Catherine Baker-Pitts, Ph.D. - She is a clinical social worker, in private practice, who recently moved her busy family life and Manhattan psychotherapy practice to the Philadelphia area. She completed a four-year psychoanalytic training program at The Women’s Therapy Centre Institute in NYC where she is now on faculty. She is pursuing the fellowship to explore more deeply her dissertation research which involved the conscious and unconscious dynamics involved in the process surrounding cosmetic surgery. She is particularly interested in transference and enactments between patient and the cosmetic surgeon. Her mentors are Dr. Edward Hicks and Ms. Miriam Field.
Sylvia Brown, J.D., Ph.D. - Her professional life has been divided into 3 seemingly disparate areas: literature and teaching Classics, law, and now preparation for clinical work through Bryn Mawr School of Social Work. These areas make sense in her life-long interest in the mind, language and transformation of suffering. She lived in Japan for several years and has been interested in comparisons of eastern and western thought. She will use the fellowship to explore the integration of western psychology and Buddism. She will also explore psychoanalytic theory of personality structures, conflicts, and defenses. Her mentors are Dr. Salman Aktar and Ms. Linda Spero.
Mildred Fajardo, M.D. – She is a PGY-4 psychiatry resident at Albert Einstein Medical Center. As her residency has progressed she has gained an increased interest and appreciation in psychodynamic psychotherapy. She will use the fellowship to deepen her knowledge of psychoanalytic treatment, learn more about different theoretical perspectives, and apply these perspectives in clinical practice. Her mentors are Drs. Alex Glijansky and Sally Holtz.
Lucy Faulconbridge, Ph.D. – She is a post-doctoral fellow and licensed
clinical psychologist conducting research in the Center for Weight &
Eating Disorders in the Psychiatry Department at the University of
Pennsylvania. She works with obese, anorexic and bulimic individuals in
individual and group psychotherapy, and is interested in the
psychological and endocrine factors associated with weight loss. She will use the fellowship to deepen her understanding of psychoanalytic theory and concepts and understand the psychoanalytic perspectives behind obesity and eating disorders. Her mentors are Drs. Peter Badgio and Lana Fishkin.
Eva Greenberg, Ph.D. – She is a Clinical Psychology Post-Doctoral Fellow at Pennsylvania Hospital and a recent graduate of Temple University Clinical Psychology doctoral program. Since her graduate school training was more behaviorally focused she is still relatively new to psychodynamic and psychoanalytic thought. She will use the fellowship to broaden her knowledge of basic dynamic and analytic concepts, especially those of transference and countertransference. Her mentors are Drs. Lawrence Blum and Richard Cornfield.
Tanya Hess, Ph.D. - She is a Clinical Psychology Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Renfrew Center and recently completed her Clinical Psychology Internship at Pennsylvania Hospital. She will use the fellowship to examine the psychotherapeutic process with special attention to the transference. She is also interested in learning more about eating disorders and addictive patients from a psychoanalytic perspective. Her mentors are Drs. Gary Flaxenburg and John Frank.
Kehinde A. Ogundipe, M.D. – She is a PGY-4 psychiatry resident at the Drexel University College of Medicine. Her life and medical training has transversed different cultures: from her homeland of Nigeria; to Senior House Officer in psychiatry in England; to resident in the U. S. These experiences have left her with an appreciation of cultural differences which she expects using in her future work as a forensic psychiatrist. She plans to use fellowship to apply psychoanalytic concepts to forensic psychiatry. Her mentors are Drs. Charles Giannasio and Diana Rosenstein.
Basant K. Pradhan, M.D. – He is a PGY-2 psychiatry resident at Albert Einstein Medical Center. He completed a psychiatry residency in India where he studied psychoanalysis and treated patients with psychoanalytic therapy. He will use the fellowship to broaden his existing knowledge and skills in analytic treatment with particular interest in character pathology. His mentors are Drs. Daniel Freeman and Thomas Wolman.
Matthew Purcell, Psy.D. - He is a Clinical Psychology Post-Doctoral Fellow at Pennsylvania Hospital. His interest in psychodynamic thinking was an outgrowth of exposure and involvement at The George Washington University’s Doctor of Psychology Program. He will use the fellowship to enrich his understanding of the various theories of the mind and how they apply to clinical practice. He is also interested in working to adapt but yet preserve psychodynamics in the rapidly changing health care system. His mentors are Drs. Frederick Miller and Sydney Pulver.
Lindsay B. Sortor, Psy.D. – She is a Clinical Psychology Post-Doctoral Fellow at Pennsylvania Hospital. Her broad and varied interest in psychoanalytic thinking extends from group therapy, young adults, medically ill patients, trauma and psychoanalytic theory in general. She will use the fellowship to further her understanding of psychoanalytic theories and to strengthen her ability to apply this knowledge to the clinical situation. Her mentors are Drs. Naomi Rosenberg and Barbara Young.
Kellie Wicklund, M.A., L.P.C. - She is a psychotherapist working with a range of patients including low income mothers in the Maternal Wellness Center in Mt. Airy and in private practice. She is interested in areas of attachment and infant mental health. She is also interested also in antepartum / postpartum depression and stress disorders. She plans to use the fellowship to deepen her psychoanalytic understanding in these areas. Her mentors are Dr. Corinne Masur and Ms. Toni Siedel.
Helen M. Buettner, Ph.D. – She is a Professor in Biomedical Engineering and Chemical & Biochemical Engineering at Rutgers University. She has served as the Associate Dean in the School of Engineering and currently is the Vice Chair of the Biomedical Engineering Department. She would like to use the fellowship to develop her ideas about mentoring in engineering. She would also like to apply psychoanalytic thinking to elucidate strategies for improving the representation and success of women in academic engineering careers. Her mentors are Drs. Jeffrey Applegate and June Greenspan-Margolis.
Amy Buzby – She is a 2006 graduate of Haverford College and currently a third year Ph.D. student in Political Science at Rutgers University. She first encountered Freud and psychoanalytic thinking as an undergraduate. As her research and reading has become more extensive she contends that analytic thought has been grossly neglected by mainstream political theory. She will use the fellowship, in conjunction with her dissertation work, to bring psychoanalytic thought more fully to bear on political theory. Her mentors are Drs. Anita Schmukler and Carroll Weinberg.
Meredith Goldsmith, Ph.D. – She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Ursinus College and a 2001-02 Fulbright Scholar in American Literature. Her academic interest in psychoanalysis was first sparked by her study of American literature and culture as a graduate student at Columbia University. As her graduate work progressed, she began to read late nineteenth-century fiction and psychoanalytic works in tandem seeing parallels related to identity, gender, repression, and resistance in such works as Henry James’s Daisy Miller and Freud’s Dora. In addition to further exploration of these academic interests she hopes to integrate Freud into the first year undergraduate Core Curriculum at Ursinus College. Her mentors are Drs. Deena Adler and Elaine Zickler.
Alex Kaplan – He is a senior undergraduate psychology major at Haverford College. Since his first survey course he has harbored an interest in clinical psychology involving introspective thought. Unfortunately he has found undergraduate courses are limited to research psychology and away from insight oriented therapies. He will use the fellowship to study clinical practice, psychoanalytic thought and application of analytic ideas to social service in order to prepare for graduate studies. His mentors are Dr. Marc Inver and Ms. Ann Smolen.
Isabelle L. Rostain – She is currently pursuing admission to medical school. As an undergraduate at Cornell, her interest in psychoanalytic thought began with the literary works of Freud. But later as Harris Fellow in Early Childhood Education at Yale Child Study Center she gained an appreciation of how children express unconscious feelings through play. Currently, she is a Research Assistant at the Penn/CHOP Center for Autism Research on an Infant Sibs Study. She will use the fellowship to further understand childhood development and developmental disorders from an analytic perspective. Her mentors are Drs. Jody Brown and William Singletary.
Michele Stake, M.H.S., D.P.T. - She is a practicing physical therapist with a wide range of clinical experience for the past twenty years. She recognizes the value of learning psychoanalytic theory to help improve her clinical work with patients. She hopes to learn about the relationship between psyche and soma, particularly since her patients often suffer from complex disabilities and high levels of pain. She would also like to study how transference between patient and therapist affects the rehabilitation process. Her mentors are Drs. Elio Frattaroli and Ruth Garfield.
Elizabeth Bogado, Psy.D. - She is a recent graduate in clinical psychology from Widener University’s doctoral program. She recently completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Villanova University’s College Counseling Center and is developing a psychodynamic private practice for children and adults. She will use the fellowship to apply analytic concepts and principles in her private practice. Additionally, she has an interest in infant attachment and infant-parent psychotherapy, which was the topic of her dissertation. Her mentors are Drs. Frances Martin and Jack Solomon.
Mark R. Francis, Ph.D. - He is a recent graduate of the post-doctoral psychology fellow at Pennsylvania Hospital. He is interested in using the fellowship to learn more about how various psychoanalytic perspectives inform one another. He is particularly interested in enhancing his depth of theoretical understanding of the ego psychology, object relations, and self psychology perspectives. His mentor is Dr Bernard Comber.
Melinda H. Privette, M.D., J.D. - She is an attorney, board certified psychiatrist, and registered nurse who currently works as Associate Medical Director at United Behavioral Health. She has been a psychodynamic psychotherapy student at the Center and hopes to reconnect with friends and colleagues. She will use the fellowship to study personality disorders and dissociative phenomena. She feels that her understanding of these conditions will enhance her and help her in her current work. Her mentor is Dr. Craig Lichtman.