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James Fosshage James L. Fosshage Ph.D., is in the private practice of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy (individual, couples and group) in New York City and Tenafly, New Jersey. He is a Co-founder, Board Director and Faculty Member of the National Institute for the Psychotherapies (NYC), Founding Faculty Member of the Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity (NYC), and Clinical Professor of Psychology at New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis (where he was a co-founder of the Relational Track).

Dr. Fosshage is the Past President of the International Association for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology (2004-2007). He is the Past President of the Association for Autonomous Psychoanalytic Institutes (AAPI).

He is a Consulting Editor of Psychoanalytic Inquiry and on the Editorial Boards of International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Psicoterapia, Ricerca Psicoananlitica, and Israel Annual of Psychoanalytic Theory, Research and Practice.

Author of over 70 psychoanalytic publications, his books include Dream Interpretation: A Comparative Study, Revised Edition, co-authored with Clemens Loew, and Self and Motivational Systems: Toward a Theory of Technique, The Clinical Exchange: Technique from the Standpoint of Self and Motivational Systems and Spirit of Inquiry: Communication in Psychoanalysis, all co-authored with Joseph Lichtenberg and Frank Lachmann.

Dr. Fosshage has lectured extensively nationally and internationally and is an Advisory Board Member and/or on the faculty and supervisory analyst of 5 other psychoanalytic institutes across the U.S., Canada, and Europe.

Private Practice

Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy:
Individual, Couple and Group

Psychoanalytic Supervision: Individual and Group

Psychoanalytic Reading Groups for Professionals

Offices:

New York City:
250 West 57th Street, Suite 501
New York, NY, 10019
212.765.2578

Tenafly, New Jersey:
120 County Road, Suite 205
Tenafly, NJ 07670
201.568.8003

Demarest, New Jersey:
16 Poplar Road
Demarest, NJ 07627
201.768.3924

Education

1968 -1972

Postgraduate Center for Mental Health - New York, NY

Postdoctoral Training: Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Fellowship

Certificate in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, 1972

1962 - 1968

Columbia University - New York, NY

Degree: Ph.D.

Major: Counseling Psychology

Scholarship: Vocational Rehabilitation Administration Fellowship

1958 - 1962

University of Colorado - Boulder, CO

Degree: B.A.

Major: Psychology

Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude

Editorial Boards

International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology
Editorial Board (2004 - Present)

Psychoanalytic Dialogues, A Journal of Relational Perspectives
Editorial Board (1990 - Present)

Psychoanalytic Inquiry
Consulting Editor (1998 - Present)

Psicoterapia (Psychotherapy)
Editorial Board (1998 - Present)

Ricerca Psicoanalitic
Editorial Board (1998 - Present)

Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
Editorial Board (2002 - Present)

Psychoanalytic Perspectives
Advisory Board (2003 - Present)

Israel Annual of Psychoanalytic Theory, Research and Practice
International Editorial Board (2006 - Present)

Progress in Self Psychology
Editorial Board (1986-2003)
Associate Editor (1998 - 2001)

Self and Other: Critical Debates
Consulting Editor (1997 - 1999)

New England Journal of Self Psychology
Editorial Board (1994 - 1999)

Founding and Administrative Positions

National Institute for the Psychotherapies Training Institute
250 West 57th Street, Suite 501, New York City (212.582.1566)

Co-founder (1972)
Board of Trustees, Board of Directors (1972 - Present)
Director of Program Development (1990 - Present)
Co-Director of Supervisory Training Program (1980 - Present)
Training Committee: NIP's National Training Program
Director of Clinical Research (1972 - 1990)

International Council for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, Member (1985 - Present)

President-elect (2002 - 2005)
President (2004 - 2007)

International Association for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, Founding Member (2004)
Website: www.IAPSP.com

President (2004 - 2007)

International Association for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis (IARPP)

Advisory Board Member

Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity
250 West 57th Street, Suite 501, New York, NY 10019 (212.489.1534)

Founding Faculty Member (1987 - Present)
Chair, Coordinating Committee (1987 - 1997)
Co-Chair, Coordinating Committee (1997 - Present)

New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
Suite 114, 715 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 (212.998.7890)

Clinical Professor of Psychology (1994 - Present)
Clinical Associate Professor (1987 - 1994)
Co-founder of Relational Track (1988)

Toronto Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Professional Advisory Board Member (1991 - Present)

Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis of Kansas City
Affiliate of the National Institute for the Psychotherapies Training Institute

Professional Advisory Board (1992 - Present)

Istituto di Specializzazione in Psicologia Psicoanalitica del Se' Psicoanalisi Relazionale
(Training Institute in Psychoanalytic Self Psychology and Relational Psychoanalysis)
Roma, Italia

Professional Advisory Board (1994 - Present)

Institute for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Professional Board of Advisors (2003 - Present)

Minnesota Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalytic Studies (1995-2004)
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Professional Advisory Board (1995 - 2004)

Institute for Counseling and Psychotherapy
Englewood, NJ

Co-founder and Director of Training (1976 - 2000)

Philadelphia Center for Psychoanalytic Education (1991-1999)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Professional Advisory Board Member (1991 - 1999)

Center for Marital and Family Therapy
New York, NY

Chairman of the Board (1980 - 1994)

Registrations

New York State Certified Psychologist (003576)
New Jersey Licensed Psychologist (35SI00081100)

Diplomate in Clinical Psychology, ABPP
Certificate in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
Fellow Academy of Clinical Psychology
National Register of Health Service Providers
Member, Association for Autonomous Psychoanalytic Institutes

Faculty and Supervisory Positions

National Institute for the Psychotherapies Training Institute
250 West 57th Street, Suite 501, New York City

Faculty and Supervisor (1972 - Present)

New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
715 Broadway, New York, NY

Clinical Professor of Psychology (1994 - Present)
Clinical Associate Professor from (1987 - 1994)

Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity
Suite 501, 250 West 57th Street, New York City

Founding Faculty (1987 - Present)

Toronto Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Faculty and Supervisor, (1991 - Present)

Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis of Kansas City
Affiliate of the National Institute for the Psychotherapies Training Institute

Faculty and Supervisor (1992 - Present)

Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis
Los Angeles, California

Corresponding Member (Supervisor), (1993 - Present)

Istituto di Specializzazione in Psicologia Psicoanalitica del Se' Psicoanalisi Relazionale
(Training Institute in Psychoanalytic Self Psychology and Relational Psychoanalysis)
Roma, Italia

Faculty (1994 - Present)

NIP's National Training Program in Contemporary Psychoanalysis
Suite 501, 250 West 57th Street, New York, NY

Faculty and Supervisor (1998 - Present)

Washington Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
Washington D.C.

Faculty and Supervisor (1998 - Present)

Stephen A. Mitchell Center for Relational Studies

Faculty

Training School in Relational Psychoanalysis
operated by Societa Italiana di Psicoanalisi della Relazione (SIPRe)
Milan, Italy

Faculty (2000 - Present)

Minnesota Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalytic Studies
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Faculty and Supervisor (1996 - 2004)

Colorado Center for Psychoanalytic Studies (1991-2000)
Denver, Colorado

Faculty and Supervisor (1993 - 2000)

Postgraduate Center for Mental Health
New York, NY

Scholar in Residence, Benjamin Fielding Faculty Fellowship Award, (Second year of the Scholar in Residence Program), (2000 - 2001)

Philadelphia Center for Psychoanalytic Education (1990-1999)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Faculty and Supervisor (1991 - 1999)

Teachers College, Columbia University

Adjunct Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology (1994 - 1999)

Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Clinical Psychology Program,
Yeshiva University, Albert Einstein Medical Campus
1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, N.Y.

Adjunct Professor (1993 - 1998)
Adjunct Associate Professor (1989 - 1993)
Adjunct Assistant Professor (1984 - 1989)

Postgraduate Center for Mental Health
New York, NY

Faculty, Adult Program in Psychoanalysis (1983 - 1985)

Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Clinical Psychology Program,
Yeshiva University, Albert Einstein Medical Campus
1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, N.Y.

Adjunct Clinical Supervisor (1978 - 1984)

Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
630 West 168th Street, New York, NY

Supervisor, Internship Program in Clinical Psychology (1980 - 1982)