Maria Lechich, Ph.D.

Clinic Director; Head, Psychology Externship Program; Teaching Faculty and Clinical Consultant

Education

MA 1977, New York University

Ph.D. 1989, Columbia University

Certificate 2004, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis

Areas of Interest

  • Trauma and Loss
  • Clinical Process
  • Supervision and Clinical Training
  • Ethics

External Affiliations

  • Faculty and Clinical Supervisor, National Institute for the Psychotherapies
  • Faculty and Clinical Supervisor, The Stephen Mitchell Relational Study Center

Publications

Aron, L & Lechich, M.L (2011). Relational Psychoanalysis. In: Gabbard, Litowitiz, & Williams, Textbook of Psychoanalysis, 2nd Edition, American Psychiatric Publishing. Washington, D.C.

 

Bushra, A. & Lechich, M.L.  (2010) “Thirty-five Seconds.” The Psychoanalytic Activist. 
 

Lechich, M.L (1997). Book Review: Empathy: A Psychological Approach by MH Davis. In: The Journal of Long Term Health Care: The Pride Institute Journal, 16 (3).


Lechich, M.L. (1996). Empathy and its importance in long term health care. The Journal of Long Term Health: The Pride Institute Journal, 15 (4), 15-23.

Biographical Information

Maria Lechich, Ph.D is Clinic Director, Faculty and Clinical Consultant at the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. She is Head of the Psychology Externship Program and a member of the Clinic’s Immigration and Human Rights Group. She teaches classes on ethics, trauma, shame and race . Dr. Lechich has delivered presentations at conferences of the American Psychoanalytic Association, The International Association of Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Division 39 of the American Psychological Association and the International Sandor Ferenczi Center. She is in private practice in Manhattan.