Academic Experience
| Professor and Director of Graduate Program of School Psychology, Brooklyn College, CUNY | 1984-2003 |
| Deputy Dean for Graduate Studies: Brooklyn College, CUNY | 2000 |
| Developed & Administered Seminars on Child Abuse at Brooklyn College | 1990-2003 |
| Brooklyn College Faculty Member | 1967-1984 |
| Faculty and Supervisor, Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis | 1985-Present |
| Adjunct Clinical Professor in Psychology, Derner Institute, Adelphi University | 1999-Present |
| Faculty New Hope Guild Continuing Education Program | 1991, 1993 |
| Supervisor: Whitman Institute | 1982-1984 |
Professional Experience
| Private Practice of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis | 1969-Present |
| Consultant to Fire Department NYC (FDNY) | 2002-Present |
| Board of Directors, American Psychological Association | 2000-2002 |
| Support Group Leader: American Infertility Association (Resolve) | 1997-2001 |
| Consultant to schools in Bangkok, Thailand | 1996-2000 |
| NY State Psychological Association Disaster Response Network | 1995-Present |
| Developed & Chaired Women Psychologists for Legislative Action (WPLA) | 1995-Present |
| Project Director, In-service Bilingual/Multicultural School Psychology Program. Grant from Office of Bilingual Education, USDEd | 1994-1996 |
| Project Director, Bilingual/Multicultural School Psychology Program. Grant from Office of Bilingual Education, USDEd | 1991-1994 |
| Chair NYU Postdoctoral Program International Conferences | 1991; 1993 |
| Consultant and reviewer of School Programs, University Programs | 1980-Present |
| Continuing Education Workshops on various topics | 1980-Present |
| Member NY Society Clinical Psychologists Psychological Services Center | 1974-Present |
| Examiner, NYC Dept. of Personnel | 1979-1981 |
| Examiner, Board of Examiners, Board of Education, NYC | 1969-1979 |
| Psychologist, Mt. Sinai Hospital | 1969-1970 |
| School Psychologist, Board of Education, Nanuet, NY | 1966-1967 |
| Psychology intern, Board of Education, New Rochelle, NY | 1966-1967 |
Education and Professional Training
| New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis (Certificate in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy) | 1979 |
| Teachers College, Columbia University (Ed.D.) | 1969 |
Licensures and Certifications
| Certified, Disaster Mental Health –American Red Cross Diplomate: American Board of Forensic Examiners |
1997 |
| Diplomate in Psychoanalysis, American Board of Professional Psychology | 1996 |
| National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology | 1975 |
| License: Psychologist, New York State | 1970 |
| Certificate: School Psychologist New York State | 1967 |
Research
| A Study of Russian Immigrants in United States and Israel, funded by CUNY Faculty Research Award. | 1995–97 |
| In-service Program in Bilingual Multicultural School Psychology, funded by OBEMLA of USDEd | 1994-97 |
| Bilingual-Multicultural School Psychology Program, funded by OBEMLA of USDEd | 1991-94 |
| Operant Discrimination in Middle-Class and Lower-Class Children, doctoral dissertation: 1969. Published JSAS, Vol. 2 1972 | |
Honors
| Presidential Citation, American Psychological Association | 2000 |
| Fellow: Divisions 1, 29, 39, 42 and 52 of the American Psychological Association | |
| Cited in American Psychological Association's Leaders in School Psychology |
Membership in Scientific and Professional Organizations
Fellow, American Psychological Association, Divisions 1, 29, 39, 42, 52
Member, American Psychological Association, Divisions 1, 2, 9, 16, 29, 35, 39, 42, 45, 51, 52
New York State Psychological Association, School, Clinical Division, (DRN)
International Council of Psychologists
New York Association of School Psychologists
Association of Women in Psychology
School Psychology Educators Council of New York State
Women Psychologists for Legislative Action (WPLA)
Offices Held in Scientific and Professional Organizations
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American Psychological Association |
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| Board of Directors | 2000-2002 |
| Taskforce on Early Education and Care | 1999-2001 |
Chair |
1999-2001 |
| BOD Task Force on Psychological Resilience to Terrorism | 2002-Present |
| Chair, Women's Caucus of Council | 1999 |
| Board of Educational Affairs | 1997-1999 |
Chair, Curriculum Panel |
1999 |
| Working Group in Development of Psychology Marketplace | 1996-Present |
Chair, Parenting Group |
1997-Present |
| American Psychological Association Site Visitor | Present |
| Investment Committee | 1995-1996 |
| Finance Committee: Member | 1993-1996 |
| Chair, Subcommittee on minority recruitment American Psychological Association Task Force on minority recruitment in psychology | 1990-1991 |
| Policy and Planning Board, Member | 1989-1992 |
| Committee on Structure and Function of Council, Member, Chair | 1986-1988 |
| Task Force on Sexism in Graduate Education | 1975 |
American Psychological Association, Division of Psychoanalysis (39)
| Liaison to American Psychological Association | 1998-1999 |
| Parliamentarian | 1995-1998 |
| Representative to American Psychological Association | 1992-1995 |
| Council of Representatives | 1996-1999 |
| Section III Member of Board | 1990-1993 |
| Publication Committee | 1987-Present |
| Membership Chair | 1985-1987 |
American Psychological Association Division of Independent Practice (42)
| Member Publication Committee | 1996-1999 |
American Psychological Association, Division of Psychotherapy (29)
| Member Fellows Committee | 1996-1998 |
| Member-at Large, Board of Directors | 1989-1992 |
| Chair, Task Force on Aging | 1987-1989 |
| Representative to APA Council | 1985-1988 |
| Editor, Bulletin | 1983-1986 |
| Member Committee on Graduate Education | 1983-1984 |
| Chair, Committee on Ethics | 1982-1984 |
| Member-at-Large, Board of Directors | 1981-1984 |
| Associate Editor, Bulletin | 1981-1983 |
| Secretary | 1978-1981 |
| Chair, Committee of History | 1976-1978 |
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Graduate Society of NYU Postdoctoral Program, Board of Directors |
1992-1995 |
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Women's Studies Program, Brooklyn College Advisory Board |
1980-1982 |
New York State Psychological Association
| Member of Executive Board of Clinical Division | 1978-1981 |
| Member Education & Training Committee | 1973-1975 |
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Brooklyn Psychological Association, Board of Directors |
1975-1978 |
School Psychologist Educators Council of New York State
| Treasurer | 1975-1976 |
| Newsletter, Editor | 1976-1977 |
Psychological Consultation Center for Parents & Prospective Parents
| Member of Executive Board | 1976-1977 |
Papers Presented or Published
Warning Signs of Learning Difficulties (2003). Barbanel, L., Stamm, B. Special supplement to American Profile Magazine, p. 4.
Psychology’s response to terrorism. Levant, R.F., Barbanel, L. H., & DeLeon, P.H. In A.J. Marsella, F. Moghaddam, & A. Bandura (Eds.). International terrorism and terrorists: Psychological perspectives. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2003.
Children’s Mental Health Needs and School Psychology. The Register Report, Vol. 28, Fall 2002. pp. 22-24.
Psychology’s Contributions to Disaster Relief –September 11 and Beyond. College of Staten Island, CUNY, NY. November 21, 2002.
The Impact of Technology on the Psychotherapeutic Process. Keynote Address, The Annual convention of Ohio Psychological Association, Technology and Other Practice Issues: They’re a Necessity, Not an Option!, Columbus, OH. October 4, 2002.
From School Violence to Safe Schools. NYSPA Notebook, Vol. XIV. No. 4. July/August 2002. p. 22-23.
Coping Healing and Resilience. Public Service Psychology, Division 18 Newsletter, Vol. 27; No. 2, Summer 2002. p. 1.
Psychoanalysis and International Policy. Chair & Moderator. APA Division 39, 22nd Annual Spring Meeting, Evolving Domains: Psychoanalysis in Dialogue with Science, Culture, and Technology, New York City, NY. April 12, 2002.
Chronicle of a Disaster: School Psychology’s response. The School Psychologist, Vol. 56, No. 2, Spring 2002, p. 45-47.
Chronicle of a Disaster. California Psychological Association Newsletter. Spring 2002.
Chronicle of a Disaster. The Independent Practitioner. Winter 2002, p. 14-16.
Chronicle of a Disaster. NYSPA Notebook, Vol. XIII. No. 6. Nov/Dec, 2001. p. 18-19.
Chronicle of a Disaster, Minnesota Psychological Association Newsletter, November 2001, p. 8-9.
Health and Prevention: New Horizons for Psychology. Washington Psychologist. August 2001.
Growing the Future: II. Symposium participant. Annual convention of the American Psychological Association, August 2000.
School Psychology and Psychoanalysis. Symposium Chair. Meeting of the Division of Psychoanalysis of the American Psychological Association, April 16, 1999.
Working Group on the Development of the Psychology Marketplace. Symposium participant. Annual convention of the American Psychological Association, August 1999.
Working with Children in the Schools. Brochure for Division 42's brochure project, 1999.
The State of School Psychology at the Turn of the Century. Dean's Forum Brooklyn College, November 18, 1999.
Surviving Infertility as a Couple. Resolve Conference, New York, March 1998.
Americans in Lacanian Paris: Report on Psychoanalytic Society's Summer 1995 Conference in Paris. Eighth Biennial Conference of the Psychoanalytic Society of the Postdoctoral Program of NYU, February 3, 1996.
The Russian Immigrant Experience: The Impact of Culture on Mental Health. Conference Chair. Brooklyn College, December 2, 1994.
Issues in the Psychoanalytic Treatment of Women, Chair, Symposium. Annual convention of American Psychological Association, Los Angeles, August 1994.
Psychoanalysis and School Psychology. Psychoanalytic Psychology. II, 2. Spring 1994, 275-285.
Immigration & Acculturation: Issues for Consideration. Keynote address. Conference: Psychological Service and Cultural Diversity: An Exploration. Brooklyn College, May 20, 1994.
Towards a Cross-cultural understanding of Psychoanalysis: Reflections on Three Cultures: Seventh Biennial Conference of the Psychoanalytic Society of the Postdoctoral Program. March 5, 1994.
Book Review: Maroda, Karen. The Power of Countertransference. New York: John Wiley, 1991. Psychotherapy 30, 1993.
Implementing a Bilingual Multicultural School Program. Symposium Chair. Annual convention of American Psychological Association, Toronto, August 1993.
Shame: Emerging Perspectives. Symposium Discussant. Annual convention of American Psychological Association, Toronto, August 1993.
Immigration & Acculturation: Theoretical Issues for Consideration. Second International Conference of the Graduate Society of NYU Postdoctoral Program. Jerusalem, August 1993.
Implementing a Bilingual Multicultural School Psychology Program. Symposium Chair. Annual convention of New York State Psychological Association. Albany, May 1993.
Psychoanalysis and School Psychology. Paper presented at Spring meeting of the American Psychological Association, Division of Psychoanalysis (39), Chicago, April 1991.
Women Therapists at Midlife. Psychotherapy in Private Practice, Vol. 8(2), 1990.
Cited in Women's Health by Rodale Press.
Book Review: The Personal Life of the Psychotherapist. New York: John Wiley, 1987. In Psychotherapy 25, No. 1, Spring 1988, p. 158.
The Death of the Psychoanalyst: An Introduction. Panel presentation, William A. White Institute, Crisis Committee of the William A. White Psychoanalytic Society, November 21, 1987. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Vol. 25, 1987, No. 3, pp. 412-418.
Book Review: Mays, Daniel T. and Franko, Cyril M. Negative outcomes in psychotherapy and what to do about it. New York: Springer, 1985. Psychotherapy 23, No. 1, Spring 1986, pp. 182-183.
The Death of an Analyst: Theoretical and Clinical Issues. Chairperson, Symposium. Spring meeting of the American Psychological Association, Division of Psychoanalysis (39). New York City, April 1985. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Vol. 25, No. 3, 1989, pp. 412-419.
Psychotherapeutic Treatment with the Orthodox Jew: Theoretical and Clinical Issues. Paper presented at Maimonides Hospital Mental Health Center, May 1984.
A Psychodynamic Approach to School Psychology. Keynote addresses. Annual School Psychology Conference at Queens College, January 28, 1983.
Empathy, Values and the Personality of the Analyst. Paper delivered at Conference of the Graduate Society of New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, January 16, 1982.
Short-Term Psychotherapy with Children in the Schools. In Handbook of School Psychology. Gutkin, T. and Reynolds, C. (Eds.) New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1981.
The Therapist's Pregnancy: Some Issues for Consideration. In The Psychology of Pregnancy, Birthing and Bonding. Blum, B. (Ed.) New York: Human Sciences Press, 1980.
All About Testing. Panel Leader. Rodeph Shalom Day School, New York City, November 6, 1979.
To Birth or Not to Birth. Conversation Hour. Annual convention of American Psychological Association, Division of Psychoanalysis (39), New York, September 1979.
Occupational Clinical Psychology: A New Field for Psychologists in Industry. Discussant, Annual convention of American Psychological Association, 1979.
Values, Biases and the Person of the Therapist in Psychotherapeutic Practice. Kings County Psychology Department, June 12, 1979.
Violence and Anger. Presentation, Rodeph Shalom Day School, New York City, May 10, 1979.
Transition to Parenthood, Psychodynamics and Implication for preventative Mental Health Programs. Symposium Chair. New York State Psychological Association, Saratoga Springs, May 1979.
Changing Hats: Moving from one Form of Therapy to Another. Symposium Participant. Division of Psychotherapy of American Psychological Association midwinter convention, Scottsdale, Arizona, March 1-4, 1978.
Peer Counseling Supervision and the Supervision by Peers. Symposium Chair. Annual convention of American Psychological Association Convention, San Francisco, California, September 1977.
Selected Values and the Psychotherapy Situation. Symposium Chair. Division of Psychotherapy of American Psychological Association, midwinter convention, Orlando, Florida, March 1977.
Guidelines for Nonsexist Use of Language. APA Task Force on Issues of Sexual Bias in Graduate Education (Barbanel, L., Birk, J.M., Brooks, L., Herman, M., Juhasz, J., Seltzer, R. and Tangri, S.). American Psychologist, Vol. 30, No. 6, June 1975, 628-684.
American Psychological Association, Division of Psychotherapy, midwinter conference, February 1975. Feminism in Therapy and Therapists.
A Content Analysis of Sexual Bias in Commonly Used Psychology Textbooks, with Birk, J., Brooks, L., Herman, J., Juhasz, J., Seltzer, R. and Tangri, S. JSAS, Vol. 4, Fall 1974, MS No. 733, 33 pages.
Attitudes Toward Job Responsibilities and Training Satisfaction of School Psychologists. A Comparative Study, with Hoffenberg-Rutman, J. Psychology in the Schools, 1974, 11, pp. 424-429.
Affective Education and Foreign Language Learning, with Disick, R. In The Challenge of Communication, ACTFL Review of Foreign Language Education. Vol. 6, 1974, Skokie, Illinois: National Textbook Company, pp. 185-223.
Psychology of Women. Presentation to New York University Postdoctoral Program Seminar, April 1974.
Book Review: Schaefer. Sex Differences in Personality. Journal of Personality Assessment. Vol. 38, 1974, No. 3, pp. 272-274.
How Psychology Views Women. Paper delivered at the University of Oregon, July 1973.
Operant Discrimination in Middle-Class and Lower-Class Children. JSAS, Vol. 2, Fall 1972, 17 pages.
Sex Differences in Play, Imagination and Creativity. Symposium Discussant, meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, April 1972.
The Psychology of Women and the Educative Process. The Proceedings of the XII Interamerican Congress of Psychology, 1972.
The Psychology of Women as a Scientific Inquiry - Is it Possible? Presented at the XII Interamerican Congress of Psychology, Panama City, FL, December 1971.
Workshops
Clinical Issues Associated With Reproductive Problems. New Jersey Psychological Association 2002 Fall Conference, Iselin, NJ, October 19, 2002.
An Overview of School Violence (Keynote address). Violence in the Schools: A New American Phenomena, New York Academy of Sciences, NY, May 31, 2002.
The Aftermath of Terror. APA CE Winter Weekend, February 7-10, 2002.
Therapeutic Issues with Menopausal Women. The Kaleidoscope of Women’s Lives: Complexities and Challenges of Psychotherapy with Women, Austin, TX, January 25, 2002.
Psychological Contributions to Prevention. Illinois Psychological Association, November 9, 2001.
Working with Parents of Difficult Children. DC Psychological Association, October 25, 2001.
Working with Parents of Difficult Children. Los Angeles, CA Psychological Association (LACPA), September 28, 2002.
School Violence. Annual convention of Texas Psychological Association, October 4-6, 2001.
Continuing Education Workshop on Leading Parent Workshops for Division 29, American Psychological Association. Major focus on developing parenting skills in relation to preventing child abuse, 1983.
Books
Editorial Experience
| Reviewer: Professional Psychology | 1995-Present |
| Editor: Bulletin of Division of Psychotherapy | 1983-1986 |
| Reviewer: Psychotherapy | 1983-1987 |