Richard L. Rubens, Ph.D.
Psychologist, P.C.
CURRICULUM VITAE
OFFICE ADDRESS: 340 West 72 Street DATE
OF BIRTH: 20 May 1946
EDUCATION:
1977 - 1981 William Alanson White Institute of
Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, and Psychology, New York, N.Y.; Certificate in Psychoanalysis.
1973 - 1974 Harvard University Medical School,
1971 - 1976 Teachers College,
1968 - 1971 Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute
of Religion, New York, N.Y.;
B.H.L. in Rabbinic Studies.
1964 - 1968 Yale University,
ACADEMIC HONORS:
1977 – 1979 Clinic Fellowship, William Alanson White
Institute.
1977 – 1979 Elected to membership in Sigma Xi, the
Scientific Research Society of North America.
1976 Dissertation research at Columbia University
accepted as Outstanding.
1971 – 1973 National Institute of Mental Health,
Fellowship in Clinical Psychology at Columbia University.
1968 Graduated magna
cum laude from Yale University, with Departmental Honors with Exceptional
Distinction.
1967 & 1968 Twice won A. Conger Goodyear Award,
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2006 – present International Team Member, The
Urban Age, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK
1999 - present Supervising Analyst, William
Alanson White Institute,
1989 - present Supervisor of Psychotherapy,
William Alanson White Institute, New York, N.Y.
1985 - present Teaching Faculty, William Alanson
White Institute,
1976 - present Private practice of psychotherapy
and psychoanalysis.
1995 - 2011 Adjunct Professor, Clinical
Psychology Department, Teachers
College, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
1997 - 1999 Faculty, Kansas City Institute
for Contemporary Psychoanalysis,
1981 - 1998 Faculty and Supervisor, National
Institute for the Psychotherapies,
1984 - 1995 Adjunct Associate Professor,
Clinical Psychology Department, Teachers
College, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
1985 - 1989 Faculty,
1987 - 1988 Visiting Faculty,
1980 - 1983 Supervising Psychologist,
Clinical Psychology Internship Program, Psychiatric Institute, Columbia
University, New York, N.Y.
1978 - 1984 Adjunct Assistant Professor,
Clinical Psychology Department, Teachers
College, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
1977 - 1978 Consulting Psychologist,
Mid-Bergen Community Mental Health Center, Paramus, N.J.
1977 - 1978 Instructor, Program in
Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
1975 - 1977 Chief Psychologist, Central
Bergen Community Mental Health Center, Saddle Brook, N.J.
1974 - 1975 Staff Psychologist, Central Bergen
Community Mental Health Center, Saddle Brook, N.J.
1969 Community Organizer, Bronx Council for
Welfare Rights,
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
Forum for Urban Design: Member
Salzburg Congress on Urban Planning and
Development: Member
William Alanson White Psychoanalytic Society: Member.
American Psychological Association: Member, Division 39, Section 1.
Harry Stack Sullivan Society
of the William Alanson White Institute:
President, 1980-1981; Secretary,
1979-1980.
LICENSURE: New York.
PUBLICATIONS:
Rubens, R. L. Polarities of Experience: The Psychology of the Real. New York: Popolano
Press, 2017.
Rubens, R. L. Thoughts on psychoanalytic supervision. [unpublished paper] 1998.
Rubens, R. L. The
meaning of structure in Fairbairn. International Review of Psychoanalysis,
1984, 11 (4), 429-440.
Rubens, R. L. &
Lapidus, L.B. Stimulus
barrier functioning and patterns of arousal in schizophrenics and normal
controls. In, L. Bellak and L. Goldsmith, The
Broad Scope of Ego Function Assessment.
Rubens, R.L. Donatello and the Tragic Sense of Life. Dissertation, Yale
University. 1968.