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Eve Caligor, M.D.

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Senior Associate Director for Psychotherapy Training and Research
Training and Supervising Analyst
Tel: 212-996-5285
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122 East 42nd Street, Suite 3200
New York NY  10168

Professional Biography 

Eve Caligor M.D. is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Director of the Psychotherapy Division at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research.  Her clinical expertise is in the psychotherapeutic treatment of psychological difficulties that can compromise healthy personality functioning.  When relatively mild, such difficulties may lead to problems with intimacy, self-esteem, or effectively pursuing personal goals, and when more severe, may lead to global problems in daily living and personality functioning.  With colleagues at the Weill Cornell Medical College, Dr. Caligor has developed Transference-Focused Psychotherapy – Extended, a model of psychodynamic therapy designed to enhance one’s sense of self and ability to establish and enjoy satisfying relationships with others. Dr. Caligor has published widely on the evaluation and treatment of personality pathology. She is first author of Psychodynamic Therapy for Personality Pathology: Treating Self and Interpersonal Functioning (2018), and Handbook of Dynamic Psychotherapy for Higher Level Personality Pathology (2007), both books published by American Psychiatric Publishing, and she is co-author of the Structured Interview for Personality Organization (STIPO), a semi-structured interview evaluating personality health and impairment within the framework of object relations theory.   Dr. Caligor is the recipient of multiple teaching awards, including the Irma Bland Award from the American Psychiatric Association and teacher of the year awards from residents and psychoanalytic candidates at Columbia.  She serves as Vice-President of the International Society for Transference-Focused Psychotherapy.

Selected Presentations and Publications 
  1. Caligor E, Stern BL: Diagnosis, classification and assessment of narcissistic personality disorder within the framework of object relations theory. Journal of Personality Disorders, 2019
  2. Caligor E, Kernberg OK, Clarkin JF, Yeomans FE: Psychodynamic Therapy for Personality Pathology: Treating Self and Interpersonal Functioning.  Washington, D.C., American Psychiatric Press, 2018
  3. Cherry S, Rosenberg M, Caligor E: Teaching Psychotherapy to Psychoanalytic Candidates.  Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 2018, vol. 66 (6), 1051-1064
  4. Kampe L, Zimmermann J, Bender DS, Caligor E, Borowski AL, Ehrenthal JC, Benecke C.  Hörz-Sagstetter S. Comparison of the structured DSM-5 clinical interview for the level of personality functioning scale with the Structured Interview of Personality Organization. Journal of Personality Assessment, 2018, 100 (6), 642-649
  5. Hoerz-Sagstetter S, Caligor E, Preti E, Stern BL, De Panfilis Chiara, Clarkin JF: Clinician-guided assessment of personality using the Structural Interview and the Structured Interview of Personality Organization (STIPO).  Journal of Personality Assessment, 2018, pp. 1-17
  6. Hersh R, Caligor E, Yeomans FE: Fundamentals of Transference-Focused Psychotherapy: Applications in Psychiatric and General Medical Settings.  New York, Springer, 2017
  7. Caligor E, Levy K, Yeomans FE: Narcissistic personality disorder: Diagnostic and clinical challenges.  American Journal of Psychiatry, 2015, vol. 172, 5, 415-422
  8. Caligor E, Kernberg OF, Clarkin JF: Handbook of Dynamic Psychotherapy for Higher Level Personality Pathology.  Washington D.C., American Psychiatric Press, 2007
Education and Training 
Harvard University, AB, 1978
Harvard Medical School, MD, 1982
Mt Auburn Hospital, Medical Internship, 1983
New York State Psychiatric Institute, Psychiatry Residency, 1986
Presbyterian Hospital, Fellowship in Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, 1987
Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, Certificate in Psychoanalytic Medicine, 1990
Honors 

Horowitz Award for Clinical Excellence, Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1986
MacKinnon Teacher of the Year Award, Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, 2000 and 2003
Howard Klar Teacher of the Year Award, Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, 2003
John Weber Prize for Psychoanalytic Research, Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, 2003
Irma Bland Award for Excellence in Teaching Residents, American Psychiatric Association, 2004 Fellow, American Psychiatric Association, 2006
Best Poster, Meetings of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 2008
JAPA Prize for best paper in Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 2009
Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award, NYU School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry 2012
American College of Psychiatrists 2013
Vice President, International Society for Transference-Focused Psychotherapy 2018 Arnold Cooper Memorial Grand Rounds, Weill Cornell Medical Center 2019.

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