Barbara Pizer, Ed.D., ABPP
CURRICULUM VITAE
Date Prepared:September 2014
Name:Barbara Pizer, Ed.D., ABPP
Office Address:152 Brattle Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Home Address:48 Hubbard Park Road
Cambridge, MA 02138
Work Phone:617-492-7265
Work E-Mail:
Work Fax:617-354-0662
Place of Birth:Pittsburgh, PA
Education:
6/1969B.A.Special Student and Extension Studies, Harvard University
6/1972Ed.D.Harvard University
Postdoctoral Training:
7/1972-6/1973Intern in Psychology, Harvard University Health Services
12/1991Graduate, Advanced Candidates Program in Psychoanalysis, Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis
Faculty Academic Appointments:
1970-72Teaching Fellow in Social Relations, Harvard University
1970-73Instructor in Psychology, Phillips Academy, Andover Massachusetts
1976-77Instructor in Psychology, Harvard University Extension
1981-2004Clinical Instructor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
1992-Faculty, Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis
1993-Supervising Analyst, Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis
1997-Faculty, Psychoanalytic Couple and Family Institute of New England
1998-Faculty, Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California
2002-Visiting Faculty, Toronto Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis
2002-Guest Faculty, Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
2004-Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
2010-Faculty and Supervising Analyst, Institute for Relational Psychoanalysis of Philadelphia
Appointments at Hospitals/Affiliated Institutions:
9/1970-8/73Consultant in Psychology, Isham Infirmary-Hospital, Phillips Academy
9/1971-8/72Clinical Assistant in Psychology, Harvard University Health Services
9/1972-6/76Associate Psychologist, Harvard University Health Services
8/1981-7/1997Courtesy Staff, McLean Hospital, Department of Psychology
9/2005- Teaching Appointment, Allied Health Professional Staff, Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge Health Alliance
Other Professional Positions:
11/1972-Private Practice: Psychotherapy, Consultation, & Supervision
9/1977-Director, Pizer Associates, P.C., Clinical Psychologists
1999-2002Member, Task Force on Psychoanalysis and Negotiation, Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School
2006-Corresponding Member, Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis,Los Angeles
Major Administrative Leadership Positions:
2002-Member, Advisory Board, Toronto Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis
2002-Member, Board of Directors, Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis
Committee Service:
Regional
1992-1998Co-chair, Symposium Committee, Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis
1997-Co-chair, Admissions Committee, Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis
2001-Chair, Liaison Committee, Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis
2002- Member, Continuing Study Committee, Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis
2007-Co-chair, International Connections Committee, Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis
2010-Co-chair, International Connections Committee, Massachusetts Institute for
Psychoanalysis.
Professional Societies:
1973-Member, American Psychological Association, Divisions 12, 29 & 39
1988-89: Member, Spring Meeting Planning Committee, Division of Psychoanalysis (39)
2011-: Consultant, International Relations Committee.
1975Member, Massachusetts Psychological Association
1984Member, Massachusetts Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology
1986-88: Secretary
1993Member, The New York Freudian Society
1993Member, The International Psychoanalytical Association
1994: Member, Board of Assessors for Scientific Papers 39th Congress
1998Member, The Academy of Psychoanalysis
1998- : Secretary
2000- Member, The International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
2000- : Member, Advisory Board
2002- : Member, Writers' Development Project
2003: Member, Board of Directors,
2003-2006: Program Chair, Conference Committee
2003- Member, American Academy of Psychoanalysis
Editorial Activities:
1999-2000ad hoc reviewer, Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association
2000-2002Associate Editor, Comparative Psychoanalysis
2002-2006Contributing Editor, Psychoanalytic Dialogues
2004-2011Corresponding Editor, Contemporary Psychoanalysis
2006- Associate Editor, Psychoanalytic Dialogues
Honors and Prizes:
1972Outstanding Dissertation Award, Harvard Graduate School of Education
2008Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Public Sector, Division of Psychology, Cambridge Health Alliance
2011Paul G. Myerson Award, Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis
Report of Local Teaching and Training
Formal Teaching of Residents, Clinical Fellows, and Research Fellows (post-docs):
Cambridge Health Alliance
2000-Workshop: “The Therapist’s Use of Self.” Instructor
Two weekend workshop meetings for pre- and post-doctoral fellows and staff in the Program for Psychotherapy
Contact time: 16 hours/year
2001-Clinical Seminar: Co-leader, with Dr. Stuart Pizer
Program for Psychotherapy
Fellows (psychiatry, psychology, social work) Program for Psychotherapy
Contact time: 1 hour/week, year long
2004-2005Integrative Clinical Seminar: “The Context of the Therapeutic Relationship,”
Co-leader, with Dr. Stuart Pizer
Program for Psychotherapy
Fellows (psychiatry, psychology, social work)
Contact time: 1 hour/week, year long
2004-2005Seminar: Clinical Issues, the Patient as a Person and the Therapeutic Frame
Program for Psychotherapy
Fellows (psychiatry, psychology, social work) Program for Psychotherapy
Contact time: 1 hour/week, year long
2007Presentation on Trauma and Case Consultation
Geriatric Service
One hour single presentation
2008- Advanced Workshop: “The Therapist’s Use of Self”
Program for Psychotherapy
Fellows (psychiatry, psychology, social work)
Contact time: 8 hours/year
2009Presentation, “Risk and Potential in Analytic Disclosure”
Program for Psychotherapy Fellows Seminar
Fellows (psychiatry, psychology, social work)
Contact time: One hour single presentation
Clinical Supervisory and Training Responsibilities:
1981-Clinical Supervisor - Cambridge Health Alliance: supervision in the Outpatient Department, The Cambridge Hospital; the Schiff Center and Fresh Pond Day Treatment Center; Program for Psychotherapy, The Cambridge Hospital; consultation for the Latino Clinic and the Schiff Center; Individual clinical supervision of psychiatry residents, psychology interns and fellows, social work trainees, and staff psychologists, social workers and nurses. Up to 3 trainees as assigned
Local Invited Presentations – No Sponsorship Involvement:
1993Seminar: “Intimacy and Power in the Analytic Relationship,” Invited presentation in Case and Life History Seminar, The Cambridge Hospital.
1995Grand Rounds, The Cambridge Hospital: “When the Analyst is Ill: Dimensions of Self-Disclosure”
1996Grand Rounds, Harvard University Health Services: “When the Analyst is Ill: Dimensions of Self-Disclosure”
1997Seminar, Program for Psychotherapy, The Cambridge Hospital: “Analytic Dialogues”
1998Seminar, Advanced Behavioral Medicine, The Cambridge Hospital, “Working from Inside-Out and Outside-In”
1999Grand Rounds, Harvard University Health Services: “The Therapist’s Routine Consultations: A Necessary Window in the Treatment Frame”
2003Grand Rounds, The Cambridge Hospital: “When the Crunch is a (K)not: A Crimp in Relational Dialogue.”
2008Grand Rounds, The Cambridge Hospital: “Tracking Analytic Liveliness While Working in the Dark.”
2008Clinical Seminar, for 13 visiting Japanese psychologists, Program for Psychotherapy, Cambridge Health Alliance.
2008Lecture, Cambridge Health Alliance Latino Clinic, “Body Words: Creating a Transcendent Third in Clinical Practice.”
2009Invited Paper, Program for Psychotherapy, The Cambridge Hospital, “Risk and Potential in Analytic Disclosure.”
2012Lecture, Cambridge Health Alliance Latino Clinic, “An Exploration of Moving Anger Forward in Clinical Process.”
Report of Regional, National, and International Invited Teaching and Presentations
Regional, National, and International Invited Presentations and Courses – No Sponsorship Involvement:
Regional
1992Consultant, Clinical Case Conference, Counseling Center, Tufts University, Medford, MA.
1992Discussion of Donna Morgan, LICSW, “A male incest survivor: Abuse, seduction and reenactment in the transference,” Annual Conference on Transference, Advanced Psychotherapy Program, Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, Boston, MA.
1992Discussion of James T. McLaughlin, M.D., “Touching the limits in the analytic dyad,” Second Annual Symposium, Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis, Cambridge, MA.
1995-1998Technique II (semester course), Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis, Cambridge, MA.
1998-Course: “Relational Psychoanalysis,” Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis, Cambridge, MA.
1998Lecture: “When the Crunch is a (K)not: A Crimp in Relational Dialogue,” Paul L. Russell Psychotherapy Symposium, Boston, MA.
1999Clinical Case Seminar, Advanced Candidates Program, Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis, Cambridge, MA.
1999Consultant, Clinical Case Seminar, “Psychotherapy with Late Adolescents,” Counseling Center, Tufts University, Medford, MA.
2000-Course: “Contemporary Relational and Self Psychology,” Postgraduate Fellowship Program, Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis, Cambridge, MA.
2000Discussion of Dan Jacobs, M.D., “Narcissism and Envy in the Supervisory Relationship,” Massachusetts Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology, Cambridge, MA.
2000Lecture: “Interpretive Activity, Destruction and Recognition: A Dialogue with Lawrence Brown,” Boston Institute for Psychotherapy Symposium, Boston, MA.
2001Lecture: “When the Crunch is a (K)not.”Counseling Center, Tufts University, Medford, MA.
2002Workshop: “Embarrassing Questions: When or How Therapist Disclosures Affect Clinical Process.” Counseling Center, Tufts University, Medford, MA.
2002Seminar: “Recognizing and Resolving Impasses in Couple Therapy,” Psychoanalytic Couple and Family Institute of New England, Newton, MA
2002Lecture: “The True Fairy Tale of Straw into Gold, Breaking Up with Rumpelstiltskin,” discussion of Jody Davis, Ph.D., “Whose Bad Objects Are We Anyway?: Repetition and Our Elusive Love Affair with Evil,” Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis, Cambridge, MA.
2003Course: “Relational Psychoanalysis,” Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, Boston, MA.
2003-2006Workshop: “Negotiation in Couples and Couple Therapy,”Psychoanalytic Couple and Family Institute of New England, Newton, MA.
2003-2006Workshop: Negotiation in Couples and Couple Therapy, Massachusetts Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology, Cambridge, MA.
2005-2006Clinical Case Seminar, Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis, Cambridge, MA.
2006Integrative Theoretical Seminar, Advanced Candidates Program, Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis, Cambridge, MA.
2006Lecture: “The Heart of the Matter in Matters of the Heart: Power and Intimacy in Analytic and Couples Relationships,” program jointly sponsored by The Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis and the Massachusetts Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology, Cambridge, MA.
2006Lecture: “The Psychodynamics of the Older Couple and Couple Treatment,” Boston Institute for Psychotherapy, Boston, MA.
2011Discussion of Clinical Presentation by Nancy Lubin-Levy, Case Conference, Boston Institute for Psychotherapy, October 14.
2012Master Class: “Paradox and Negotiation in Relational Technique: From Impasse to Emotional Growth,” Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, Boston, MA.
2013Clinical Case Seminar, Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis, Cambridge,
MA.
2013Lecture: “A Clinical Exploration of Moving Anger Forward: Intimacy, Anger,
and Creative Freedom,” Massachusetts Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology, Cambridge, MA.
National
1972Lecture: “An Observational Study of Imitation in Children 14-24 Months of Age” (with R.A. Webb), Southeastern Conference of Research in Child Development, Williamsburg, VA.
1992Discussion of Richard Karmel, Ph.D., “Rediscovering our past: The value of early psychoanalytic contributions in the contemporary understanding of male sexual dysfunction,” Spring Meeting, Division of Psychoanalysis, American Psychological Association, Philadelphia, PA.
1994Lecture: “The analyst’s countertransference: Use and abuse of intimacy and power,” Spring Meeting, Division of Psychoanalysis, American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C..
1995Lecture: “When the analyst is ill: Self-disclosure and the double bind,” Southwest Center for Psychoanalytic Studies, Tucson, AZ.
1996Lecture: “When the analyst is ill: Self-disclosure and the double bind,” Spring Meeting, Division of Psychoanalysis, American Psychological Association, New York, NY.
1998Discussion (with Stuart A. Pizer, Ph.D.) of David Berkowitz, M.D. and Kenneth Reich, Ed.D., “Therapeutic Action in Psychoanalytic Couple Therapy,” Spring Meeting, Division of Psychoanalysis, American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
1998Discussion of Otto Kernberg, M.D. and Sheldon Bach, Ph.D., “The Prominence of Perversions in Clinical Practice and Everyday Life,” presented in an Invited Panel at the Spring Meeting, Division of Psychoanalysis, American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
1998Invited Address, “The Therapist’s Routine Consultations: A Necessary Window in the Treatment Frame,” 106th Annual Convention, American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
1998Invited Address, “The Therapist’s Routine Consultations: A Necessary Window in the Treatment Frame,” Fourth International Conference on Sexual Misconduct, Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, Boston, MA.
2000Discussion of Panel, “Expressions and Perversions of Maternal Desire,” Spring Meeting, Division of Psychoanalysis, American Psychological Association, Division of Psychoanalysis, San Francisco, CA.
2001Workshop, “Relational Psychoanalysis,” New Directions Program, The Washington Psychoanalytic Foundation, Washington, D.C.
2003Lecture: “The gift of an apple or the twist of an arm: Negotiation in couples and couple therapy,” Barbara Pizer, Ed.D. and Stuart A. Pizer, Ph.D. Online discussion, Section of Psychoanalysis and Family Therapy, Division of Psychoanalysis, American Psychological Association.
2003Lecture: “Passion, Responsibility, and ‘Wild Geese’: Creating a Context for ‘the Absence of Conscious Intentions’.” Northwest Center for Psychoanalysis, Seattle, WA.
2003Lecture: “When the Crunch is a (K)not: A Crimp in Relational Dialogue” Northwest Center for Psychoanalysis, Seattle, WA.
2003Lecture: “Infidelity: ‘The Opposite of Sex’,” Discussion of papers by Phyllis Cohen, Ph.D. and Gerald Stechler, Ph.D., Invited Panel on Marital Infidelity, Spring Meeting, Division of Psychoanalysis, American Psychological Association, Minneapolis, MN.
2003Lecture: “Risk and Potential in Analytic Disclosure: Can the Analyst Make ‘the Wrong Thing’ Right?” Panel on “Analytic Disclosure: Risk and Potential,” 23rd Annual Spring Meeting, Division of Psychoanalysis (39), American Psychological Association, Minneapolis, MN.
2003Lecture: “Ethical Considerations Regarding Analyst Illness and Disclosure,” Spring Meeting, American Psychoanalytic Association, Boston, MA.
2003Lecture: “Passion, Responsibility and ‘Wild Geese’: Creating a Context for ‘the Absence of Conscious Intentions’,” Connecticut Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology, New Haven., CT
2003Workshop: “The Non-Analytic Third,” National Institute for the Psychotherapies, New York, NY.
2003Lecture: “Passion, Responsibility, and ‘Wild Geese’: Creating a Context for ‘the Absence of Conscious Intentions’.” Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis, New York, NY.
2005Lecture: “The Heart of the Matter in Matters of the Heart: Power and Intimacy in Analytic and Couples Relationships,” 16th Annual Conference, National Institute for the Psychotherapies, New York, NY.
2005Lecture: “The Heart of the Matter in Matters of the Heart: Power andIntimacy in Analytic and Couples Relationships,” Institute for ContemporaryPsychoanalysis, Los Angeles, CA.
2006Weekend Workshop, “Relational Psychoanalysis,” Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California, Oklahoma City Program, Oklahoma City, OK.
2007Invited Presentation: “KEEPING IT LIVE: The Poem, the Patient, and the Analyst,” Postgraduate Center for Mental Health and the Newman Library of Baruch College, New York, NY.
2009Intensive Seminar/Workshop, “Relational Theory and Technique,” Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California, San Francisco, February, and at Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California, Oklahoma City Training Program, Oklahoma City, OK.
2010Seminar: “Issues in Relational Psychoanalysis,” Four-week reading seminar, via Skype, Greek Local Chapter of the International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Athens, Greece.
2010Lecture: “The Heart of the Matter in Matters of the Heart: Power and Intimacy in Analytic and Couples Relationships,” Rhode Island Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology, Providence, RI.
2010Seminar: “Contemporary Psychoanalytic Thought,” Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles, December 5.
2011Invited Classes: “Couples Therapy,” Tampa Bay Institute for Psychoanalytic Studies (via Skype), December 7 & 14.
2012Invited Classes: “The Psychesoma,” Tampa Bay Institute for Psychoanalytic Studies (via Skype).
2012Clinical Seminar: Weekly case seminar via Skype and two intensive in-person weekend sessions, Institute for Relational Psychoanalysis of Philadelphia.
International
2001Lecture: “When the Crunch is a (K)not: A Crimp in Relational Dialogue,” Toronto Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Toronto, Canada.
2001Seminar: “Relational Psychoanalysis,” Toronto Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Toronto, Canada.
2002Lecture: “Passion, Responsibility, and 'Wild Geese': Creating a Context for ‘the Absence of Conscious Intentions’,” Inaugural Conference, The International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, New York, NY.
2002Lecture: “Passion, Responsibility, and ‘Wild Geese’: Creating a Context for ‘the Absence of Conscious Intentions,’” Instituto di Specializzazione in Psicologia Psicoanalitica del Sé E Psicoanalisi Relazionale, Rome, Italy.
2002Discussion of “Falling in Love with Love” by Jody M. Davies, Ph.D., Selected Online Panel, Internet Discussion Group, The International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy.
2003Lecture: “Passion, Responsibility, and ‘Wild Geese’: Creating a Context for ‘the Absence of Conscious Intentions’,” Conference of the International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Toronto, Canada.
2003Invited Discussion of Ruth Stein, Ph.D., “Why Perversion,” Online Colloquium, International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy.
2004Invited Master Class: “Experiencing and Relational Meaning: The Therapist’s Use of Self,” Pre-Conference Program, 2nd Biennial Conference, The International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Los Angeles, CA.
2004Invited Discussion: “The Journey: Discussion of Case by Lucyann Carlton,” Annual Conference, International Association for Self Psychology, San Diego, CA.
2005Lecture: “’Eva, Get the Goldfish Bowl!’: Affect in the Analytic Relationship,” at Conference, “Into the Fray: Implicit and Explicit Influences of the Analyst’s Subjectivity,” Toronto Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Toronto, Canada.
2005Invited Discussion: “Trauma, Dissociation, and Disorganized Attachment: A Clinical Collage,” Discussion of G. Liotti, Panel on “Unconscious Experience and Dissociated States,” Conference of The International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Rome, Italy.
2007Lecture: “Maintaining Analytic Liveliness: ‘The Fire and the Fuel’ of Growth and Change,” Spring Meeting, Division of Psychoanalysis (39), American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.
2007Lecture: “What Happened to the Magic?” in Panel on “Working with Older Couples,” Spring Meeting, Division of Psychoanalysis (39), American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.
2007Invited Workshop: “Repetition, Affect, Metamorphosis: The Heart of Paul Russell’s Papers on Theory and Practice,” Conference of The International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Athens, Greece.
2007Keynote Address: “Negotiating a Sense of Aliveness in the Therapeutic Relationship: An Embodied Intersubjective Experience”, Chiron Association for Body Psychotherapists Conference 2007, “’The Client and I’: Relational Dilemmas and Opportunities in Psychotherapy,” Cambridge, UK
2007Lecture: “Tracking Analytic Liveliness While Working in the Dark: Experiencing Ambiguity and State-Change Signals”, Chiron Association for Body Psychotherapists Conference 2007, “’The Client and I’: Relational Dilemmas and Opportunities in Psychotherapy,” Cambridge, UK
2007Plenary Large Group Process: “Therapist Role-Play,” Chiron Association for Body Psychotherapists Conference 2007, “’The Client and I’: Relational Dilemmas and Opportunities in Psychotherapy,” Cambridge, UK.
2007Lecture and Workshop: “What Happened to the Magic: A Psychoanalytic View of the Older Couple,” Societa Italiana di Psicoanalisi della Relazione, Milan, Italy.
2007Lecture and Discussion: “What Happened to the Magic: A Psychoanalytic View of the Older Couple,” The Israeli Forum of Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Israeli Local Chapter of the International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Tel Aviv, Israel
2007Lecture: “’Eva, Get the Goldfish Bowl!’: Affect in the Analytic Relationship,” Tel Aviv Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2008Lectures and Workshop, “Relational (K)nots and Facing the Nonnegotiable,” Sidney Chapter of the International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Sydney, Australia via Skype.
2009Two-day Workshop, “Paradox and Negotiation in Relational Technique,” Relational Track, Psychotherapy Program, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.