|
ANDREW TATARSKY, Ph.D.
303 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1403 CERTIFICATION New York State License to practice as a psychologist, July, 1987, No. 009253.
Certificate of Proficiency in the Treatment of Alcohol and Other Psychoactive Substance Disorders, the American Psychological Association College of Professional Psychology, October 1, 1996, No. AD003061.
EDUCATION Candidate, 1991-Present, The Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, New York University; New York, N.Y.
Ph.D. in clinical psychology, The City College of the City University of New York; May 1986. Dissertation, "Cocaine Abuse and Psychological Functioning: An Exploratory Comparison of Recreational and Compulsive Cocaine Users".
B.A. in psychology, The City College of New York, May 1977. Research Honors in psychology, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Bernard A. Ackerman Research Award.
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE Present- Co-director, Harm Reduction Psychotherapy and Training Associates, a treatment and 2002 training organization.
Present- Founding
Partner, PsychologicA; an organization providing psychotherapy,
professional
Present- Psychologist in Independent Practice, Individual, group and couples treatment. 1987
1991- Clinical Director, The Washton Institute on Addiction, New York, N.Y. 1988
1988- Clinical/Research Psychologist, Alcohol Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry, 1987 University Hospital, Newark, New Jersey.
1987- Clinical Director and Senior Psychotherapist, The DiMele Center for Psychotherapy, 1984 New York, N.Y. Founded and directed the Cocaine Consultation Service.
1984- Psychotherapist, Division of Drug Abuse Research and Treatment, Department of 1982 Psychiatry, New York Medical College, New York, N.Y. Designed and implemented the Cocaine Abuse Treatment Program
1982- Psychology Intern, University Hospital-Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn, 1981 New York.
1981- Psychology Extern, The Psychological Center, The City College of New York; 1978 New York, N.Y.
1980- Director of Special Services, The Educational Alliance, New York, N.Y. 1979
TEACHING and CONSULTING EXPERIENCE 2004- Conducted several workshops to staff of CitiWide Harm Reduction Program in the 2005 Bronx, N.Y. on dealing with vicarious traumatization, burnout and countertransference.
2000- Faculty, Alcoholism Council of New York; New York, N.Y. 1991 Teach: The Psychodynamics of Addiction An Integrated Approach to the Treatment of Alcoholism and Other Addictions The Role of Education in the Treatment of Alcoholism Harm Reduction
1996- Faculty, The Alcoholism Counseling Training Program, The New 1995 School For Social Research; New York, N.Y. Taught: The Psychodynamics of Alcoholism.
1992- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, City College of 1990 the City University of New York; New York, N.Y. Taught: The Treatment of Substance Abuse
1991 Consultant, Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program, Narcotic and Drug Research, Inc., New York, New York. Taught a five session mini-course: The Treatment of Chemical Addictions.
1988- Instructor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New 1987 Jersey; Newark, New Jersey. Conducted colloquia and in-service training on psychodynamic and social-learning approaches to diagnosis and treatment of substance abuse.
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS Integrative Harm Reduction Psychotherapy for Drug and Alcohol Users, The 2nd Annual Health Disparities Conference, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, March 10,2007.
Integrative Harm Reduction Psychotherapy with Drug and Alcohol Users, Colloquium, Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program, Long Island University, Great Neck, March 8, 2007.
Understanding and Engaging Clients with Co-occurring Disorders: A Harm Reduction Approach, Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Woodhull Medical Center, Brooklyn, January 27, 2007.
Harm Reduction Psychotherapy 102, a workshop presented at the Sixth National Harm Reduction Conference sponsored by the Harm Reduction Coalition, Oakland, November 11, 2006.
Harm Reduction Psychotherapy 101, a workshop presented at the Sixth National Harm Reduction Conference sponsored by the Harm Reduction Coalition, Oakland, November 10, 2006.
Moderation Management: A Harm Reduction Alternative to Abstinence-only Treatment, Drugs and Society Seminar, Columbia University, New York, October 18, 2006
Using Harm Reduction Techniques with Clients with Co-Occurring Disorders, workshop presented at Understanding and Engaging Clients with Co-Occurring Disorders, New York University School of Social Work, Division of Lifelong Learning and Professional Development, New York, May 23, 2006.
Harm Reduction Therapy, Part II: Multiple Meaning of Substance Use and the Centrality of the Therapeutic Alliance, paper presented at The 1st National Harm Reduction Therapy Conference: Bringing Us Together, Addictive Behaviors Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, May 5,2006
Harm Reduction Psychotherapy: The Biopsychosocial Process Model of Problem Substance Use, The Multiple Meanings Perspective and the Centrality of the Therapeutic Alliance, paper presented at Addiction Treatment in Metamorphosis: Paradigm Shift in Theory and Practice, Addiction Division of the New York State Psychological Association, New York, April 28, 2006.
Harm Reduction Psychotherapy with College Students, in-service training for mental health and medical staff of College Health Services at Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, N.Y., November 15th, 2005.
Harm Reduction Therapy, presented at New Perspectives for the Prevention and Treatment of Addictions, a conference sponsored by Skoun, Lebanese Addictions Center, Beirut, Lebanon, October 8, 2005. Harm Reduction
Psychotherapy: Extending the Reach of Traditional Treatment,
Harm Reduction Counseling with Active Drug and Alcohol Users I: Rationale, Philosophy and Theory, workshop presented at the 2005 National Health Care for the Homeless Conference, Washington, D.C. June 3, 2005.
Harm Reduction Counseling with Active Drug and Alcohol Users II: Therapeutic Process and Technique, workshop presented at the 2005 National Health Care for the Homeless Conference, Washington, D.C. June 3, 2005.
Harm Reduction Psychotherapy, Substance Abuse Grand Rounds, Cornell Medical School, New York, March 10,2005.
Toward a Coalition of People Oppressed by Prohibition, presented at the Fifth National Harm Reduction Conference sponsored by the Harm Reduction Coalition, New Orleans, November 13, 2004.
Integrative Harm Reduction Psychotherapy: The Importance of Relationship and Therapeutic Alliance, presented the Fifth National Harm Reduction Conference sponsored by the Harm Reduction Coalition, New Orleans, November 12, 2004.
Recreational Drugs are Never the Real Problem, presented at Going to Far: When the Ordinary Becomes Addictive, presented by the Addiction Division, New York State Psychological Association, April 23, 2004.
Capacities for Change, presented at Substance Abuse Treatment: Clinical Challenges, Innovative Approaches, presented by the Addiction Division of New York State Psychological Association, November 15, 2002.
Theoretical Rationale and Clinical Applications of Harm Reduction, presented at The Great Debate: Abstinence versus Harm Reduction in Addiction Treatment sponsored by the Addiction Division, New York State Psychological Association, New York, April 6, 2001.
Harm Reduction: The Philosophy and Clinical Rationale for Syringe Exchange, training to the Mental Health Board of Tompkins County, N.Y. for the Harm Reduction Unit of the AIDS Institute of the New York State Department of Health, November 10, 1998.
Harm Reduction Psychotherapy with Active Substance Users, presented at a mini-conference, Issues at the Cutting Edge of Addiction Treatment: Update 1998, at the Annual Conference of the New York State Psychological Association, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., October 10, 1998.
Harm Reduction Psychotherapy: Rationale and Clinical Technique, presented at the Second National Harm Reduction Conference sponsored by the Harm Reduction Coalition, Cleveland, Ohio, October 6, 1998.
Harm Reduction in Group Therapy with Substance Users, in service training presented to the clinical staff, Smithers Alcoholism Treatment and Training Center; New York, N.Y. November 6, 1997.
Harm Reduction in Clinical Practice, presented at Harm Reduction in Clinical Practice: A New Paradigm for Working with People Who Use Substance, a conference sponsored by Mental Health Professionals in Harm Reduction, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, N.Y., October 24, 1997.
Effective Treatment of Substance Use Problems: A Harm Reduction Perspective, in service training presented to the clinical staff of the NYU Student Counseling Center, New York, N.Y., June 6, 1997.
The Clinical Rationale for Harm Reduction, presented at Psychotherapy with Active Substance Users, a workshop sponsored by the Division of Addiction, New York State Psychological Association, The Albert Ellis Institute, New York, N.Y. March 7, 1997.
Harm Reduction Psychotherapy, presented as part of the panel, Harm Reduction and Special Populations, The Seventh Annual Statewide Conference on AIDS, The AIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health, Albany, N.Y. February 26, 1997.
Harm Reduction and Psychotherapy, community forum, Gay Men’s Health Crisis; New York, N.Y., October 29, 1996.
Discussant, Relapse Prevention and Harm Reduction, a one day conference presented by Alan Marlatt, Ph.D., sponsored by Division on Addictions, New York State Psychological Association, The New York Medical School, New York, N.Y., October 25, 1996.
Harm Reduction Psychotherapy as Engagement Strategy, the First National Harm Reduction Conference, The Harm Reduction Coalition, Oakland, California, September 20, 1996.
Harm Reduction: Clinical Rationale and Applications, in-service training presented to the clinical staff, Smithers Alcoholism Treatment and Training Center; New York, N.Y. January 4, 1996.
Human Growth and Development: Their Relation to Substance Abuse and Addiction, The Importance of Addiction Credentials in the Age of Managed Care, co-sponsored by NYSPA’s Division of Addictions and The New School for Social Research, The New School, New York, N.Y., September 15, 1995.
Chair and Discussant, Undesirability as Countertransference Re-enactment, panel presentation, Psychoanalysis on the Edge: The Challenge of the ‘Undesirable’ Patient, Seventh Biennial Conference of the Psychoanalytic Society of the Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis, New York University, March 1994; and the American Psychological Association’s Division 39 Annual Spring Meeting, Washington, D.C., April, 1994.
Issues of Adulthood in the Treatment of the Addictions, The Annual Conference of the Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society, Inc.; New York, N.Y., November 12, 1993.
Chair and Discussant, The Substance of Psychoanalytic Technique, the Annual Convention, American Psychological Association, Division 39, Toronto, Canada, August 1993.
The Critical Role of Psychotherapy in Long Term Recovery, Professional Training Workshop: Life Beyond Abstinence, The Washton Institute, New York, N.Y. May 22, 1992.
Working with Substance Abusers in Private Practice, Annual Conference, First Steps to Recovery, New York, N.Y. January 11, 1992.
Outpatient Treatment for Cocaine Abusers, Colloquium, Research Fellowship Program, Narcotic and Drug Research, Inc., New York, N.Y. May 6, 1991.
Structured Outpatient Approaches to the Treatment of Substance Abuse, Annual Convention, New York State Psychological Association, Montauk, N.J., May 5, 1991.
Intensive Outpatient Treatment for Chemical Dependency, Annual Convention, The American Psychological Association, New Orleans, La., August 12, 1989.
Cocaine and Crack: A Case Study, Grand Rounds, The Washton Institute, New York, N.Y., April 19, 1989.
Overview of Intensive Outpatient Treatment of Substance Dependence, Annual Convention, The New York State Psychological Association, New York, N.Y., April 10, 1989.
PUBLICATIONS Tatarsky, A. Harm reduction psychotherapy: Extending the reach of traditional substance use treatment. (2003). Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. Vol. 25, pp. 249-256.
Tatarsky, A. (Ed.). (2002). Harm Reduction Psychotherapy: A New Treatment for Drug and Alcohol Users. Northvale, N.J., Aronson.
Tatarsky, A. (1998). An integrative approach to harm reduction psychotherapy: A case of problem drinking secondary to depression. In Session: Psychotherapy in Practice. Vol. 4/ 2, pp. 16-29.
Tatarsky, A. (Winter-1998). Harm Reduction in Clinical Practice. The Addiction Newsletter of Division 50, The American Psychological Association, pp. 2-4.
Tatarsky, A. (Spring-1996). Harm Reduction and Clinical Psychology are a Good Fit. The Harm Reduction Communication.
Tatarsky, A. & Washton, A.M. (1992). Intensive outpatient treatment: a psychological perspective. In: Wallace, B. (Ed.) The Chemically Dependent: Phases of Treatment and Recovery. New York, Brunner/Mazel.
Washton, A.M. & Tatarsky, A. (1983). Adverse effects of cocaine abuse. In: Problems of Drug Dependence, NIDA Research Monograph #41, U.S. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Psychological Association. New York State Psychological Association. Past-President, Division on Addictions, New York State Psychological Association.
NON-PROFIT BOARD MEMBERSHIPS Member, Positive Health Project Chairman of the Board, Moderation Management Mutual Help Network. Member, Institute for Professional Development in the Addictions
EDITORIAL BOARDS Harm Reduction, an on-line journal. |