Clinical Associates Clinical associates provide clinical training and supervision to graduate students at hospitals and medical centers. Howard Hillel Becker, PsyD, Bronx VA Medical Center Will Braun, PhD, New York Psychoanalytic Institute Alba Cabral, PhD, Beth Israel Medical Center Multicultural Child and Family Externship Rafael E. Cancio-Ganz, PhD, VA Caribbean Healthcare System (San Juan, Puerto Rico) Edith Cooper, PhD, Columbia Psychoanalytic Institute Karen Dahlman, PhD, Mount Sinai Adult Neuropsychology Program Kathlyn C. Dailey, PhD, Texas State University, San Marcos (San Marcos, Texas) Benjamin Donner, PhD, New York University Counseling Center Hulya Erhan, PhD, Beth Israel Medical Center Neuropsychology Externship Cheryl Feigenson, PhD, SUNY Purchase College Counseling Center Jerry Finkelstein, PhD, New School Counseling Center Thomas Hildebrandt, PsyD, Mount Sinai Eating and Weight Disorders Program Alan Hilfer, PhD, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn Jana Horowitz, PsyD, Montefiore Child and Adolescent Externship Meredith Hostetter, PhD, New York Harbor VA Medical Center Danielle A. Kaplan, PhD, NYU/Bellevue Hospital Center Kathryn Kavanaugh, PhD, Bellevue Hospital Center Forensic Program Ali Khadivi, PhD, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center Norma Kirwan, PhD, Stamford Hospital Greg Kuhlman, PhD, Brooklyn College Counseling Services Lisa Litt, PhD, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Women’ Health Project Paul Manheim, PhD, South Beach Psychiatric Center Bensonhurst Service Jane Martin, PhD, Mount Sinai Adult Neuropsychology Program Philip Morse, PhD, South Beach Psychiatric Center Fort Hamilton Service Guissoo Nabavian, PhD, South Beach Psychiatric Center Mapleton Service Jeffrey Ng, PsyD, Fordham University Counseling Center Elizabeth Ochoa, PhD, Beth Israel Medical Center Jean Okie, PhD, South Beach Psychiatric Center Heights Hill Service Spyros Orfanos, PhD, ABPP, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis Christie Pfaff, PhD, Manhattan VA Medical Center Bella Proskurov, PhD, South Beach Psychiatric Center Mapleton Service Diana Punales, PhD, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital Adult Psychiatry James Rebeta, PhD, Weill, Cornell Child/Adol/Assessment Paula Reid, PsyD, Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Program David Schmerler, PhD, King’s County Hospital Center Willann Stone, PhD, North Central Bronx Hospital Susan Sussmann, PhD, Columbia University Medical Center Susan Tross, PhD, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Andrew Twardon, PhD, Saint Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center for Intensive Treatment of Personality Disorders Wooster Welton, PhD, Lenox Hill Hospital Allen M. Yasser, PhD, Wright Institute (Los Angeles, California) Miriam Ziegellaub, PhD, JBFCS-Child Development Center
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Programs of Study The New School for Social Research offers a general psychology master of arts degree that provides broad training in the major fields of psychology and the master of arts with a concentration in mental health and substance abuse counseling. There are two distinct doctoral programs, with separate application processes, for which students may apply after completing the master’s degree: the PhD in Cognitive, Social, and Developmental Psychology (CSD) and the PhD in Clinical Psychology. The department promotes an interdisciplinary approach to psychological research at all levels. Interchange between the CSD and Clinical programs is encouraged, and doctoral students are free to work with faculty from both areas. Students enter the Department of Psychology only by admission to the general master of arts program. Advanced Standing: A student who holds a master’s degree in psychology from another accredited institution may petition to enter the New School MA program with “advanced standing.” Advanced standing is not automatic; it is awarded at the discretion of the admission committee to students with outstanding academic qualifications. Applicants admitted with Advanced Standing are informed in their acceptance letters. Master of Arts in Psychology The MA degree is awarded for completion of 30 credits, including three courses in general psychology; at least three courses in personality, social, developmental, and abnormal psychology; and Introduction to Statistics and Research Design. All students are required to take the noncredit Proseminar (GPSY6100) in the first semester or as soon as possible after entry into the program. Advanced and seminar courses (GPSY7000 and above) may not be taken until 18 credits of introductory courses have been successfully completed. Students who expect to advance to a PhD program also must take a research methods course and Introduction to Statistics and Research Design. Research MA Track: This highly selective program offers an intensive research experience working in apprenticeship to a member of the faculty. Students matriculated in the master’s program with a cumulative GPA of 3.7 or better can apply after completing at least 18 credits and not more than 24 credits. If accepted, they must maintain the 3.7 GPA to remain in the program. Each Research MA student works closely with an assigned faculty member on a research project, writes an empirical master’s thesis based on the project, and defends the thesis in an oral examination. A maximum of one and one-half years is allowed for completion of the written thesis. Those who pass the Research MA oral examination are exempt from the PhD qualifying examination. MA Concentration in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Counseling Completing the psychology master of arts degree in this specialized concentration offers early exposure to clinical material and fulfills the academic eligibility requirements to sit for the New York State Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counseling Certificate (CASAC) examination. The curriculum is designed to meet current and anticipated professional needs in the field of substance abuse, particularly in the areas of dual diagnosis, assessment, and program evaluation. Students who elect the concentration take two courses in general psychology; two courses in the areas of personality, social, and developmental psychology; and are required to take Adult Psychopathology, Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience, and the three core substance abuse-related courses, Psychopathology III, Introduction to Substance Abuse Counseling, and Advanced Issues in Substance Abuse Counseling. Other general requirements to earn the MA degree in psychology apply, including the noncredit Proseminar course.