychotherapy, Ferkauf Graduate School, Yeshiva University; Certificate in Family Therapy, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health; Psychoanalytic Certificate, Post Doctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Adelphi University.

Washton, Kate, M.S.W. – Director, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Program, WCSPP; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

Weisman, Suzanne S., M.S.W. – Director, Adult Psychotherapy Program, WCSPP; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

Zinman, Arnold, Ph.D. – Director, 2007-2010, WCSPP; Former Co-Director, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Program, WCSPP; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

Zuckerman, Janet, Ph.D. – Former Associate Director, Adult Psychotherapy Program, WCSPP; Adjunct Clinical Professor, Derner Institute, Adelphi University; Adjunct Clinical Supervisor, Ferkauf Graduate School, Yeshiva University; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis.

 

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