Bonnie Gitlin, LCSW
Bonnie E. Gitlin, LCSW, has been in private practice since 1981 and on the faculty of The Women’s Therapy Centre Institute since1998. She ran groups on Eating and Body Image Problems for The WTCI from 1989-2002. She worked at Payne Whitney Clinic Adult Outpatient Department from 1981-89, where her responsibilities included individual and couple therapy, and cognitive behavioral treatment and clinical research in the Anxiety Clinic. She was a Staff Associate in Psychiatry at Cornell University Medical College from 1989-92, working on the NIMH multicenter study of nonmedication treatment of panic disorder.Degree
MA, MSWTitle
LCSWClinical Appointments/Hospital Affiliation
Faculty, The Women’s Therapy Centre InstituteDescription of Practice/Services Offered
Individual Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Couples Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Anxiety Disorders
Areas of Research
Nonmedication Treatment of Panic DisorderProfessional Education
- Post Master’s Fellow in Clinical Social Work, The Menninger Foundation, 1979
- MSW, 1976, SUNY at Stony Brook
- MA Special Education, NYU 1969
Credentials/Board Certification
LCSWPublications
- Gitlin, B and Zaphiropoulos, L. “Gaining Perspective: Transference and Countertransference, Eating Problems in Middle Age.” In Renfrew Perspective, Summer 2004.
- Shear, Ball, Josephson and Gitlin. Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Panic. In: Panic and Phobias 2, Treatments and Variables Affecting Course and Outcome. Ed. By Hand, Iver and Wittchen, Hans-Ulrich. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1988.
- Gitlin, Martin, Shear, Frances et al. “Behavior Therapy for Panic Disorder.” JNervMentDis v173, no5, 1985.
- Hanrahan, Gitlin, Martin et al. “Behavior Therapy of Anxiety Disorders: Motivating the Resistant Patient.” AmJPsychotherapy v 38 no 4, Oct 1984
- Gitlin, B., Leavy, A., and Martin, J. “Anxiety Disorders and Their Treatment.” Psychiatric Outpatient Clinics of America, Winter, 1983.
Presentations/Media
Workshops and talks in the areas of treatment of anxiety disorders, eating and body image problems, women and aging
Contact
680 West End Avenue, Ste 1E
New York, NY 10025
Phone: (212) 665-6249
BE1G@aol.com
Appointment Scheduling: by telephone
Office Hours: Monday-Friday
Insurances Accepted/Managed Care Accepted: Medicare with supplementary insurance
