Eileen A. Kohutis, Ph. D.
Licensed Psychologist NJ #2623
2 W. Northfield RoadSuite 209
Livingston, NJ 07039
Tel:973)716-0174 Fax:(973)716-9765
EXPERIENCE:
11/89 - Present INDEPENDENT PRACTICE-Clinical and Forensic psychology
Livingston, NJ
4/93 – PresentMedical Staff St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ
5/01 – 5/05Clinical Chief, Section of Psychology in Department of Psychiatry St Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ
3/89 - 9/90Psychologist Department of Psychiatry St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ
6/96 - 3/99MedicalStaffUnionHospital, Union, NJ 07083
9/90 - 9/93Director of Psychological Services, Department of Psychiatry
St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, New Jersey
3/88-3/89Principal Clinical Psychologist GreystoneParkPsychiatric Hospital, Greystone Park, NJ
2/87-3/88Staff Psychologist Foster Boarding Home, Refugee Assistance Program, and the Nursery at Mission of the Immaculate Virgin, Mt.Loretto, Staten Island, NY
CIVIL CASES*:
Employment Discrimination—Essex County; Pending
Personal Injury—Atlantic County; 2008; Plaintiff won
Immigration—2011; 2013; Plaintiffs won
Medical Malpractice—Essex County; 2011;Plaintiff won
Medical Malpractice—Morris County; 2013
Worker's Compensation—Essex County;
Workplace Discrimination—Essex County; Pending
Names of individual attorneys are available upon request
FAMILY CASES*
Adoption/Termination of Parental Rights
Divorce/Custody
Bergen County: Judge Mizdol
Morris County; Judges Critchley, Enright, Maenza**
Union County; Judge Alcazar, Kirsch
Parenting Capacity—Morris County; Judge Maenza
Psychosocial Evaluation—Morris County; Judge Wright
Unpublished Case: TPR:Essex County: NJ Division of Youth and Family Services v BG A.3d (2013). 2013 WL 4710592.
*Names of individual attorneys are available upon request; Rebuttal expert
**Multiple Appointments
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS--Forensic:
New Jersey Psychological Association Member 1989-Present
Forensic Interest Group—Co-chair 2011-Present
American Psychological Association, Washington, DC Member 1989-Present
Division 41 (American Psychology-Law Society)
Division 39 [Psychoanalysis]
Association for Scientific Advancement of Psychological Injury and Law 2007-Present
New Jersey Association of Family and Conciliation Courts 2008-2012
President-Elect--2011
Program Co-chair—2009-2012
Guardianship Association of New Jersey, Inc.—2010-2012
New JerseyState Bar Association Family Law Committee 2010--Children’s Rights Subcommittee
New Jersey Administrative Office of the Courts2009-Present Parent
Coordinator
New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators2009-2012
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts2008-Present
New Jersey Collaborative Law Group2008-2012
FORENSIC PRESENTATIONS:
Kohutis, E. A. November 26, 2013. Invited participant: Working successfully with the difficult client. New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education. New Brunswick, NJ.
Kohutis, E.A. September 28, 2013. Invited participant: You’re not BFF’s: Understanding the Parameters of Attorney-Client Relationships. New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education. Morristown, NJ
Kohutis, E.A. August 16, 2013. Invited panel:Child Custody in the 21st Century. New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education. Atlantic City. NJ.
Kohutis, E.A. June 16, 2012. Examining the Child Custody Expert. New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, New Brunswick, NJ.
Kohutis, E.A. November 21, 2011. Using Psychological Experts in Family Law Cases. New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education. Iselin, NJ.
Kohutis, E. A. May 7, 2011. Dealing with the Psychologically Impaired Client. New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education. New Brunswick, NJ.
Kohutis, E.A. November 13, 2010. Divorce, Elder and Estate Mediation: Overcoming legal and psychological barriers to settlement. New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators. Somerset, NJ.
Kohutis, E.A. October 23, 2010. Using the Psychological Expert to Win Your Case. New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education. New Brunswick, NJ.
Kohutis, E.A. October 21, 2010. Personality Disorders in your Law Practice. Bergen County Bar Association and the Mental Health Law Committee. Hackensack, NJ.
Kohutis, E.A. December 5, 2009. Invited panel: 2009 Child Custody Symposium: The psychology of Divorce. New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education. New Brunswick, NJ.
Kohutis, E. A. November 14, 2009 Invited panel: Mediating Parenting Disputes. New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators. Somerset, NJ.
Kohutis, E.A. The Role of Psychological testing in personal injury cases. July 24, 2009. New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education.Livingston, NJ.
Kohutis, E.A. May 9, 2009. What mediators need to know about “difficult” clients. New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators. Woodbridge, NJ.
Kohutis, E.A. April 20, 2009. Early Neutral Screening Evaluations. Hunterdon County Bar Association. HunterdonCounty Courthouse, Flemington, NJ.
Kohutis, E. A. February 24, 2009. Points of entry in the collaborative
process. Central Jersey Collaborative Law Group. Florham Park, NJ.
Kohutis, E.A. January 27, 2009. Panel discussion of a current collaborative case. Central Jersey Collaborative Law Group. Florham Park, NJ.
Kohutis, E.A. November 13, 2008. The collaborative process: A better alternative. EssexUnionCounty Psychological Association.Livingston, NJ.
FORENSIC PUBLICATIONS:
The practical assessment of testamentary capacity and undue influence in the elderly. Book review. American Journal of Forensic Psychology, 2011, 29, 64-67.
Capacity assessments: Maintaining autonomy. March 2011. New Jersey Association for Justice.
Some parental factors that influence children. December 5, 2009. New Brunswick, NJ: Institute for Continuing Legal Education.
Detecting deception: Malingering in forensic litigation. July 24, 2009. Livingston, NJ: New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education.
Transference and Countertransference: A Glimpse into Some Psychological Factors at Work in the Mediation Process. 2009, 13, 2, 6-8. New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators.
2009/2/17/an-introduction-to-capacity-assessments.
Kohutis, E.A. July 24, 2009. Invited panel: The importance of forensic psychiatry and psychology in civil litigation. New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education: Livingston, NJ.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2007-PresentClinical Supervisor—GraduateSchool of Applied and Professional Psychology, RutgersUniversity
1985-1987ADJUNCT FACULTY - Psychology Department at Kean College, Union, NJ; Montclair State College, Montclair, NJ; Fairleigh Dickinson University - Teaneck, NJ
EDUCATION:
YeshivaUniversity, Ph. D., 1983; Psychology.
YeshivaUniversity, M.A., 1983; Psychology.
TrentonState College, B.A., 1975; Psychology.
POST-DOCTORAL STUDY:
Certificate in Psychoanalysis--Institute for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy of New Jersey, June 1996
Certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy--Institute for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy of New Jersey, June 1992
FORMAL SUPERVISION:
1989-2006PRIVATE PRACTICE
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS--Clinical:
American Psychological Association, Washington, DC Member--1989
Division 39 Section I; Section III—President 2006-2009
New Jersey Psychological Association--1989
Society of Psychologists in Private Practice: Board of Trustees, 1993; Secretary, 1994-1996; President-Elect, 1996 President, 1997
Institute of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy of New Jersey Member--1989—Present--Training and Supervising Analyst; Faculty--1996--Present
ContemporaryCenter for Advanced Psychoanalytic Studies –1997--Training Analyst--2004—Present; Supervising Analyst—2002- Present; Faculty--1996—Present; Chair, Program Committee 1996—2004
Psychoanalytic Psychosomatic Study Group, Member, 1999- 2008
CLINICAL PUBLICATIONS:
Psychological Influences on Physical Symptoms
Sloate, P & Kohutis, E.A.(Eds.) 2010. Psychosomatics Revisited: Contemporary Psychoanalytic Perspectives. Psychoanalytic Inquiry, 30, 5.
Sloate, P & Kohutis, E.A.(Eds.) 2010. Prologue.Psychoanalytic Inquiry, 30, 5.
Sloate, P. & Kohutis, E.A. (Eds.) 2010. Epilogue.Psychoanalytic Inquiry, 30, 5.
Kohutis, E.A. 2010. Concreteness, Metaphor, and Psychosomatic Disorders: Bridging the Gap. Psychoanalytic Inquiry, 30, 5, pp. 416-429.
Kohutis, E. A. 2008. Concreteness, dreams and metaphor: Their import in a somatizing patient. Journal of the AmericanAcademy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychoanalysis. 36, 143-164.
Kohutis, E. A. January 2004. Niche Practice Specifications: Working with patients with gastrointestinal disorders. American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C., Division 42.
Kohutis, E. A. 1999. Review of Hidden affects in somatic disorders. Psychoanalytic Books, 10, 322-327.
Kohutis, E. A. 1999. Review of the book Symbolization: Proposing a developmental paradigm for a new psychoanalytic theory of mind. Psychoanalytic Quarterly,68, 483-487.
Kohutis, E.A. 1998. A psychological perspective of irritable bowel syndrome. Journal of Clinical Journal Gastroenterology, 27, 158-161.
Kohutis, E.A. Spring, 1998.Ooooh, I'm on fire: A psychoanalytic understanding of irritable bowel syndrome. New Jersey Psychologist, 48, 30-32.
Kohutis, E.A. Spring, 1998. [Guest Editor] Somatizing Disorders: Mind-Body Connection or Disconnection. In New Jersey Psychologist, 48, 19-32.
Kohutis, E. 1994. "Psychological aspects of irritable bowel syndrome," New Jersey Medicine, 91, 30-32.
Kohutis, E.A. 2001. A Potentially suicidal Patient. American Family Physician, 64, 879-882.
Kohutis, E.A. 2001. Review of The mystery of things. Pychoanalytic Psychology, 18, 171-174.
Kohutis, E. A. 2000. Maintaining Interprofessional Relationships: How difficult patients can undermine your practice (Unpublished manuscript.).
Kohutis, E. Winter, 1992. "Psychologist- Physician Collaboration," New Jersey Psychologist,42, 25-26.
Publications: Women’s Issues
Kohutis, E. A. April 2002. Giving and taking away: Generosity and the Need to Mourn. American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C., Division 39, Section V, website: Org/div39/section5/index.html.
CLINICAL PRESENTATIONS:
Psychological Influences on Physical Symptoms
Kohutis E.A. June 15, 2006. Psychoanalytic treatment of a patient with irritable bowel syndrome: From concrete to the symbolic. American Psychoanalytic Association. Washington, D.C.
Kohutis, E. A. 2000, April. Somatic Disorders. New Jersey Psychological Association, Woodbridge, NJ.
Kohutis, E.A. 1999, December. Somatizing Disorders. Seminar for faculty and residents in Department of Internal Medicine, St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ.
Kohutis, E. A. 1997, March. Coping with irritable bowel syndrome. Irritable Bowel Support Group, OverlookHospital, Summit, NJ.
Kohutis, E. A. and others 1997, May. Control your stress and enjoy your life. St. Michael's MedicalCenter, Newark, NJ.
Kohutis, E. A. 1996, November. Living with irritable bowel syndrome. Irritable Bowel Support Group, OverlookHospital, Summit, NJ.
Kohutis, E. A. 1995, October. What is irritable bowel syndrome? Diagnosis and treatment considerations. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ.
Kohutis, E. A. 1991, October. Coping with stress. Hadassah, Millburn-South Orange, NJ.
Kohutis, E. A. (1991, May). Stress on the job. Professional Secretaries of Essex County.
Women’s Issues
Kohutis, E.A. August 17, 2008. Conversation Hour co-chair. Eliza Doolittle’s dilemma: Why can’t a woman be more like a man. American Psychological Association. Boston, Massachusetts, Division 39.
Kohutis, E. A. April 12, 2008. Invited Panel co-chair. Gender and
embodiment: How bodies are theorized, exhibited and struggled against.
American Psychological Association, New York, Division 39.
Kohutis, E. A. April 20, 2007. Love and death: Failed Autonomy [unpublished manuscript]. AmericanPsychological Association, Toronto, Canada, Division 39.
Kohutis, E.A. August 18, 2007. Symposium Chair: Mother, Self, and Other: Ambivalence and Conflicts in the Hands that Rock the Cradle. Presented paper: Pursuit Avoidance in PsychoanalyticTreatment. American Psychological Association. San Francisco, California, Division 39.
Kohutis, E.A. August 12, 2006. Symposium Chair:Women in crisis. American Psychological Association. New Orleans, Louisiana, Division 39.
Kohutis, E.A. October 29, 2005. To be or not to be: A psychoanalytic perspective on the ambivalence to becoming a mother. New Jersey Psychological Association.
Kohutis, E.A. (April 12, 2002) To Be or Not To Be: Questioning Motherhood. American Psychological Association, New York.
Kohutis, E.A. July 31, 2001. Post-Partum Depression. News12 New Jersey, Edison, NJ.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Kohutis, E.A. October, 11, 2001. Trauma and loss. MontclairStateUniversity, Montclair, NJ.
Kohutis, E.A. September 22, 2001. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and War. News12 New Jersey, Edison, NJ.
Kohutis, E.A. September 15, 2001. Coping with loss. News12 New Jersey, Edison, NJ.
Kohutis, E.A. March 18, 2004. Conflicted identity: Culture as a defense [unpublished manuscript]. American Psychological Association, Miami Beach, Florida, Division 39.
Kohutis, E. A. 1995, May. Coping with stress. Seminar for teachers of the Little Rock Nursery, Roseland, NJ.
Kohutis, E.A., et al. 1994, April. Depression: An Overview. Workshop for the Presbytery, South Orange, NJ.
Kohutis, E. A. Sibling rivalry. Mother's Coop, Roseland, NJ
Kohutis, E. A. 1993, May. Short-term dynamic psychotherapy. Seminar to staff members in the mental health center at John F.KennedyMedical Center, Edison, NJ.
Cross Cultural Influences
Kohutis, E.A. 2000, August. Saving Face: A Case of Unresolved Mourning. American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.
Kohutis, E.A. March 18, 2004. Conflicted identity: Culture as a defense [unpublished manuscript]. American Psychological Association, Miami Beach, Florida, Division 39.
OTHER TOPICS
Kohutis, E.A. 1983. Risk-taking, Life Satisfaction, and Locus of Control in Older Adults (Doctoral Dissertation).
Kohutis, E. A. (Ed.) and others 1980. Residential Education for Disadvantaged Youth. Unpublished manuscript.
Kohutis, E.A. and others 1977. "The role of expressive writing in ego identity formation," Developmental Psychology, 13, 286-287.
EXPERIENCE:
1980-1987Director of Services Trump Organization, East Orange, NJ
1985-1987Occupational Center of Essex County, Orange, NJ
AWARDS:
U.S. Design Patent D254,602S. January 1, 2002.
U.S. Design Patent D249,906S. October 1978.
Continuing Education
FORENSIC
Custody
New Jersey Psychological Association—West Orange, NJ
June 27, 2013 Advanced Psychological Testing in Custody Cases: What Experts Need to Know
American Psychological Association—Division 41 (American Psychology and Law Society)—Portland, Oregon
March 9, 2013 Lessons Learned from the Innocence Project
March 8, 2013 Examining the Benefits and Strategies Used to Build Rapport with Child and Adult Witnesses
March 7, 2013 Child Witnesses
New Jersey Psychological Association—West Orange, NJ
October 20, 2012
The Efficacy of Psychodynamic Therapy
Clinical Case Discussion with Dr. Jonathan Shedler
New YorkState Psychological Association—New York, NY
September 29, 2012
Contemplating Forensic Report Writing
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts—Chicago, Illinois
June 6-9, 2012
Attachment in Child Custody Evaluations: An Emerging Methodology
The Interpersonal Neurobiology of Attachment
Child Preference for the Batterer in Child Custody Cases: An Assessment Protocol
Infants, Overnights, and Attachment: The Caregiving Context
Attachment, Brain Science and Development: Challenges in Applying Science in a Socio-legal Context
Representation of Adolescents: The Brain Under Construction
Issues in Assisted Reproductive Law in the United States and Canada
Assessing Parenting Skill for Family Court
New Jersey Psychological Association—West Orange, NJ
April 21, 2012
Introduction to the Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS)
Affect Regulation, Attachment & Trauma I
The Practice Institute
March 30, 2012 Evaluation for Personal Injury Claims
New Jersey Psychological Association—West Orange, NJ
October 29, 2011 Treating Addictions: Foundations, Principles, Techniques
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts—Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
September 15-17, 2011
Psychological Testing in Family Law Litigation
Biases and Opinion Formulation in Child Custody Disputes
Understanding and Responding to Parental Alienation
Ethical Issues: Zealous Advocacy vs. Best Interests
Legal and Psychological Perspectives on Child Relocation
American Psychological Association—Washington, DC
August 4, 2011 Ethical Issues in Forensic Practice: Navigating the Latest Minefields
August 6, 2011 Forensic Child Sexual Abuse Evaluations: Research and Practice
August 7, 2011 Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders-Complex Diagnosis, Complex Treatment
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts—Cambridge, Massachusetts
October 28, 2010 Evidence and Testimony in Child Custody Evaluations
October 29, 2010 The Empirical Forensic Model: Principles of application for Custody and Access Assessments
October 29, 2010 The Relocation Evaluation
October 29, 2010 Work Product Reviews and Children’s Best Interests
October 30, 2010 Using Child Development Research to Construct Parenting Plans for Attorneys and Child Custody Evaluators
October 30, 2010 Understanding Adaptations too Trauma and Their Impact on child Custody Evaluations
New Jersey Psychological Association—West Orange, New Jersey
October 2, 2010 Domestic Violence: Paradigm Shifts in Practice and Research
RutgersUniversity
October 29, 30, 2009 and December 4, 2009 Expert Witness Training
2008 American Psychological Association—Boston, Massachusetts
August 16, 2008 Forensic Child Sexual Abuse Evaluations—Research and Practice
August 19, 2008 Adult Survivors of Childhood Trauma and Forensic Psychology: Expert Witnesses
2008 American Psychological Association and the American Bar Association Section of Family Law National Conference—Chicago, Illinois
May 1, 2008 Families, Parents, Children, and Separation/Divorce in the United States Today
May 1, 2008 Reducing Risk and Fostering Resilience in Children and Youth
May 1, 2008 Considering Allegations of Domestic violence in Cases of Disputed Custody
May 1, 2008 Considering Allegations of Sexual Abuse in Cases of Disputed Custody
May 2, 2008 Interviewing Children and the Appropriate Consideration of Children’s Expressed Preferences in Cases of Disputed Custody
May 2, 2008 The Utility of Psychological Testing in Custody Evaluation Contexts
May 2, 2008 Mock Trial Custody Hearing
May 3, 2008 Legal and Clinical Issues in Cases of Relocation Alienation Issues: Assessment and Intervention
AmericanAcademy of Forensic Psychology—New Orleans, Louisiana
February 7, 2008 Introduction to Child Custody and Parenting Evaluations
February 8, 2008 Parenting Coordination: Working with High Conflict Families
February 9, 2008 Civil Forensic Practice: Developing Legal Issues
New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education—New Brunswick, NJ
December 8, 2007 2007 Child Custody Symposium
Civil Litigation
New Jersey Psychological Association—West Orange, NJ
April 20, 2013 A Five-Stage Model for Assessing Emotional Damages in Personal Injury and Employment Discrimination Cases
American Psychological Association—Division 41 (American Psychology-Law Society)—Portland, Oregon
March 9, 2013 Conceptual/Methodological Issues in Culturally Responsive Psycholegal Research: Four Empirical Illustrations of Intimate Partner Violence
March 9, 2013 Women as Expert Witnesses
March 8, 2013 Emergent Controversies in Civil Commitment Evaluations of Sexually Violent Predators
March 8, 2013 Sex Discrimination and Harassment: Status of the Law, Research and International Perspectives
March 7, 2013 False Memories and Suggestibility
March 6, 2013 Improving Clinical Judgment and Decision Making in Forensic Psychological Evaluation
Association for Scientific Advancement in Psychological Injury and Law—Toronto, Canada
August 7, 2009 Trauma, Psychological Injury, and Law: Controversies and Advances
American Psychological Association—Toronto, Canada
August 6, 2009 Trauma and Psychological Injuries: Practice, Clinical, Legal, and Ethical Issues
August 8, 2009 Forensic Evaluation in Civil Litigation: Ethics and Procedures
Psychological Testing
Society for Personality Assessment—Boston, Massachusetts
October 25, 2013 Personality Assessment and DSM-5
October 24, 2013 Assessment of Complex Trauma in Adults and Children
American Academy of Forensic Psychology—Fairfax, Virginia
February 19, 2009 Assessing Damages in Personal Injury Cases
February 21, 2009 The MMPI-2-RF (Restructured Form): An Introduction for Forensic Psychologists
New Jersey Neuropsychological Association--New Brunswick, New Jersey
September 19, 2008 Overview of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-4th ed. (WAIS IV) and the Wechsler Memory Scale-4th ed. (WMS-IV)
American Psychological Association—Boston, Massachusetts
August 15, 2008 Forensic Assessment and the Standard of Care
Rorschach Training Programs—Newark, NJ
October 5-7, 2007 MMPI/Rorschach Integration Program (Advanced)
American Psychological Association—San Francisco, California
August 17, 2007 The Effective Expert Witness: Presenting Psychological Data as Legal Evidence
August 19, 2007 Adult Survivors of Childhood Trauma and Forensic Psychology: Expert Witnesses
August 20, 2007 Advanced Interpretation of the MCMI-III
AmericanAcademy of Forensic Psychology-- Fort Lauderdale, Florida
June 1, 2007 Forensic Applications of the MMPI-2
June 2, 2007 Assessing Competence of Adults and Youth in Conflict with the Law
June 3, 2007 Use and Abuse of Psychological Tests in Forensic Application
New Jersey Psychological Association—Woodbridge, NJ
October 28, 2006 Forensic Use of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III An Insider’s View
October 28, 2006 Crime Scene Analysis, Forensic Assessment, Psychological Profiling and a Lot More
Mediation
New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators—Trenton, New Jersey
November 15, 2008 Mediation 2008: A 360 Degree View
New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators—East Windsor, NJ
March 29, 30; April 5, 26, 27, 2008 40 Hour Divorce Mediation Training
North Jersey Collaborative Law Group & New York Association of Collaborative Professionals
January 10, 11, 2008 Level 1 Interdisciplinary Collaborative Team Training
Other
AmericanAcademy of Forensic Psychology—Fairfax, Virginia
February 19, 2009 Assessing Damages in Personal Injury Cases
February 20, 2009 Excusing and the New Excuses
New Jersey Psychological Association—West Orange, NJ
October 18, 2008 Ethical Practice of Forensic Psychology
AmericanAcademy of Forensic Psychology-- Fort Lauderdale, Florida
June 1, 2007 Forensic Applications of the MMPI-2
June 2, 2007 Assessing Competence of Adults and Youth in Conflict with the Law