FREDRIC T. PERLMAN, PH.D., F.I.P.A.

300 Mercer Street, Apt 3L

New York, New York 10003

(212) 505-7751

I am a psychoanalyst with thirty-five years of professional experience

in the field of mental health. I conduct a full-time private practice in
psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, treating individuals and couples in
analytically oriented modalities of treatment.

I am a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Institute for

Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR), and also a member of
the New York Freudian Society (NYFS), the American Psychoanalytic
Association (APsaA), the International Psychoanalytic Association (IPA),
and the American Psychological Association (APA), and a Distinguished
Life Member of the Confederation of Independent Psychoanalytic
Societies. I have been teaching psychoanalytic theory at IPTAR and at
other psychoanalytic institutes in New York for than twenty-five years.
In addition, I have been very active in the academic and organizational
activities of psychoanalysis.

I am currently a member of the Board of Representatives of the

International Psychoanalytical Association, president of the New York
State Psychoanalytic Confederation, Secretary-Treasurer of the North
American Psychoanalytic Confederation, and past president of the
Confederation of Independent Psychoanalytic Societies (CIPS).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

9/79 - present Private practice of psychotherapy and

psychoanalysis. Full-time since September 1981.

Provide individual and couple treatment, including

psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, and couples therapy; provide
consultation and supervision to psychotherapists and candidates
in psychoanalytic training.

9/81 - 6/85 Staff psychotherapist: Psychoanalytic Clinic of the

Postgraduate Center for Mental Health. Part-time.
 Performed individual psychotherapy and psychoanalysis with
adults

9/80- 9/81 School Social Worker: The Jim Thorpe School of the
N.Y.C. Board of Education, a “day treatment school” for students with
severe emotional handicaps.

Provided clinical services, including diagnostic evaluations,

individual psychotherapy and group treatment; conducted weekly
clinical seminar and ongoing clinical consultation for teachers and
administrators; provided consultation to Director of School Based
Support Teams on policy development pertaining to clinical services
in schools; served on "Joint Committee of the Board of Education
and the Department of Mental Hygiene for Cooperative Services";
and, co-authored policy guidelines for clinical services in the public
schools

11/77 - 9/80 Clinical Social Worker: Hawthorne Cedar Knolls

School, a residential treatment center of the Jewish Board of
Guardians.

Provided individual, group and family therapy; responsible for

treatment planning and coordination of milieu treatment;
progressive responsibility for program development, staff training
and team leadership for innovative residential units; represented
professional staff on agency-wide Committee on Public Interest and
Subcommittees on Confidentiality and Professional Issues

5/76 - 9/77 Clinical Social Worker: Private practice in Owego,

New York.

Provided short-term dynamic psychotherapy by private

arrangement and by contract with the New York State Division for
Youth; provided psychotherapy to inmates of the Tioga County Jail
in cooperation with the County Sheriff's and Probation Departments

12/76 - 5/77 Clinical Social Worker: Elmcrest Children's Center,

a residential treatment center in Syracuse, New York.

Developed and implemented program of milieu treatment for

adolescent unit; trained residential group care staff in techniques of
therapeutic interaction and milieu management; initiated
development of comprehensive "Child and Family Service" to
 integrate dynamic psychotherapy with prescriptive life skills
training for residents and their parents

6/75 - 12/76 Children's Therapist: Tioga Youth Home, a

community based group home for boys in Owego, New York.

Developed and implemented comprehensive program of milieu

therapy, including operational model for coordinating therapeutic
services to meet individualized treatment goals; designed "Contract
Program" to help residents identify treatment goals and negotiate
treatment contracts for therapeutic services; developed volunteer
programs, including innovative "buddy system" to involve teen
volunteers in supportive peer relations with residents; provided in-
service training and clinical supervision for milieu staff; provided
intensive individual psychotherapy, family therapy and weekly
group therapy with residents and milieu staff

PRE-PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

3/74 - 9/74 Teacher of Adults: New York City Board of

Education.

Provided instruction to adult students in literacy, computation and

high school equivalency skills at DeWitt Clinton High School, Medgar
Evers Community College and LaGuardia Community College

3/70 - 3/74 Project Director: The Coffeehouse Project, a

community sponsored, multi-service youth program in Owego, New
York.

Presented Coffeehouse proposal to community group in October

1969 and participated in its development until it opened in March
1970; developed coffeehouse recreation programs, including
feature films, speakers, discussion groups, folk singers, and snack
bar; organized publication of Coffeehouse newsletter by teenage
volunteers; developed and administered volunteer tutoring
program; provided counseling and referral service in coordination
with the county mental health clinic, probation department and
drug abuse clinic; established ongoing 'Program in Humanistic
Studies,' a series of study groups for high school students, teachers
and adults; organized and spearheaded successful community
 effort to establish Tioga Youth Home, the first child care agency in
Tioga County, N.Y.

CONSULTATION

2005-present Clinical Consultant: “The 52nd Street Project,” a

theater group run by professional actors and directors for children,
aged 8-18 living in the “Hell’s Kitchen” neighborhood of New York.

1/94 - present Consulting Editor: Journal of Psychoanalytic Social

Work (Haworth Press).

9/85 - 6/90 Research Consultant: Judith Kestenberg's research

project on child survivors of the Holocaust.

Contributed to development of coding procedures for analysis of

interview data.

5/76 - 9/77 Clinical Consultant: “Volunteers In Probation”

program, Tioga County Probation Department , Owego, New York.

Provided clinical consultation and case evaluations; conducted

training seminars for probation volunteers

COMMUNITY AFFAIRS

8/96- present Volunteer, Red Cross Disaster Mental Health

Team.

Provided mental health services to bereaved families of TWA Flight

800; completed intensive training in Disaster Mental Health

9/72 - 6/75 Founding Member and Officer of the Board of

Directors, Tioga Youth Home, Inc. Owego, New York.

Organized Board of Directors for proposed agency in September

1972; developed grant proposals, fund-raising and public relations
materials; addressed local community groups, service organizations
and departments of social services in Tioga and neighboring
counties.
7/71 - 11/71 Campaign Organizer, “Beauter's Rooters,” Tioga
County, N.Y.

Organized successful political organization of local youth to support

independent progressive candidate Reuton E. Beauter for office of
Sheriff of Tioga County.

1965-69 Campaign Worker: Assorted political campaigns, including two

Lindsay mayoral campaigns (served in “Davidoff’s Raiders” on both
campaigns)

EDUCATION

Certificate in Psychoanalysis, Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and

Research, May, 1996.

Certificate in Psychoanalytic Supervision, Psychoanalytic Institute of

the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health. June 1989.

Ph.D. Rutgers University. January 1987. Concentration in clinical theory

and research.

Certificate in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytic

Institute of the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health. June 1985.

M.S.W., Syracuse University. May 1976. Concentration in clinical social

work. Graduated with honors.

B.A. in Humanities, State University of New York at Binghamton. May

1973. Graduated with honors.

RELATED EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Seminar in psychoanalytic studies with Martin Bergmann (New York

Freudian Society). September 1988 - September 1997.

Seminar in psychoanalytic studies with Charles Brenner, M.D. (New

York Psychoanalytic Institute). September 1989 - January, 1996.
Seminar in Freudian studies with Donald Kaplan, Ph.D. (New York
Freudian Society). June 1991 - June 1993.

Continuous Case Seminar with William Grossman, M.D. (New York

Psychoanalytic Institute). March 1990 - June 1992.

Seminar in the writings of Sigmund Freud with Arnold Richards, M.D.

(New York Psychoanalytic Institute). September 1985 - June 1987.

Three-year training program for clinical practitioners at Jewish Board of

Guardians Educational Institute. 1977 - 1980.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

9/96 - present Faculty: Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and

Research, New York, N.Y.

Instructor for courses in Freudian theory, Freud’s cases, and

psychoanalytic diagnosis; served on Institute Board and numerous
committees (e.g., Curriculum Review Committee, Final Case
Committee); participated in development and review of “Readiness
for Control” examinations.

Training and Supervising Analyst since 2008.

9/97 – present Faculty and Supervisor: Manhattan Institute for

Psychoanalysis, New York, N.Y.

Supervisor (1997-present) and instructor for foundation course in

the writings of Freud (1997-2000).

9/98 - 6/99 Faculty: Karen Horney Institute, New York, N.Y.

Instructor for year-long foundation course in the writings of Freud.

9/86 - 6/96 Faculty and Supervisor: Psychoanalytic Institute of

the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health,
New York, N.Y.

Instructor for year-long introductory course on Freud and advanced

courses in Freudian theory; provided clinical supervision for
candidates in psychoanalytic training; served on Curriculum
 Committee, Final Case Committee, and other academic committees

9/95 - 6/96 Faculty: Washington Square Institute for Mental

Health, New York, N.Y.

Instructor for advanced course in “Conflict and Compromise

Formation.”

9/91 - 6/94 Faculty: Institute for Developmental

Psychotherapy. New York, N.Y.

Instructor for introductory courses in psychoanalytic theory.

5/91 - 1/92: Adjunct Faculty: Doctoral program, NYU School of

Social Work, N.Y.

Instructor for advanced courses in clinical diagnosis and

psychoanalytic therapy.

5/76 - 9/77 Adjunct Faculty: Empire State College

Supervised 'learning contracts' in human development,

psychopathology and therapeutic intervention.

5/76 - 9/77 Conducted training seminars for volunteers of Tioga

Co. Probation Dept.

ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES WITHIN PSYCHOANALYSIS

International Psychoanalytic Association (IPA):

2009 – present Representative, Board of Representatives.

2007 Candidate for the office of Secretary-General of the

International Psychoanalytic Association.

2003-present Co-chair: Working Group on the New Credential.

 This working group was formed to develop and implement the new
“Fellow” credential created by the IPA Board of Representatives in
March 2003 to promote the professional identification of IPA
members in North America. The committee was also charged with
developing analogous credentials for other IPA regions upon the
request of the regions.

2005- present: Co-chair of IPA Working Group on Professional

Practice.

This working group is collecting information regarding legislative and

regulatory policies adversely affecting professional practice of
psychoanalysis in all three IPA regions. The mission of the group is to
monitor and analyze current threats, to study successful strategies
employed by local societies to address these threats, and to
distribute this information as well as other related resources
developed by the group to assist local societies engaged in efforts to
protect and promote psychoanalysis.

Confederation of Independent Psychoanalytic Societies (CIPS):

2005-2009 President of CIPS.

Promoted and implemented closer cooperation between CIPS,

APsaA, and allied psychoanalytic groups; expanded membership to
include candidates; enrolled all candidates in the International
Psychoanalytic Studies Organization (IPSO); instituted policies to
expand appointments to IPA and CIPS committees; enhanced
transparency of governance and expanded communications at all
levels of CIPS through new website, monthly electronic newsletter,
and email listserves to facilitate communication between members;
implemented expansion of organizational activities, including plans
for joint educational and research projects between member
societies; promoted formation of state psychoanalytic associations,
including the newly formed California Psychoanalytic Confederation
(CAPSAC).

2003-present Chair: CIPS Public Policy Committee.

Developed legislative, lobbying, and legal strategies to address

licensing crisis in New York and the threat of similar adverse
 legislation in other states; authored numerous articles and
pamphlets to describe current licensing crisis and mobilize lobbying
efforts; formed Joint CIPS-APsaA committee on Licensing and
Credentialing and issued joint position paper and background
materials; spearheaded local, state, and national lobbying efforts to
strengthen licensing criteria in New York, including formation of
New York State Psychoanalytic Confederation; worked with West
Coast Public Policy subcommittee to draft model licensing
legislation for psychoanalysis, promote formation of the California
Psychoanalytic Confederation, and lobby for responsible state
regulation of professional mental health practice in California.
Currently developing and implementing national lobbying strategies
to promote the inclusion of patient privacy provisions in national
legislative efforts to establish electronic medical records systems.

2004-2005 Chair; CIPS Intramural Education Committee

Formulated plans for intramural education and research projects

featuring “distance learning” for participating CIPS institutes. Three
programs are currently being developed: a continuing education
program; a study group and multi-site research program; and, an
“educational coop” to permit students and members of one CIPS
institute to participate in the certificate and doctoral programs
offered by other CIPS institutes.

2000-2005 Director (IPTAR Representative to CIPS Board of

Directors.

As a member of the CIPS Board of Directors, I was involved with all

aspects of organizational activities. I took a leadership role in
promoting the present governance structure of CIPS. I chaired the
Public Policy and Intramural Education Committees, and served on
the committee on Mission and Structure and the Committee on
Bylaws.

American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA):

2010 – present Co-chair: Committee on Government Relations and

Insurance.

2006-present Committee on Government Relations and

Insurance..
 This committee addresses all aspects of governmental policy
affecting psychoanalysis in the United States, including laws and
regulations regarding confidentiality, health information technology
legislation, insurance laws, and licensing legislation.

2005-2010 Committee on State Licensing Initiatives.

This committee was formed to develop and coordinate state

initiatives to promote strong licensing laws for psychoanalysis, and
to protect psychoanalysis against adverse licensing legislation such
as the New York, New Jersey and Vermont laws. In 2010 the
functions of this committee were transferred to the Committee on
Government Relations and Insurance.

2004-2006 Member of APsaA Task Force on Access to Care.

This Task Force addresses a wide range of issues pertaining to

public access to quality care, including the conduct of insurance
companies as well as governmental, organizational, and
professional policies affecting psychoanalysts and their patients.

New York State Psychoanalytic Confederation (NYSPAC):

2005-present President of New York State Psychoanalytic

Confederation (NYSPAC).

Spearheaded formation of the confederation, composed of seven

psychoanalytic institutes and societies in NY State. The mission of
the confederation is to bring the licensing standards for
psychoanalytic training into alignment with prevailing standards in
the profession. NYSPAC is currently suing the state of New York to
strengthen licensing regulations implemented following passage of
the 2002 licensing law in New York.

California Psychoanalytic Confederation (CAPSAC):

2006 - 2009: CIPS representative to CAPSAC board.

The California Psychoanalytic Confederation is a state association

whose formation was originally spearheaded by the CIPS West Coast
 Public Policy Subcommittee. The organization is currently
monitoring threats to practice in California. Last year the
confederation participated in a successful lobbying effort to block a
licensing law that would have licensed a large assortment of
“counselors” and entitled them to employ the titles
“psychotherapist” and “psychoanalyst” in the state of California.

North American Psychoanalytic Confederation (NAPSAC)

2010 – present Secretary-Treasurer.

2004 – 2010 Board of Directors.

As a member of the NAPSAC Board of Directors, representing CIPS, I

organized North American lobbying efforts to promote responsible
government regulation of mental health practice, especially in
states that license psychoanalysis. I also inaugurated development
of public information programs about psychoanalysis, especially the
NAPSAC-sponsored FindAnAnalyst website
(www.FindAnAnalyst.org), designed to enable prospective patients
in North America find an analyst near them, and am currently
spearheading development of a publicity program to make the site
known to the general public.

Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR):

2006 – 2010 IPTAR Society Board (IPTAR governing board).

2003-present Chair: IPTAR Legislative Committee.

Developed strategies to counter adverse licensing legislation in New

York; spearheaded lobbying efforts for strong implementing
regulations; and spearheaded formation of the New York State
Psychoanalytic Confederation.

2005-2006 IPTAR representative to NYS Psychoanalytic

Confederation.

2004-2006 Member of the Society Board (governing board

of the IPTAR Psychoanalytic Society).
2003-2006 IPTAR representative: Regional Council of IPA
Psychoanalytic Societies.

2002-2004 Chair of the IPTAR extramural investigative

project, the “Section for the Study of Critical Issues in Psychoanalysis.”

Worked with IPTAR leaders to develop program of study groups,

each composed of IPTAR members along with psychoanalysts from
other institutes. Five study groups are ongoing: three studying
psychoanalytic technique, one studying theories of development,
and a fifth group studying the empirical basis of selected
psychoanalytic propositions. I also served as facilitator of one group
on technique.

2003-2005 Member of Policy Committee on Final Case Review.

2001-2003 Member of the IPTAR Institute Board (institute

governing board).

2001-2005 IPTAR representative to CIPS.

1997-1999 IPTAR Curriculum Committee.

PRESENTATIONS

“Symbolization and the fate of the ego in psychoanalysis”. Discussion

of papers on “Symbolization and De-Symbolization” at IPTAR Scientific
Conference, May, 2010.

“Psychoanalysis as a profession.” Paper given at APA Division 39

Conference (June, 2005).

“The New York experience: Lessons for a profession.” APsaA

Conference (January, 2006).

“The licensing crisis in New York: A call to action.” Talk given at IPTAR
and other societies and society governing boards (2003-2004).

“An Interview with Professor Martin Bergmann.” Videotaped interview

presented at Annual Conference of New York University Postdoctoral
Program in Psychoanalysis,” Winter, 2004.
“Love and the Object World.” Paper given at the Washington Square
Institute, January 1996.

“The Narcissism of Minor Differences Reassessed.” Paper given at the

Washington Square Institute, January 1995.

“The Psychoanalytic Contributions of Professor Martin Bergmann.”

Paper given at Society of Psychoanalytic Practitioners of Long Island,
April, 1995.

“Vicissitudes of Self Cohesion During the Dissertation Ordeal.” Paper

given at the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health, Conference on
Dissertation Dynamics, April 1986.

“Psychological Survival in the Performing Arts.” Workshop given at the

Actors Information Project, New York, N. Y., March, 1985.

"Interpretation and Working Through in Milieu Therapy.” Paper given at

various local agencies and county social service departments during
1975 and 1976.

PUBLICATIONS

Numerous articles about licensing laws and the structure and function
of professions, which have been published in local psychoanalytic
newsletters and widely distributed on email.

(2010) “Psychoanalytic Theory” (with Jerrold Brandell). In: Theory and

Practice in Clinical Social Work, Second Edition, ed. Jerrold Brandell. New
York: SAGE Press.

(2010) “Psychoanalytic psychotherapy with adults.” In: Theory and

Practice in Clinical Social Work, Second Edition, ed. Jerrold Brandell.
Glencoe, Ill: Free Press.

(2009) Relational Psychoanalysis: A Review. (with Jay Frankel).

Psychoanalytic Social Work, 16:105–125.

(2006). Psychoanalysis as a profession: Confronting the NAAP

challenge to psychoanalysis. Round Robin, Newsletter of the Psychologist-
Psychoanalyst Practitioners of the Division of Psychoanalysis, American
Psychological Association, XXI, No. 2.

(2004). Psychoanalysis in the United States: A new challenge.

International Psychoanalysis, Vol. 13, No. 1 (Summer Supplement).

(2003). Notes and the structure and functions of professions, with

special reference to psychoanalysis (Unpublished paper, privately
circulated).

(1999). Love and its objects: On the contributions to psychoanalysis of

Martin S. Bergman. Psychoanalytic Review, Vol. 86, No. 6.

(1997). Psychoanalytic theory (with Jerrold Brandell). In: Theory and

Practice in Clinical Social Work, ed. Jerrold Brandell. Glencoe, Ill: Free
Press.

(1997) Psychoanalytic psychotherapy with adults. In: Theory and Practice

in Clinical Social Work, ed. Jerrold Brandell. Glencoe, Ill: Free Press.

(1996). Book Review: “Dream Portrait,” by Daisy Franco, Alma Bond,

and Arlene Kramer Richards. Journal of Analytic Social Work, Vol. 3, No. 1.

(1996) On Love and the Object World. Issues in Psychoanalytic

Psychology, Vol. 18, No. 1.

(1995). On the Narcissism of Minor Differences. Issues in Psychoanalytic

Psychology, Vol 17, No. 1.

(1995). Book Review: “The Spectrum of Psychoanalysis: Essays in

Honor of Martin Bergmann.” Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, Vol 12, No.
2.

(1996). The Professional Identity of the Social Work Psychoanalyst:

Professional Affiliations and Future Prospects. Journal of Analytic Social
Work, Vol. 2, No. 4.

(1996). The Professional Identity of the Social Work Psychoanalyst:

Theoretical Orientations. Journal of Analytic Social Work, Vol.2, No. 3.

(1995). The Professional Identity of the Social Work Psychoanalyst:

Professional Activities. Journal of Analytic Social Work, Vol.2, No. 2.
(1995). The Professional Identity of the Social Work Psychoanalyst: The
Genesis of Professional Identity. Journal of Analytic Social Work, Vol.2, No.
1.

(1995). Book Review: “Treatment of the Submerged Personality,” by

Alexander Wolf and Irwin Kutash. Journal of the American Academy of
Psychoanalysis, Vol. 22, Number 4.

(1994). Book Review: “Conflict and Compromise: Therapeutic

Implications,” ed. by Scott Dowling. Journal of Analytic Social Work, Vol.1,
No. 3.

(1987). A Comparative Study of the Professional Identities of Social

Workers and Psychologists in Psychoanalytic Training and Practice
(Doctoral dissertation). University Microfilms: Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Abstracted in Social Work Research and Abstracts, Vol. 23, No. 3, Fall 1987,
p. 39.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR)

New York Freudian Society (NYFS)
American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA)
Confederation of Independent Psychoanalytic Societies (CIPS)
International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA)
American Psychological Association (APA)
(Member, Division for Psychoanalysis-Division 39), and Section for
Psychologist-Psychoanalyst Practitioners-Section 1)