Neil Skolnick, Ph.D.

Education

B.A. 1973, State University of New York, Binghamton
M.A. 1976, Ph.D. 1980, University of Delaware

Areas of Research/Interest

· Object Relations Theory: Fairbairn, Guntrip and Winnicott
· Contemporary Kleinian Theory
· Contemporary Relational Theory

External Affiliations

· Faculty & Supervisor, The Mitchell Center
· Faculty & Supervisor, National Training Program (affiliated with NIP)
· Faculty & Supervisor, Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Self Psychology (IPSS)
· Faculty & Supervisor, Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis
· Member of the Editorial Board, 2004-Present, Relational Perspectives: A Journal of Integrative Psychoanalysis
· Associate Editor, 2004-Present, Psychoanalytic Dialogues: A Journal of Relational Perspectives

Fellowships/Honors

· Phi Beta Kappa (1973)

Publications

Skolnick, N.J.  (2010)  Termination in psychoanalysis: It’s about time. In J. Salberg (Ed), Good Enough Endings. New York: Routledge.

Skolnick, N.J. (2010)  Commentary on, “Tools of the trade: The use of the self in psychotherapy,” by S. Basescu.  In G. Goldstein &H. Golden (2010) (Eds.)  Sabert Basescu: Selected Papers on Human Nature and Psychoanalysis, New York: Routledge.

Skolnick, N.J.  (2006) What’s a good object to do?  Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 16, 1-29.

Skolnick, N.J.   (2006)  The action is in the action: Reply to commentary by Jay Frankel.  Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 16, 39-45.

Skolnick, N.J.  (2000)  Psychoanalysis on (and off) the couch.  NIPPA Review, a Journal of the National Institute of Psychotherapy’s Psychoanalytic Association. New York, NY.

Skolnick, N.J. (1998) The good, the bad, and the ambivalent: Fairbairn's difficulty locating the good object in the endopsychic structure.  In N.J. Skolnick & D. Scharff (Eds.) Fairbairn, Then and Now. Hillsdale, NJ: The Analytic Press.

Skolnick, N.J. (1998) Beyond the couch: Relational perspectives on the use of the couch in psychoanalysis.  In E. Bartosch & A. Harms (1997) (Eds.) Contributions of Relational and Self Psychology Theory to Current Psychoanalytic Technique. Vienna, Austria. 

Skolnick, N.J., Contributing author, in A. Pritz & G. Stumm (1998) Dictionary of Psychotherapy. Vienna, Austria: Springer.

Skolnick, N.J. & Scharff, D.  (1998) (Eds.) Fairbairn, Then and Now.  Hillsdale, NJ: The Analytic Press.

Klausner, E.J., Koeningsberg, M.W., Skolnick, N., Chung, M., Rosnick, P., Pelino, D., & Campbell, R. (1995) Perceived familial criticism and glucose control in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.  Int. J. Mental Health, 24, 64-75.

Skolnick, N.J. & Warshaw, S.C. (1992) (Eds.) Relational Perspectives in Psychoanalysis.  Hillsdale: NJ: The Analytic Press.

Skolnick, N.J. & Davies, J.M. (1992) Secrets in clinical work: a relational point of view.  in N. Skolnick and S. Warshaw (1992) (Eds.)Relational Perspectives in Psychoanalysis.  Hillsdale, NJ: The Analytic Press.

Saler, L. & Skolnick, N.J. (1992) Childhood parental death and depression in adulthood: Roles of surviving parent and family environment.  American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 62(4), 504-516. 

Fornari, V., Kaplan, M., Sandberg, D.E., Matthews, M., Skolnick, N.J., & Katz, J.L. (1992) Depressive and anxiety disorders in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 12(1), 21-29.

Steckler, N.M., Skolnick, N.J., & Murkofsky, C.A. (1992) Psychopathology and treatment response in anorexic and bulimic inpatients. The International Journal of Eating Disorders.  11, 432-448. 

Rosen, A.M., Murkofsky, C.A., Steckler, N.M., & Skolnick, N.J.  (1989) A comparison of psychological and depressive symptoms among restricting anorectic, bulimic anorectic, and normal weight bulimic patients.  The International Journal of Eating Disorders, 8(6), 657-663. 

Skolnick, N.J., Ackerman, S., Hofer, M. & Weiner, H. (1980) The vertical transmission of acquired ulcer susceptibility. Science, 208, 1161-1163. 

Skolnick, N.J. & Zuckerman, M. (1979) Personality change in chronic abusers: A comparison of therapeutic community and prison groups.  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 47, 768-770.