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Diplomas / Degrees

Diplomate in Psychoanalysis, American Board of Professional Psychology (1997)
Certificate in Psychoanalysis, William Alanson White Institute of Psychoanlaysis, Psychiatry and Psychology (1977)
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts (1970)

Recent Courses

Clinical Practice III: Psychotherapy Practicum
Clinical Practice Vi
Clinical Practics III Psychotherapy Preaticum
Comparative Psychoanalysis
Continuing Doctoral Thesis Supervision I
Continuing Doctoral Thesis Supervision III
Continuing Doctoral Thesis Supervision IV
Disorders Of The Self
Doctoral Thesis Supervision II
Independent Guided Study Culture And Psych II
Independent Guided Study Culture And Psychoanalysis
Independent Guided Study Seminar On Ethics
Independent Guided Study Theories Of Self Experience
Ongoing Dissertation Supervision
Ongoing Doctoral Thesis Supervision
Psychological Research 1
Psychological Research II
Psychological Research III
Psychological Research IV
S/T: Lacan And Language In Psychoanalysis
S/T: Lacan And Language In Psychoanalysis
S/T: Psychopathology And The Cinema

Personal Statement

I have been a committed teacher at Adelphi for thirty years. Teaching is a source of great joy and creativity for me, whether in a traditional class, a supervisory or mentoring relationship. I encourage dialogue, critical thinking, and opportunites for students to deepen their understanding of psychoanalytic ideas and paractice and to enjoy their experiences of personal and professional growth. I particularly value students developing their own voice, their abilities to think and become therapists.

Teaching Specializations / Interests

My interests are primarily in comparative approaches to psychoanalytic theory and practice. I am particularly interested in unconscious processes, dreams, humor, language and current findings in neuropsychology.

Research Interests

I am interested in both theoretical and qualitative studies. I have developed a method of assesing the effects of unconscious and conscious thought processes in different linguistic experiences, for example, psychotherapy, dreams, and other texts. I am also interested in unconscious aspects of gender and recently have begun studying Asperger's syndrome.

Books

Joseph Newirth. (2003). Between Emotion and Cognition: The Generative Unconscious. New York: Other Press.

Book Chapters

Joseph Newirth. (2007). I motti di spirito w la loro relazione con l'inconscio: l'ymorismo come una fondamentale esperienza bi-logica. In A Ginzberrg and R Lombardi (Eds.). L'emosione come esperiensa infinita: Matte Blanco e la psiconalisi contemporanea. (pp. ).

Joseph Newirth. (1998). The Unconscious. In Robert Prince (Eds.). The death of psychoanalysis: Murder, Suicide, or Rumor Greatly Exagerated. (pp. ). New York: Jason Aronson.

Joseph Newirth. (1994). Alexander Portnoy in Search of Self. In Peter Buirski (Eds.). Comparing Schools of Analytc Therapy. (pp. ). NY: Jason Aronson.

Joseph Newirth. (1990). The mastery of countertransference anxiety: An object relations approach. In R.C. Lane (Eds.). Psychoanalytic approaches to supervision. (pp. ). New York: Bruner Mazel Publishers.

Recent Articles

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Joseph Newirth. (2006, 4). Jokes and their relation to the unconscious: Humor as a fundamental emotional experience. Psychoanlytic Dialogues, 16, 557 - 571

Joseph Newirth. (2006, 4). The analyst as comic and the comic in analysis. Psychoanlytic Dialogues, 16, 579 - 584

Joseph Newirth. (2005, 5). A case study of power and the eroticized transference countertransference. Psychoanalytic Inquiry, 25, 264 - 294

Joseph Newirth. (2005, 4). Symmetrical and asymmetrical processes in the analytic relationship: a clarification and response to the discussions. Psychoanalytic Inquiry, 25, 372 - 387

Joseph Newirth. (2003, 6). The profession of psychoanalysis: Past failures and future possibilities. Contemporary Psychoanlaysis, 39, 557 - 582

Invited Presentations and Lectures

Joseph Newirth (19 March 2009). Fearful Symmetry: Pleasure, Joy and Desire in the Psychoanalytic Relationship. THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOANALYSIS

Joseph Newirth (19 January 2009). Transformational Cycles in Psychoanalytic Therapy. . University of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel

Conference Presentations and Papers

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Joseph Newirth and Robert Mendelsohn (19 April 2009). MEN: AN ENDANGERED SPECIES. Division (39) Psychoanalysis, American Psychological Association, San Antonio, Texas

Joseph Newirth (19 April 2008). The Dream as a Transformational Experience: . Division (39) Psychoanalysis, American Psychological Association, New York, Ny

Joseph Newirth (19 April 2007). Beyond, Beyond the Pleasure Principle. . Division (39) Psychoanalysis, American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada

Joseph Newirth (19 April 2006). What does a woman want? Psychoanalysis, gender and the representation of desire. Division of Psychoanalysis . Division (39) Psychoanalysis, American Psychological Association, Philadelphia, Pa

Joseph Newirth (19 April 2006). Psychoanalysis and Noir Films. Division (39) Psychoanalysis, American Psychological Association, Philadelphia, Pa

Selected Dissertations Chaired

Michael Stuart Garfinkle (2009). On the Intersubjective in Psychoanalysis: Theory as Pretense.Adelphi University

Honors and Accomplishments

2004 Gradiva Award given by the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis for: Between Emotion and Cognition: The Generative Unconscious. Other Press, NY.

2006 Nominated for the Goethe Award by the Canadian Psychological Association for: Between Emotion and Cognition: The Generative Unconscious. Other Press, NY.

Professional Activities

1992 1994: Director of Clinical Training; Gordon F. Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Adelphi University.

1994 2005: Director, Postdoctoral Programs in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Gordon F. Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Adelphi University.

1991 present: Editorial Board, Psychoanalytic Dialogues: a Journal of Relational Perspectives

1991 – present: Faculty and Supervisor; Postdoctoral Program In Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, New York University.

1999 – present: Advisory Board; International Association of Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy

Community and Corporate Leadership

Board of Directors: YAI/National Institute For People With Disabilities

Licenses & Certifications

NY Psychologist # 3889