Forensic Topics
This is a partial list of some past talks that I have given at local, state, national and international meetings. A full list of presentations and articles are in my c.v.
He said, she said, and I think: How Mental Health Professionals Come the Conclusions When Doing Assessments in Family Law Cases. December 16, 2017. New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, West Orange, NJ.
Connecting the Dots: Taking the Mystery out of the expert’s opinions. July 14, 2017. International Congress on Law and Mental Health. Prague, Czech Republic.
Assessment of Malingering, Somatoform Disorders and Factitious Disorders in Forensic Mental Health Evaluations. July 11, 2017. International Congress on Law and Mental Health. Prague, Czech Republic.
Is PA a Trustworthy Explanation of CSA Allegations in Divorce Cases. (Presented for Madelyn S. Milchman, Ph. D.) July 10. 2017. International Congress on Law and Mental Health. Prague, Czech Republic.
Handling Hidden Mental Health Issues in Family Law Cases. Psychological Testing: What does it really tell you. June 2, 2017. New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education. West Orange, NJ.
Managing Difficult Family Law Clients and Cases. Psychological Testing: What does it really tell you. September 14, 2016. New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education. Fairfield, NJ.
Malingering and Somatic Symptom Disorders in Adults Over Age 65: Relevant Concepts or Not? July 15, 2015. International Congress on Law and Mental Health. Vienna, Austria.
Managing Difficult Family Law Clients and Cases. June 19, 2015. New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education. New Brunswick, NJ.
Invited participant: Working successfully with the difficult client. November 26, 2013. New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education. New Brunswick, NJ.
Invited panel: Child Custody in the 21st Century. August 16, 2013. New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education. Atlantic City. NJ.
Clinical Topics
Over the years I have spoken extensively at county, state, national and international associations, to varied audiences on clinical topics. Some of my past talks include:
Psychoanalytic treatment of a patient with irritable bowel syndrome: From concrete to the symbolic. June 15, 2006. American Psychoanalytic Association. Washington, D.C.
Love and death: Failed Autonomy [unpublished manuscript]. April 20, 2007. American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada, Division 39.
To be or not to be: A psychoanalytic perspective on the ambivalence to becoming a mother. October 25, 2005. New Jersey Psychological Association.
Kohutis, E. A. October, 11, 2001. Trauma and loss. Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ.
Conflicted identity: Culture as a defense [unpublished manuscript]. March 18, 2004. American Psychological Association, Miami Beach, Florida, Division 39.
Saving Face: A Case of Unresolved Mourning. August 2000. American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.
Somatizing Disorders. December 1999. Seminar for faculty and residents in Department of Internal Medicine, St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ.