Leadership

Board of Trustees

Judith Adamo, PhD
Helen Adler, LCSW
Elliot Adler, PhD
Diane Caspe, LCSW
Stewart Crane, LCSW
Bilha Goldberg, LCSW
George Goldstein, PhD
Diane Malkin, LCSW
Christopher Nardozzi, JD, LCSW
Janet Shimer, LCSW, MBA
Steven Spitz, PhD
Sylvia Steinert, LCSW
Arnold Zinman, PhD
Janet Zuckerman, PhD, JD

Directors of Programs and Services

Foundations of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Advanced Psychoanalytic Training Program
Directors: Judith Berenson, LCSW, John Turtz, PhD
Associate Director: Cynthia Heller, PhD
Graduate Advisors – Foundations : Marlene DeSantis, LCSW, Jillian Mabry, LCSW
Graduate Advisors – Analytic: Qui Qui Balascio, LCSW, Deborah Levin, PsyD

Child, Adolescent and Parent Psychotherapy Training Program

Faculty

ADLER, ELLIOT M., PhD – Director, 1992-1995, WCSPP; Faculty and Supervisor, WCSPP; Former Associate Director of Training, Training Analyst, and Senior Supervisor, The Postgraduate Psychoanalytic Institute; Invited Faculty and Supervisor, The Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity; Faculty and Supervisor, The National Training Program in Contemporary Psychoanalysis; Past President, Section 1 (Psychoanalysis), Division 39, American Psychological Association; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, Teaching the Psychoanalytic Process, and Psychoanalytic Supervision, The Postgraduate Center for Mental Health.

ADLER, HELEN O., LCSW – Director, 1998-2001 and 2019-2020, WCSPP; Faculty and Supervisor, WCSPP; Former Faculty, The Postgraduate Center for Mental Health; Certificate in the Supervision of the Psychoanalytic Process, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

ANDERSON, WADE B., PhD – Supervisory Faculty, WCSPP; Committee Chair – Dialogues in Clinical Moments, WCSPP; Instructor & Supervisory Faculty, New York Medical College; Former Instructor & Supervisory Faculty, Columbia College of Physicians &  Surgeons, Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital, APA Internship (until 2001); Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

BARISH, KENNETH J., PhD – Faculty and Supervisor, WCSPP; Clinical Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Weill Medical College, Cornell University; Faculty, William Alanson White Institute Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Program; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

BEHR, WILLIAM A., LCSW – Faculty and Supervisor, WCSPP; Listserv moderator, WCSPP; Former Director, Adult Psychotherapy Training Program, WCSPP; Faculty, Supervisor, National Institute for the Psychotherapies; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

BERDON, RANDI, LCSW – Faculty, WCSPP; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP; Curriculum Committee member, Former Candidate Relations Committee, WCSPP; Certificate in family and couples, Ackerman Institute.

BERENSON, JUDITH, LCSW – Co-Director of Psychoanalytic and Psychotherapy Programs, WCSPP; Faculty and Supervisor, WCSPP; Supervisor, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine Department, Psychiatry Residency Training Program; Former Director, Montefiore Medical Center/Moses Division of Ambulatory Psychiatry.

BERG HANSON, CARLOTTA, LCSW – Faculty, WCSPP.

BIEBER, ELAINE EATON, PhD – Faculty and Supervisor, WCSPP; 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, PhD – Co-Director, Child, Adolescent, Parent Psychotherapy Training Program, WCSPP; Faculty and Supervisor, WCSPP; Former Associate Director, Adult Psychotherapy Training Program, WCSPP; Adjunct Faculty, Supervisor, Ferkauf School of Psychology, Yeshiva University; Certificate in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis.

BUSHRA, ANNABELLA, PhD – Former Director, Curriculum Committee, WCSPP; Supervisor, Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, National Institute for the Psychotherapies Psychology Externship; Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program at City College; Derner Institute at Adelphi University, Long Island University Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program, and Ferkauf Graduate School, Yeshiva University. Certificate in Psychoanalysis, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis.

CASPE, DIANE GIRDWOYN, LCSW, MS – Director WCSPP, 2004-2007 and 2020 – 2021; Faculty and Supervisor, WCSPP; Former Director Curriculum Committee, WCSPP; Voluntary Faculty, NY Presbyterian Hospital- Westchester Division (until 2014); Former Chief Social Worker, Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Jacobi Hospital/Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

CRANE, ANN S., PsyD – Faculty and Supervisor, WCSPP; Former Director, Candidate Relations, WCSPP; Past President, WCSPP Psychoanalytic Association; Certificates in Psychoanalysis and Supervision, WCSPP.

CRANE, STEWART M., LCSW – Director, 2016-2019, WCSPP; Faculty and Supervisor, Former Director of Events, WCSPP; Former President, Post-graduate Psychoanalytic Society and Institute; Supervisor and former Faculty, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, Certificate in Supervision, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health.

DOUCETTE, DOLLY, PhD – Supervisory Faculty, WCSPP; Former Associate Director, Psychotherapy Service WCSPP; Certificate in Supervision WCSPP; Certificate in Psychoanalysis WCSPP.

ELIOT, STEPHEN V., PhD – Supervisory Faculty, WCSPP; Former Director, Faculty Selection Committee, WCSPP; Adjunct Supervisor, Ferkauf Graduate School; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

FINN, MARK G., PhD – Faculty and Supervisor, WCSPP; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

FLEISCHMAN, LINDA, LCSW – Former Director of Supervisory Training Program, WCSPP; Former Director of Curriculum, WCSPP; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

FUTTERMAN, LINDA, PhD – Supervisory Faculty, WCSPP; Chairperson, Clinical Consultation Service, WCSPP; Former Director, Supervisory Training Program; Former Director of Training, Psychoanalytic Program; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

GAINES, ROBERT J., PhD – Supervisory Faculty, WCSPP; 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.

GITLIN, AVIVA, PsyD – Faculty, WCSPP; Committee Chair – Psychoanalysis in Action, WCSPP; Past President, WCSPP Psychoanalytic Association; Adjunct Faculty, Supervisor, Ferkauf School of Psychology, Yeshiva University; Certificates in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, WCSPP.

GOLDEN, LINDA, LCSW – Faculty and Supervisor, WCSPP; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

GOLDSTEIN, GEORGE, PhD –Director, 2001-2004 and 2019-2020, WCSPP; Faculty and Supervisor, WCSPP; Faculty, Supervisor, The Adelphi University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis; Supervisor, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis; Supervisor, Faculty, Suffolk Institute for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis.

GREER, RUTH B., PhD – Faculty and Supervisor, WCSPP; Former Director of Admissions, WCSPP; Former Co-Director, Couples Psychotherapy Training Program, WCSPP; Former Co-Director, Adult Psychotherapy Training Program, WCSPP; Certificate in the Supervision of the Psychoanalytic Process, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

HAGMAN, GEORGE, LCSW – Faculty and Supervisor, WCSPP; Faculty, Training and Research Institute for Self Psychology; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, Institute of the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis.

HALL, KATIE, LCSW – Supervisory Faculty, WCSPP; Supervising and Teaching Faculty, Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy; WCSPP Diversity Committee member; Ethics and Review Committee, founding member, Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy; Certificate in Supervision, WCSPP, Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy.

HARTMAN, WILLIAM, PhD – Faculty, WCSPP; Certificate in Psychoanalysis and Supervisory Program, WCSPP.

HASLETT, CONSTANCE L., PhD – Faculty and Supervisor, WCSPP; Former Director of Continuing Education, WCSPP; Former President, Division of Women’s Interests, WCPA; former executive board member, WCPE; former faculty, Purchase, Iona and Fordham Colleges; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, MIP.

HECHT, PATRICIA, LCSW – Faculty, WCSPP.

HELLER, CYNTHIA, PhD – Associate Director, Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy Programs, WCSPP; Faculty and Supervisor, WCSPP.

KATZ, ROBERT J., PhD – Faculty and Supervisor, WCSPP; Faculty, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis; Faculty and Supervisor, Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis; Faculty and Supervisor, Adelphi’s Psychoanalytic Program; Supervisor, the Psychiatric Residency Program at Mt. Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine; Member, Department of Psychiatry, Phelps Memorial Hospital; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis.

KELLNER, ARI, PsyD – Faculty, WCSPP, Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

KNOLL, HEIDI, LCSW – Former Director of Admissions, WCSPP; Faculty, WCSPP; Former Co-President of Psychoanalytic Association; Certificate in Supervision, WCSPP; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

KUNIHOLM, JANE, LCSW – Supervisory Faculty, WCSPP; Former Associate Director, Adult Psychotherapy Program, WCSPP; Former Director of Admissions, WCSPP; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

LAMANNA, ANGELA C.P., LCSW – Former Associate Director, Child and Adolescent Program, WCSPP; Former Director, Psychotherapy Service, WCSPP; Certificate in the Psychoanalytic Treatment of Children and Adolescents, Institute for the Study of Child, Adolescent and Family Studies (ICAFS); Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

LEVY, JUDITH SCHWEIGER, PhD – Faculty and Supervisor, WCSPP; Training and Supervising Analyst, Contemporary Freudian Society; Faculty, Supervisor, Manhattan Institute of Psychoanalysis; Supervisor, Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy. Certificate in Psychoanalysis, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, and Contemporary Freudian Society.

LILIENFELD, DEBRA, LCSW – Faculty, WCSPP Child, Adolescent, Parent Psychotherapy Training Program; Co-Director of Psychotherapy Service, WCSPP; Certificates in Psychoanalysis; Child, Adolescent, Parent; Couples; Supervision, WCSPP.

LOPEZ, THOMAS, PhD – Faculty and Supervisor, WCSPP; Former Director, Cornerstone Therapeutic Nursery; Certificates in Psychoanalysis from the Anna Freud Centre and the New York Freudian Society.

MENAKER, ELSA, PhD – Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

MENAKER, THOMAS, PhD – Faculty and Supervisor, WCSPP; Supervisor, Faculty in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, William A. White Institute; Supervisor, Faculty, Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy; Supervisor, Faculty, Manhattan Institute for Psycho analysis; Supervisor, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, William A. White Institute.

MENDELSOHN, ERIC, PhD – Faculty and Supervisor, WCSPP; Certificate in Psychoanalysis and Supervisory Training Program, WCSPP; National Institute for the Psychotherapies Training Institute and NIP National Training Program; Postgraduate Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Adelphi University; Visiting Faculty, Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute and Contemporary Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, Washington DC; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Adelphi University.

MESSER, BARBARA HYDE, LCSW – Faculty and Supervisor, WCSPP; Former Secretary, WCSPP; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

MULLER, ROBERT, PhD – Faculty and Supervisor, WCSPP; Director, Faculty Selection Committee, WCSPP; Former Co-Director, Diversity Committee, WCSPP; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP; Certificate in Psychoanalytic Supervision, WCSPP; Certificate in Intensive Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, William A. White; Certificate in Alcohol and Chemical Dependency Counseling, Westchester Institute; Consultant, So. NY Chapter of the National MS Society.

PEARSON, BARBARA, PhD –Faculty and Supervisor, WCSPP; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

PERLMAN, FREDRIC T., PhD, FIPA – Supervisory Faculty, WCSPP; Training and Supervising Analyst, IPTAR; Faculty, WCSPP, IPTAR, IPE (affiliated with NYU Medical School). Former President, IPTAR; Former President, Confederation of Independent Psychoanalytic Societies; member of Board of Directors, American Psychoanalytic Association.

PICARD, SHARON MEDOFF, LCSW – Supervisory Faculty, WCSPP; Former Director, Adult Psychotherapy Training Program, WCSPP; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

POLITE, CRAIG, PhD – Supervisory Faculty, WCSPP; Supervisor, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis.

REHM, MARC, PhD – Faculty and Supervisor, WCSPP; Adjunct Clinical Supervisor: Adelphi, Yeshiva, and Pace Universities; Senior Clinical Supervisor: Furman Counseling Center, Barnard College; Staff Psychologist: Northern Westchester Hospital; Former Supervisor and Faculty: The American Institute for Psychoanalysis; Former Director of Psychology Internship: The Karen Horney Clinic; Former Director of Psychology Externship: St. Vincent’s Hospital, Westchester; Certificate in Psychoanalysis: NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis.

REMBAR, JAMES, PhD – Faculty and Supervisor, WCSPP; Former Director of Curriculum, WCSPP; Former Director and Founder, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Program, WCSPP; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

ROTH, RANDI, PhD – Faculty, WCSPP, Former Co-Director of WCSPP Psychotherapy Service, Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP, WCSPP Supervisory Training Program graduate.

RUBINSTEIN, MARGOT, MD – Faculty, WCSPP, Director of Curriculum, WCSPP; Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Weil-Cornell Medical Center; Voluntary Faculty Weil- Cornell; Former Annual Retreat Chair, WCSPP.

SCHWARTZ, SUSAN, PsyD – Faculty, WCSPP.

SHAW, DANIEL, LCSW – Faculty and Supervisor, WCSPP; Author, Traumatic Narcissism: Relational Systems of Subjugation. Faculty and Clinical Supervisor, NIP, ICP. Certificate in Psychoanalysis, NIP.

SHIMER, JANET, LCSW, MBA – Co Executive Director, WCSPP; Supervisory Faculty, WCSPP; Director of WCSPP Annual Conference; Former Director of Marketing, WCSPP; Past President, WCSPP Psychoanalytic Association; Certificate in Supervision WCSPP; Certificate in Psychoanalysis WCSPP.

SKOLNICK, NEIL, PhD – Supervisory Faculty, WCSPP; Faculty, Supervisor, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis.

SLOATE, PHYLLIS L., PhD – Supervisor and Training Analyst, WCSPP; Training & Supervising Analyst, Faculty, The Contemporary Freudian Society; Fellow and Former Director, Institute for Psychoanalytic Training & Research; Supervising Analyst, Faculty, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis; IPA Fellow; President, Confederation of Independent Psychoanalytic Societies, Chair, Psychosomatic Discussion Group, APsaA. Certificate in Psychoanalysis, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis.

SMELSON, BARI, PhD – Former Co-Director WCSPP Couples Training Program, Faculty, WCSPP Couples Training Program, Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP; Certificate in Group Psychotherapy Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society; Former Adjunct Teaching Faculty: NYU School of Social Work, Mercy College.

SMITH, ANDREA, PsyD – Co-Director, Psychotherapy Service, WCSPP, Past President, WCSPP Psychoanalytic Association; Certificates in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, WCSPP.

SOLLINGER, IRWIN, PhD, PC — Supervisory Faculty, WCSPP; Supervisor, The Adelphi University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis.

SPITZ, STEVEN, PhD – WCSPP Director, 2010-2013, Faculty, WCSPP; Manhattan Institute for Psychotherapy- Teaching and Supervisory Faculty; Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy- Instructor; Division 39, Section V- Board Member. Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

STEINERT, SYLVIA, LCSW – Co-Executive Director, WCSPP; Faculty and Supervisor, WCSPP; Former CE Director; Certificate in Psychoanalysis and in Supervision, WCSPP.

STUDWELL, IRENE, LCSW –Co-Director, Child, Adolescent, Parent Psychotherapy Training Program, WCSPP; Faculty, WCSPP.

STUNTZ, ELIZABETH COHN, LCSW – Former Associate Director, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Program, WCSPP; Supervisor, National Institute for the Psychotherapies; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

TURTZ, JOHN, PhD – Co- Director, Psychoanalytic and Psychotherapy Programs, WCSPP; Faculty and Supervisor, WCSPP; Former Director, Couples Psychotherapy Training Program, WCSPP; Former Co-Director, Adult Psychotherapy Training Program, WCSPP; Co-Director, Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

VERLEN, DEBORAH, PhD – Supervisor and Former Director, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Program, WCSPP; Former Associate Director, Adult Psychotherapy Training Program, WCSPP; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

WALD, MICHAEL, PhD – Faculty and Supervisor, WCSPP; Former Director, Adult Psychotherapy Program, WCSPP; Former Director, 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, LCSW – Supervisor, WCSPP; Former Director, Conference Committee; Former Director, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Program, WCSPP; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

WEISMAN, SUZANNE S., LCSW – Supervisor and Training Analyst, WCSPP; Former Director, Adult Psychotherapy Training Program, WCSPP; Former Associate Director of Admissions, WCSPP; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

ZINMAN, ARNOLD, PhD – Director, 2007-2010 and 2020-2021, WCSPP; Former Director, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Training Program, WCSPP; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, WCSPP.

ZUCKERMAN, JANET R., PhD – Director, 2013-2016, WCSPP; Faculty and Supervisor, WCSPP; Former Associate Director, Adult Psychotherapy Training Program, WCSPP; Clinical Consultant, New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis; Clinical Professor, Derner Institute, Adelphi University; Adjunct Clinical Supervisor, Ferkauf Graduate School, Yeshiva University; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis.