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Susan Scheftel, Ph.D.

Assistant Clinical Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry)
Member, Curriculum Committee
Member, Program Committee of the Association for Psychoanalytic Medicine
Curriculum Chair, psychology externship
Tel: 212-769-9311
Private Office 

420 West End Avenue New York, NY 10021

Areas of Interest 

Psychotherapy with adults and children; child analysis; dyadic therapy; school consultation

Professional Biography 

After attending the University of California at Berkeley, Dr. Scheftel graduated with a degree in English Literature from New York University. Prior to graduate school Dr. Scheftel was a special education teacher. Dr. Scheftel obtained a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the City University of New York and did two years of internship training at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Scheftel continued to work in the Einstein complex at North Central Bronx Hospital, variously in adult and pediatric consultation liaison, as co-director of internship training and senior psychologist on the inpatient training unit. Dr. Scheftel has been in private practice since 1985. Dr. Scheftel spent three years in psychoanalytic training at the NYU Postdoctoral Program before her training at Columbia. Dr. Scheftel is a graduate of the Columbia Psychoanalytic Center’s Child Analysis Program where she was the first “child only” candidate. Dr. Scheftel is a graduate of the Columbia Psychoanalytic Center’s Parent Infant Program as well of the William Alanson White Institute’s Eating Disorders Program. Dr. Scheftel consults with nursery schools and has been a school psychologist.

Selected Presentations and Publications 

“A Case of Radical Self-Mutiliation and its Impact” (Scheftel et al.) Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic 1986.

“The Children’s Books of William Steig: a Creative Representation of Early Separation and Resiliency” , Psychoanalytic Study of the Child 2009.

“The Cosmic Child: the Artwork of Joseph Cornell and a Type of Unusual Sensibility” Psychoanalytic Study of the Child , 2010.

"Why Aren't We Curious about Nannies?" Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, 2012

"Clothing and Dress-up in the Work of Beatrix Potter" was presented at Psychoanalysis  and Children's Literature conference in 2012.

 

Education and Training 
University of California Berkeley, New York University B.A.
City University of New York, Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology
psychology internship: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
psychoanalytic training: NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis, Parent Infant Program, Child Analysis, Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research
Honors 

Margaret Mahler Literature Prize, 2010
Alexander Beller Award, Columbia Psychoanalytic Center 2011
Karl Menninger Prize , American Psychoanalytic Association 2012
Lionel Ovesey Award, Columbia Psychoanalytic 2013

 

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