Richard L. Rubens, Ph.D.

Psychologist, P.C.

 

 

CURRICULUM VITAE

 

 

 

OFFICE ADDRESS:               340 West 72 Street                                DATE OF BIRTH:                 20 May 1946

                                                New York, NY 10023

 

 

EDUCATION:

 

 

1977 - 1981         William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, and Psychology,
                           New York, N.Y.;  Certificate in Psychoanalysis.

 

1973 - 1974         Harvard University Medical School, Massachusetts Mental Health Center. Boston, Mass.;
                           Internship in Clinical Psychology.

 

1971 - 1976         Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.;  Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology.

 

1968 - 1971         Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, New York, N.Y.;  B.H.L. in
                           Rabbinic Studies.

 

1964 - 1968         Yale University, New Haven, Conn.;  B.A. in History of Art.

 

 

 

ACADEMIC HONORS:

 

 

1977 - 1979         Clinic Fellowship, William Alanson White Institute.

 

1977 - 1979         Elected to membership in Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society of North America.

 

1976                    Dissertation research at Columbia University accepted as Outstanding.

 

1971 - 1973         National Institute of Mental Health Fellowship in Clinical Psychology at Columbia
1974 - 1975         University.

 

1968                    Graduated magna cum laude from Yale University, with Departmental Honors with
                           Exceptional Distinction.

 

1967 & 1968        Twice won A. Conger Goodyear Award, Yale University.

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

 

 

2006 – present              International Team Member, The Urban Age, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

 

1999 - present               Supervising Analyst, William Alanson White Institute, New York, N.Y.

 

1995 - present               Adjunct Professor, Clinical Psychology Department, Teachers College,
                                    Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 

 

1989 - present               Supervisor of Psychotherapy, William Alanson White Institute, New York, N.Y.

 

1985 - present               Teaching Faculty, William Alanson White Institute, New York, N.Y.

 

1976 - present               Private practice of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis.

 

1997 - 1999                   Faculty, Kansas City Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Kansas City, MO

 

1981 - 1998                   Faculty and Supervisor, National Institute for the Psychotherapies, New York, N.Y.

 

1984 - 1995                   Adjunct Associate Professor, Clinical Psychology Department, Teachers College,
                                    Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 

 

1985 - 1989                   Faculty, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health, New York, N.Y.

 

1987 - 1988                   Visiting Faculty, Westchester Center for Psychoanalysis, White Plains, N.Y.

 

1980 - 1983                   Supervising Psychologist, Clinical Psychology Internship Program, Psychiatric
                                    Institute, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.

 

1978 - 1984                   Adjunct Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology Department, Teachers College,
                                    Columbia University, New York, N.Y.

 

1977 - 1978                   Consulting Psychologist, Mid-Bergen Community Mental Health Center, Paramus,
                                    N.J.

 

1977 - 1978                   Instructor, Program in Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University,
                                    New York, N.Y.

 

1975 - 1977                   Chief Psychologist, Central Bergen Community Mental Health Center, Saddle Brook,
                                    N.J.

 

1974 - 1975                   Staff Psychologist,  Central Bergen Community Mental Health Center, Saddle Brook,
                                    N.J.

 

1969                             Community Organizer, Bronx Council for Welfare Rights, Bronx, N.Y.

 

 

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

 

 

Salzburg Congress on Urban Planning and Development:  Member

 

William Alanson White Psychoanalytic Society:  Member.

 

American Psychological Association:   Member, Division 39, Section 1.

Harry Stack Sullivan Society of the William Alanson White Institute:  President, 1980-1981;  Secretary, 1979-1980.

 

 

LICENSURE:             New York and New Jersey.

 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS:

 

 

Rubens, R. L. Fairbairn's theory of depression. In, Skolnick, N. & Scharff, D., eds., Fairbairn Then and Now. New York: Analytic Press, 1998.

Rubens, R. L.  Thoughts on psychoanalytic supervision.  [unpublished paper] 1998.

Rubens, R. L. Review essay: the unique origins of Fairbairn's theories. Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 1996, 6 (3), 413-435.

Rubens, R. L. Fairbairn's structural theory. In, Grotstein, J. S. & Rinsley, D. B., Fairbairn and the Origins of Object Relations. New York: Guilford Press, 1994.

Rubens, R. L. Psychoanalysis and the tragic sense of life. New Issues in Psychology, 1992, 10 (3), 347-362.

Rubens, R. L. The meaning of structure in Fairbairn. International Review of Psychoanalysis, 1984, 11 (4), 429-440.

Rubens, R. L. & Lapidus, L.B. Stimulus barrier functioning and patterns of arousal in schizophrenics and normal controls. In, L. Bellak and L. Goldsmith, The Broad Scope of Ego Function Assessment. New York: Wiley, 1984.

Rubens, R. L. "An independent share in the work": some thoughts on time-limited psychotherapy. New Issues in Psychology, 1983, 1 (2), 177-182.

Rubens, R. L. & Lapidus, L.B. Schizophrenic patterns of arousal and stimulus barrier functioning. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1978, 87 (2), 199-211.

Rubens, R.L. Arousal patterns and stimulus barrier functioning in schizophrenia. Dissertation Abstracts International, 1976, 37, 3626B. (University Microfilms No. 76-29, 857.)

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