PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1982 to present: PRIVATE PRACTICE (West Los Angeles, California) Licensed Clinical Psychologist (Lic. No. PSY 12591) and Licensed MFT (Lic. No. 17749); Faculty, Senior Training and Supervising Analyst, Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles
2017 to present: PSYCHOANALYSIS, SELF AND CONTEXT (formally INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOANALYTIC SELF PSYCHOLOGY) (Routledge: Taylor and Francis)
Founding Editor Emeritus
2014 to 2017: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOANALYTIC SELF PSYCHOLOGY (Routledge: Taylor and Francis)
Founding Editor Emeritus and Consulting Editor
2004 to 2014: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOANALYTIC SELF PSYCHOLOGY (Routledge: Taylor and Francis)
Editor-in-Chief
2011 to present: PSYCHOANALYTIC DIALOGUES (Routledge: Taylor and Francis)
Associate Editor
2004 to 2014: PUBLICATION COMMITTEE, International Association for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology
Chair
2003 to 2004: PROGRESS IN SELF PSYCHOLOGY (The Analytic Press)
Editor-in-Chief
2003 to present: PSYCHOANALYTIC INQUIRY (The Analytic Press)
Editorial Board
2002: PSYCHOANALYTIC INQUIRY (Routledge: Taylor and Francis), “Nonlinear Dynamic Systems Theories: Innovative Contributions In Psychoanalysis” (Vol. 22, No. 5)
Issue Co-Editor (with Estelle Shane)
2001 to present: REVISTA ITALIANA TELEMATICA DI PSICOLOGIA PSICOANALITICA DEL SE INTERSOGGETTIVITA PSICOANALISI RELAZIONALE, INTERNATIONAL EDITORIAL BOARD
Board Member
2002: PROGRESS IN SELF PSYCHOLOGY (The Analytic Press)
Associate Editor
2002 to 2003: SELF PSYCHOLOGY NEWSLETTER
Western Regional Editor
2002 to 2014: INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RELATIONAL PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY
Member, Advisory Board
2004 to present: NORTHWESTERN CENTER FOR PSYCHOANALYSIS, Portland, OR
Faculty, Training and Supervising Analyst
1998 to 2000; 2004 to 2006: INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOANALYSIS, LOS ANGELES
Member, Board of Directors
2004 to 2006: INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOANALYSIS, LOS ANGELES
Treasurer
1999 to 2001: CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER, DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY
Clinical Instructor
1996 to 2000: INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOANALYSIS, LOS ANGELES
Founder and Chair, Public Education Committee
2000 to present: INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF PSYCHOANALYTIC SELF PSYCHOLOGY
Member
2000 to 2005: ASSOCIATION OF AUTONOMOUS PSYCHOANALYTIC INSTITUTES
Board Member and Past-Secretary
1997 to present: INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOANALYSIS, LOS ANGELES
Faculty, Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Programs
2001 to present: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PSYCHOANALYTIC INSTITUTE
Faculty, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program
2001 to present: NEWPORT PSYCHOANALYTIC INSTITUTE, NEWPORT, CALIFORNIA
Faculty, Psychoanalysis
1997 to 1999: DIVISION 39 (PSYCHOANALYSIS), AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, SO. CALIF. CHAPTER
Program Chair
1996 to 1997: CALIFORNIA PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
Member, Publications Committee
1995 to present: CALIFORNIA GRADUATE INSTITUTE, LOS ANGELES
Faculty
1995 to 1998: BOARD OF PSYCHOLOGY
Commissioner–Oral Examiner
1989 to 1995: BOARD OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE EXAMINERS
Commissioner—Oral Examiner
1993, 1994: CALIFORNIA FAMILY STUDIES CENTER, LOS ANGELES
Faculty
1982 to 1986: CENTER FOR HUMAN ENRICHMENT, INC.
Co-Director; Staff Psychotherapist
1985: UCLA EXTENSION PROGRAM, PSYCHOLOGY
Visiting Faculty
1978, 1979: MOUNTAINVIEW ACADEMY
Faculty
1978, 1979: JAY NOLEN CENTER FOR AUTISTIC CHILDREN
Behavior Therapist
EDUCATION
1995 to 1999: INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOANALYSIS, LOS ANGELES
Psy.D. degree in Psychoanalysis
1990 to 1992: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PSYCHOANALYTIC INSTITUTE
Certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
1981 to 1985: CHICAGO SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY, LOS ANGELES (formally CALIFORNIA GRADUATE INSTITUTE, LOS ANGELES)
Ph.D. degree in Clinical Psychology
1979 to 1981: CHICAGO SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY, LOS ANGELES (formally CALIFORNIA GRADUATE INSTITUTE, LOS ANGELES)
M.A. degree in Psychology
1977 to 1978: CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGE
Postgraduate study in experimental design and research methodology
1973 to 1977: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
B.A. degree in English
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Psychoanalytic Association
American Psychological Association
Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology, Division 39, American Psychological Association
Association of Autonomous Psychoanalytic Institutes
Committee on Publication Ethics (London, UK)
Council of Editors of Psychoanalytic Journals
Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles
International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
International Council for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology
International Association for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology
International Council of Editors of Psychoanalytic Journals
International Psychoanalytical Association
Revista Italiana Telematica Di Psicologia Psicoanalitica del se Intersoggettivita Psicoanalisa Relazionale, International Editorial Board
AWARDS
1999 Daphne S. Stolorow Memorial Essay Award
2000 Karl A. Menninger Memorial Essay Award