Curriculum Vitae

• Employment Discrimination—Essex County; 2014; settled
• Personal Injury—Atlantic County; 2008; Plaintiff won
• Immigration—2011; 2013; Plaintiffs won
• Medical Malpractice—Essex County; 2011; Plaintiff won
• Medical Malpractice—Morris County; 2013
• Worker’s Compensation—Essex County;
• Workplace Discrimination—Essex County; Pending

Developed and maintained therapeutic milieu for acutely ill psychiatric patients; oversaw proactive program development of therapeutic environment; supervised Social Work and Occupational Therapy Departments on therapeutic interventions; monitored psychiatric internships for the Department of Psychiatry; coordinated interdisciplinary Quality Assurance program; represented the Medical Center and the Department in Community Affairs 3/89 – 9/90 Psychologist Department of Psychiatry St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, New Jersey Coordinated interdisciplinary treatment team meetings; performed psychological evaluations; trained psychiatric residents on appropriate group therapy and therapeutic interventions; instructed medical students on psychological assessments; supervised psychology graduate students on group process and psychotherapy; conducedt group therapy sessions with patients; provided in-service training seminars to staff. 3/88-3/89 Principal Clinical Psychologist Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital, Greystone Park, NJ Prepared psychological assessments on patients in acute care, admissions, and intensive treatment unit of a long-term psychiatric facility; conducted individual and group therapy with patients; supervised psychology interns; taught psychology interns administration, scoring and interpretation of the Rorschach; coordinated interdisciplinary treatment team to develop patient’s plan to facilitate discharge; consulted with other team members and patient’s family to discuss patient’s progress. 2/87-3/88 Staff Psychologist Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital, Greystone Park, NJ Mission of the Immaculate Virgin at Mt. Loretto, Staten Island, NY Foster Boarding Home, Refugee Assistance Program, and the Nursery Administered and interpreted psychological tests to make diagnoses and recommend treatment for American and Vietnamese children and adolescents in foster boarding homes; conducted individual psychotherapy, play therapy, and crisis intervention; member of interdisciplinary treatment team to develop and monitor childrens’ and adolescent’s progress in foster homes and school; presented in-service training to staff; facilitated bi-weekly support groups for caseworkers.

EDUCATION:

Yeshiva University, Ph. D., 1983; Experimental Psychology. Yeshiva University, M.A., 1983; Psychology. Trenton State College, B.A., 1975; Psychology.

POST-DOCTORAL STUDY:

Certificate in Psychoanalysis–Institute for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy of New Jersey, June 1996 Certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy–Institute for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy of New Jersey, June 1992

Clinical Presentations:

Psychological Influences on Physical Symptoms

Kohutis E.A.  June 15, 2006.   Psychoanalytic treatment of  a patient with irritable bowel syndrome:  From concrete to the symbolic. American Psychoanalytic Association.  Washington, D.C. Kohutis, E. A. 2000, April.  Somatic Disorders. New Jersey Psychological Association, Woodbridge, NJ Kohutis, E.A.  1999, December.  Somatizing Disorders. Seminar for faculty and residents in Department of Internal Medicine St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ. Kohutis, E. A.  1997, March.  Coping with irritable bowel syndrome. Irritable Bowel Support Group, Overlook Hospital, Summit, NJ. Kohutis, E. A. and others 1997, May. Control your stress and enjoy your life. St. Michael’s Medical Center, Newark, NJ. Kohutis, E. A.  1996, November.  Living with irritable bowel syndrome. Irritable  Bowel Support Group, Overlook Hospital,   Summit, NJ. Kohutis, E. A.  1995, October.  What is irritable bowel syndrome?  Diagnosis and treatment considerations. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ. Kohutis, E. A. 1991, October.  Coping with stress. Hadassah, Millburn-South Orange, NJ. Kohutis, E. A. (1991, May).  Stress on the job. Professional Secretaries

Women’s Issues

Kohutis, E.A. August 17, 2008.  Conversation Hour co-chair.  Eliza Doolittle’s  dilemma:  Why can’t a woman be more like a man. American Psychological Association.  Boston, Massachusetts, Division 39. Kohutis, E. A. April 12, 2008.  Invited Panel co-chair.  Gender and embodiment:  How bodies are theorized, exhibited and struggled against. American Psychological Association, New York, Division 39. Kohutis, E. A. April  20, 2007.  Love and death:  Failed Autonomy [unpublished manuscript]. American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada, Division 39. Kohutis, E.A. August 18, 2007. Symposium Chair:  Mother, Self,  and Other:  Ambivalence and Conflicts in the Hands that Rock the Cradle.  Presented paper:  Pursuit Avoidance in Psychoanalytic Treatment. American  Psychological Association.  San Francisco, California,   Division 39. Kohutis, E.A.  August 12, 2006.   Symposium Chair: Women in crisis. American Psychological Association.  New Orleans, Louisiana, Division 39. Kohutis, E.A.  October 29, 2005.  To be or not to be: A  psychoanalytic perspective on the ambivalence to becoming a mother. New Jersey Psychological Association. Kohutis, E.A. (April 12, 2002)  To Be or Not To Be: Questioning Motherhood. American Psychological Association, New York. Kohutis, E.A. July 31, 2001.  Post-Partum Depression. News12 New Jersey, Edison, NJ.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Kohutis, E.A.  October, 11, 2001.  Trauma and loss. Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ. Kohutis, E.A. September 22, 2001.  Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and War.  News12 New Jersey, Edison, NJ. Kohutis, E.A.  September 15, 2001.  Coping with loss.  News12 New Jersey, Edison, NJ. Kohutis, E.A. March 18, 2004. Conflicted identity: Culture as a defense [unpublished manuscript]. American Psychological  Association, Miami Beach, Florida, Division 39. Kohutis, E. A. 1995, May.  Coping with stress. Seminar for teachers of the Little Rock Nursery, Roseland, NJ. Kohutis, E.A.,  et al. 1994, April. Depression: An Overview.  Workshop for the Presbytery, South Orange,  NJ. Kohutis, E. A.   Sibling rivalry.  Mother’s Coop, Roseland, NJ Kohutis, E. A. 1993, May.  Short-term dynamic psychotherapy. Seminar to staff  members in the mental health center at John  F. Kennedy Medical  Center, Edison, NJ.

Cross Cultural Influences

Kohutis, E.A. 2000, August.  Saving Face:  A Case of  Unresolved Mourning.  American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C. Kohutis, E.A.  March  18, 2004.  Conflicted identity: Culture as a defense [unpublished manuscript]. American Psychological Association,  Miami Beach, Florida, Division 39.

Clinical Publications:

Kohutis, E. A.  2008.  Concreteness, dreams and metaphor:  Their import in a somatizing patient. Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychoanalysis.  36, 143-164. Kohutis, E. A.  January 2004. Niche Practice Specifications:  Working with patients with gastrointestinal disorders. American Psychological  Association, Washington, D.C., Division 42. Kohutis, E. A.  1999.  Review of Hidden affects in somatic disorders. Psychoanalytic Books, 10, 322-327. Kohutis, E. A. 1999.  Review of the book Symbolization:  Proposing a developmental paradigm for a new psychoanalytic theory of mind.  Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 68, 483-487. Kohutis, E.A.  1998. A psychological perspective of irritable bowel syndrome.  Journal of Clinical Journal Gastroenterology, 27, 158-161. Kohutis, E.A. Spring, 1998.Ooooh, I’m on  fire:  A psychoanalytic understanding of  irritable bowel syndrome. New Jersey Psychologist, 48, 30-32. Kohutis, E.A. Spring, 1998.  [Guest Editor] Somatizing Disorders:  Mind-Body Connection or Disconnection. In  New Jersey Psychologist, 48, 19-32. Kohutis, E. 1994.  “Psychological aspects  of irritable bowel syndrome,”  New Jersey Medicine, 91,  30-32. Kohutis, E.A. 2001.  A Potentially suicidal Patient. American Family Physician, 64, 879-882. Kohutis, E.A. 2001.   Review of The mystery of things.  Pychoanalytic Psychology, 18, 171-174. Kohutis, E. A.  2000.   Maintaining Interprofessional Relationships:  How difficult patients can undermine your practice (Unpublished manuscript.). Kohutis, E.  Winter, 1992.  “Psychologist- Physician Collaboration,”  New Jersey Psychologist, 42, 25-26 Kohutis, E. A. April 2002. Giving and taking away:  Generosity and the Need to Mourn.  American  Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.,   Division 39, Section V