David Wolitzky, Ph.D.

Teaching Faculty & Clinical Consultant | Contemporary Freudian Track

Education

B.A. 1957, City College of New York
Ph.D. 1961, University of Rochester

Areas of Research/Interest

  • Psychodynamic theories of psychopathology and psychotherapy
  • The nature of clinical inference
  • Panic disorder and agoraphobia
  • Empathy
  • Depersonalization and derealization
  • The development of and correlates of self-reflection and psychological-mindedness
  • Countertransference

Publications

Wolitzky, D.L. & Eagle, M. (1999) The psychodynamic treatment of panic disorder and agoraphobia. In , A.S. Bellack & M. Hersen (Eds.), Handbook of Comparative Treatments for Adult Disorders. New York: Wiley.

Wolitzky, D.L. and Eagle, M. (1997) Psychoanalytic Theories of Psychotherapy. In, P.L. Wachtel & S.B. Messer (Eds.) Theories of Psychotherapy: Origins and Evolution. Wash, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Messer, S.B. and Wolitzky, D.L. (1997) The Traditional Psychoanalytic Approach to Case Formaulation. In, T.D. Eells (Ed.) Handbook of Psychotherapy Case Formulation. New York: Guilford Press.

Eagle, M. & Wolitzky, D.L. (1997) Empathy: A Psychoanalytic Perspective. In, A.C. Bohart & L.S. Greenberg (Eds.), Empathy Reconsidered. Wash., D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Wolitzky, D.L. (1995) The Theory and Practice of Traditional Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. In, A.S. Gurman & S.B. Messer (Eds.), Essential Psychotherapies. New York: Guilford Press.

Eagle, M. & Wolitzky, D.L. (1986) Book Review. The Process of Psychoanalytic Therapy: Models and Strategies. Psychoanalysis and Contemporary Thought, 9, 1, 79-102.