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Diplomas / Degrees

Certificate in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, , Gordon F. Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies (1986)
Ph.D. in School Psychology, New York University, New York, NY (1980)
M.A. in Educational Psychology, New York University, New York, NY (1973)
B.A., Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY (1967)

Recent Courses

Child Psychopathology
Clinical Practice III: Psychotherapy Practicum
Clinical Practice Vi
Clinical Practics III Psychotherapy Preaticum
Concentration Case Conference II
Continuing Doctoral Thesis Supervision I
Continuing Doctoral Thesis Supervision III
Continuing Doctoral Thesis Supervision IV
Doctoral Thesis Supervision II
Independent Guided Study Theories Infant Mind
Multicultural Issues I: Sex And Gender
Ongoing Dissertation Supervision
Ongoing Doctoral Thesis Supervision
Ongoing Doctoral Thesis Supervision
Psychological Research 1
Psychological Research II
Psychological Research III
Psychological Research IV
S/T: Seminar: Child Psychotherapy

Conference Presentations and Papers

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Lombardi, K. (01 May 2004). Alice through the Looking Glass: The Container and the I of the Beholder. Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Conference, Oslo, Norway

Lombardi, K. (17 September 2002). Interpretation, Enactment, and Psychic Development: Play as Bilogic. Third International Bi-Logic Conference, Garden City, NY

Lombardi, K. (17 July 2002). Negativity and the True-Real: Life and Death in Klein, Kristeva, and Matte-Blanco. Second Joint International Conference, Dublin, Ireland

Lombardi, K. (30 April 2002). Alienation and Identity: On the Functions of Negativity. Twenty-Second Annual Meeting, Division 39 (Psychoanalysis), APA, New York, NY

Lombardi, K. (01 April 2001). How can I be with(out) border?. Twenty-First Annual Meeting, Division 39 (Psychoanalysis), APA, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Other Scholarly / Artistic Work

• Indicates peer review process

• Lombardi, Karen L Erasing the simple certainty of difference: A psychoanalytic contribution. Race, Gender, and Class in Psychology: A Critical Approach,
9(4), 2002.

Lombardi, Karen L. Interpretation, enactment, and psychic development: Play as bi-logic. Submitted to The Jounal of Child Psychotherapy.

Lombardi, Karen L. The preconscious—Freud and beyond. In Erwin, E. (Ed.), The Freud Encyclopedia. New York: Garland, 2000.

• Lombardi, Karen L. (1998). Mother as object, mother as subject: Implications for psychoanalytic developmental theory. Gender and Psychoanalysis, 3(1), 1998, 33-45.

• Lombardi, Karen L. and Rucker, Naomi G. Subject Relations: Unconscious Processes and Relational Psychoanalysis. New York: Routledge, 1998.

Lombardi, Karen L. and Civin, Michael A. Chloe by the afternoon: Relational configurations, identificatory processes, and the organization of clinical experience in unusual circumstances. In Gerson, Barbara (Ed.). The Therapist as a Person: Life Crises, Life Choices, Life Experiences and Their Effects on Treatment. Hillsdale, NJ: Analytic Press, 1996.

Lombardi, Karen L. Anxiety disorders of childhood. In B. Wolman (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders. New York: John Wiley, 1995.

Lombardi, Karen L. Anxiety states in childhood and adolescence. In B. Wolman (Ed.). Anxiety and Related Disorders. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1994.

• Rucker, Naomi G. and Lombardi, Karen L. (1990). The familial ménage-a-trois: Mother-daughter sexuality and father-daughter incest. Contemporary Psychotherapy, 20(2), 99-107.

• Rucker, Naomi G. and Lombardi, Karen L. (1990). Symbiotic recognition: A striving for acknowledgement of self. American Journal of Psychoanalysis, 50(3), 263-273.

• Lombardi, Karen L. Depressive states and somatic symptoms. In B. Wolman (Ed.). Affective Disorders: Facts, Theories, and Treatment Methods. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1990.

• Civin, Michael A. and Lombardi, Karen L. (1990). The preconscious and potential space. Psychoanalytic Review, 77(4), 573-585.

• Lombardi, Karen L. and Lapidos, Eva (1990). Therapeutic engagements with children: Integrating infant research and clinical practice. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 7(1), 91-103.

• Lombardi, Karen L Countertransference: On what constitutes shareable experience. In Eric Margenau (Ed.) The Encyclopedic Handbook of Private Practice. Gardner Press, 1990.

• Lombardi Karen L. The therapist’s personality inside and outside the consulting room. In Eric Margenau (Ed.) The Encyclopedic Handbook of Private Practice. Gardner Press, 1990.

• Stein, Morris I. And Lombardi, Karen L. The physiognomic cue test and hemisphericity. Journal of Creative Behavior, 1983, 17(4), 275.

• Lombardi, Karen L. Lateralization, physiognomic perception, and flexibility of cognitive control. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982, 55, 1063-1070.

• Ryan, Dennis, Lombardi, Karen, Leiderman, Beth, and Zelinger, Fred. The internship in school psychology: An intensive multisupervisory model. Psychology in the Schools, 1980, 17(2), 216-221.

• Lombardi, Karen and Nix, Vivian. Abstract: Racial issues in psychotherapy: Realism or symbolism? Psychiatric Spectator, 1976, 9, 12-13.

• Deutsch, Martin, Deutsch, Cynthia P., Fine Jo Renee, and Lombardi, Karen. Child rearing and cognitive differentiation in lower SES children. Final Report, NICHD, #5R01 HD12814-03, 1973. Counseling Services.

Honors and Accomplishments

Recipient, Merit Award for Teaching, Adelphi University, 1989.

Professional Activities

Faculty, Northwest Center for Psychoanalysis, Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington,
2002-present

Faculty and Supervisor, Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis,
Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Adelphi University, Garden
City, NY, 1992-present

Associate Professor, Gordon F. Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies,
Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, 1984-present

Private practice in psychoanalysis, psychotherapy and assessment, Sea Cliff, NY, 1981-
present

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fordham University, 1982-1984. Teaching of clinical
psychology courses in the Department of Psychology, Rosehill Campus

Psychological Consultant, This One’s for Kids, Cox Cable television network, 1983-1984.
Leader of a weekly psychological advice segment on a local children’s television
show, presented in the format of a children’s discussion group.

Supervising Psychologist, St. Luke’s Hospital, Department of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry, New York, NY, 1983. Direct clinical services, supervision of psychology
interns, and teaching of child fellows.

Adjunct Assistant Professor, New York University, 1981-1982. Teaching of graduate level
psychology courses in the Department of Educational Psychology.

Supervising Psychologist, Project Pryme, Rockaway, NY, 1981. Psychodiagnosis,
individual and family psychotherapy, school and day care consultation, and
supervision of psychology interns in a pediatric clinic setting.

Psychologist, Early Childhood Screening Program, Long Beach Public Schools, Long
Beach, NY, 1979-81. Member of an interdisciplinary clinical team in a state-funded
program for at-risk preschoolers. Responsible for psychodiagnosis, consultation,
parent education, program supervision, research and evaluation.

NIMH Fellow, Psychology in the Schools, 1978-79. Consultative, diagnostic, and
therapeutic roles in elementary and secondary schools in the Long Beach Public
School System.

Consulting Psychologist, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY, 1977-78.
Psychodiagnostic testing of children ages three through eighteen in the College’s
Speech and Hearing Clinic, and consultation with families, schools, and staff.

Psychology Intern, Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY, 1975-76.

Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry, State University Hospital, Downstate Medical Center,
Brooklyn, NY, 1975-76.

Teaching fellow, New York University, School Psychology Program, 1973-75.

Associate Research Scientist, Institute for Developmental Studies, New York University,
1972-73. Report writing and proposal writing for research projects related to
“disadvantaged” children, language learning, and learning disabilities.

Assistant Research Scientist, Institute for Developmental Studies, New York University,
1967-71. Development of measures for research projects related to programs for
“disadvantaged” children, development of perceptual learning experiments, data
collection, data analysis, report writing.

Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy, 1998-present.

Reviewer, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, American Psychological Association, 1990-1992.

Reviewer, Readings: A Journal of Reviews and Commentary on Mental Health, American Orhtopsychiatric Association, 1986-1990.

Associate Editor, Long Island Mental Health Clinician, Journal of Central Nassau Guidance and Counseling Services, 1990-present.

Licenses & Certifications

New York State Licensed Psychologist
New York State Certified School Psychologist