Academic Experience

Professor and Director of Graduate Program of School Psychology, Brooklyn College, CUNY 1984-2003
Deputy Dean for Graduate Studies: Brooklyn College, CUNY 2000
Developed & Administered Seminars on Child Abuse at Brooklyn College 1990-2003
Brooklyn College Faculty Member 1967-1984
Faculty and Supervisor, Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis 1985-Present
Adjunct Clinical Professor in Psychology, Derner Institute, Adelphi University 1999-Present
Faculty New Hope Guild Continuing Education Program 1991, 1993
Supervisor: Whitman Institute 1982-1984

Professional Experience

Private Practice of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis 1969-Present
Consultant to Fire Department NYC (FDNY) 2002-Present
Board of Directors, American Psychological Association 2000-2002
Support Group Leader: American Infertility Association (Resolve) 1997-2001
Consultant to schools in Bangkok, Thailand 1996-2000
NY State Psychological Association Disaster Response Network 1995-Present
Developed & Chaired Women Psychologists for Legislative Action (WPLA) 1995-Present
Project Director, In-service Bilingual/Multicultural School Psychology Program. Grant from Office of Bilingual Education, USDEd 1994-1996
Project Director, Bilingual/Multicultural School Psychology Program. Grant from Office of Bilingual Education, USDEd 1991-1994
Chair NYU Postdoctoral Program International Conferences 1991; 1993
Consultant and reviewer of School Programs, University Programs 1980-Present
Continuing Education Workshops on various topics 1980-Present
Member NY Society Clinical Psychologists Psychological Services Center 1974-Present
Examiner, NYC Dept. of Personnel 1979-1981
Examiner, Board of Examiners, Board of Education, NYC 1969-1979
Psychologist, Mt. Sinai Hospital 1969-1970
School Psychologist, Board of Education, Nanuet, NY 1966-1967
Psychology intern, Board of Education, New Rochelle, NY 1966-1967

Education and Professional Training

New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis (Certificate in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy) 1979
Teachers College, Columbia University (Ed.D.) 1969

Licensures and Certifications

Certified, Disaster Mental Health –American Red Cross
Diplomate: American Board of Forensic Examiners
1997
Diplomate in Psychoanalysis, American Board of Professional Psychology 1996
National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology 1975
License: Psychologist, New York State 1970
Certificate: School Psychologist New York State 1967

Research

A Study of Russian Immigrants in United States and Israel, funded by CUNY Faculty Research Award. 1995–97
In-service Program in Bilingual Multicultural School Psychology, funded by OBEMLA of USDEd 1994-97
Bilingual-Multicultural School Psychology Program, funded by OBEMLA of USDEd 1991-94
Operant Discrimination in Middle-Class and Lower-Class Children, doctoral dissertation: 1969. Published JSAS, Vol. 2 1972

Honors

Presidential Citation, American Psychological Association 2000
Fellow: Divisions 1, 29, 39, 42 and 52 of the American Psychological Association
Cited in American Psychological Association's Leaders in School Psychology

Membership in Scientific and Professional Organizations

Fellow, American Psychological Association, Divisions 1, 29, 39, 42, 52

Member, American Psychological Association, Divisions 1, 2, 9, 16, 29, 35, 39, 42, 45, 51, 52

New York State Psychological Association, School, Clinical Division, (DRN)

International Council of Psychologists

New York Association of School Psychologists

Association of Women in Psychology

School Psychology Educators Council of New York State

Women Psychologists for Legislative Action (WPLA)

Offices Held in Scientific and Professional Organizations

American Psychological Association

Board of Directors 2000-2002
Taskforce on Early Education and Care 1999-2001
Chair
1999-2001
BOD Task Force on Psychological Resilience to Terrorism 2002-Present
Chair, Women's Caucus of Council 1999
Board of Educational Affairs 1997-1999
Chair, Curriculum Panel
1999
Working Group in Development of Psychology Marketplace 1996-Present
Chair, Parenting Group
1997-Present
American Psychological Association Site Visitor Present
Investment Committee 1995-1996
Finance Committee: Member 1993-1996
Chair, Subcommittee on minority recruitment American Psychological Association Task Force on minority recruitment in psychology 1990-1991
Policy and Planning Board, Member 1989-1992
Committee on Structure and Function of Council, Member, Chair 1986-1988
Task Force on Sexism in Graduate Education 1975

American Psychological Association, Division of Psychoanalysis (39)

Liaison to American Psychological Association 1998-1999
Parliamentarian 1995-1998
Representative to American Psychological Association 1992-1995
Council of Representatives 1996-1999
Section III Member of Board 1990-1993
Publication Committee 1987-Present
Membership Chair 1985-1987

American Psychological Association Division of Independent Practice (42)

Member Publication Committee 1996-1999

American Psychological Association, Division of Psychotherapy (29)

Member Fellows Committee 1996-1998
Member-at Large, Board of Directors 1989-1992
Chair, Task Force on Aging 1987-1989
Representative to APA Council 1985-1988
Editor, Bulletin 1983-1986
Member Committee on Graduate Education 1983-1984
Chair, Committee on Ethics 1982-1984
Member-at-Large, Board of Directors 1981-1984
Associate Editor, Bulletin 1981-1983
Secretary 1978-1981
Chair, Committee of History 1976-1978

Graduate Society of NYU Postdoctoral Program, Board of Directors

1992-1995

Women's Studies Program, Brooklyn College Advisory Board

1980-1982

New York State Psychological Association

Member of Executive Board of Clinical Division 1978-1981
Member Education & Training Committee 1973-1975

Brooklyn Psychological Association, Board of Directors

1975-1978

School Psychologist Educators Council of New York State

Treasurer 1975-1976
Newsletter, Editor 1976-1977

Psychological Consultation Center for Parents & Prospective Parents

Member of Executive Board 1976-1977

Papers Presented or Published

The Terror Part of Terrorism: The Role of Human Infrastructure in Terrorism Risks and Responding. Stamm, B.H., Tuma, F., Norris, F.H., Piland, N.F., van der Hart, O., Fairbank, J.A., Stamm, H.E., Higson-Smith, C., Barbanel, L., & Levant, R.F., IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, p. 1-12, January/February 2004.

Warning Signs of Learning Difficulties (2003). Barbanel, L., Stamm, B. Special supplement to American Profile Magazine, p. 4.

Psychology’s response to terrorism. Levant, R.F., Barbanel, L. H., & DeLeon, P.H. In A.J. Marsella, F. Moghaddam, & A. Bandura (Eds.). International terrorism and terrorists: Psychological perspectives. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2003.

Children’s Mental Health Needs and School Psychology. The Register Report, Vol. 28, Fall 2002. pp. 22-24.

Psychology’s Contributions to Disaster Relief –September 11 and Beyond. College of Staten Island, CUNY, NY. November 21, 2002.

The Impact of Technology on the Psychotherapeutic Process. Keynote Address, The Annual convention of Ohio Psychological Association, Technology and Other Practice Issues: They’re a Necessity, Not an Option!, Columbus, OH. October 4, 2002.

From School Violence to Safe Schools. NYSPA Notebook, Vol. XIV. No. 4. July/August 2002. p. 22-23.

Coping Healing and Resilience. Public Service Psychology, Division 18 Newsletter, Vol. 27; No. 2, Summer 2002. p. 1.

Psychoanalysis and International Policy. Chair & Moderator. APA Division 39, 22nd Annual Spring Meeting, Evolving Domains: Psychoanalysis in Dialogue with Science, Culture, and Technology, New York City, NY. April 12, 2002.

Chronicle of a Disaster: School Psychology’s response. The School Psychologist, Vol. 56, No. 2, Spring 2002, p. 45-47.

Chronicle of a Disaster. California Psychological Association Newsletter. Spring 2002.

Chronicle of a Disaster. The Independent Practitioner. Winter 2002, p. 14-16.

Chronicle of a Disaster. NYSPA Notebook, Vol. XIII. No. 6. Nov/Dec, 2001. p. 18-19.

Chronicle of a Disaster, Minnesota Psychological Association Newsletter, November 2001, p. 8-9.

Health and Prevention: New Horizons for Psychology. Washington Psychologist. August 2001.

Growing the Future: II. Symposium participant. Annual convention of the American Psychological Association, August 2000.

School Psychology and Psychoanalysis. Symposium Chair. Meeting of the Division of Psychoanalysis of the American Psychological Association, April 16, 1999.

Working Group on the Development of the Psychology Marketplace. Symposium participant. Annual convention of the American Psychological Association, August 1999.

Working with Children in the Schools. Brochure for Division 42's brochure project, 1999.

The State of School Psychology at the Turn of the Century. Dean's Forum Brooklyn College, November 18, 1999.

Surviving Infertility as a Couple. Resolve Conference, New York, March 1998.

Americans in Lacanian Paris: Report on Psychoanalytic Society's Summer 1995 Conference in Paris. Eighth Biennial Conference of the Psychoanalytic Society of the Postdoctoral Program of NYU, February 3, 1996.

The Russian Immigrant Experience: The Impact of Culture on Mental Health. Conference Chair. Brooklyn College, December 2, 1994.

Issues in the Psychoanalytic Treatment of Women, Chair, Symposium. Annual convention of American Psychological Association, Los Angeles, August 1994.

Psychoanalysis and School Psychology. Psychoanalytic Psychology. II, 2. Spring 1994, 275-285.

Immigration & Acculturation: Issues for Consideration. Keynote address. Conference: Psychological Service and Cultural Diversity: An Exploration. Brooklyn College, May 20, 1994.

Towards a Cross-cultural understanding of Psychoanalysis: Reflections on Three Cultures: Seventh Biennial Conference of the Psychoanalytic Society of the Postdoctoral Program. March 5, 1994.

Book Review: Maroda, Karen. The Power of Countertransference. New York: John Wiley, 1991. Psychotherapy 30, 1993.

Implementing a Bilingual Multicultural School Program. Symposium Chair. Annual convention of American Psychological Association, Toronto, August 1993.

Shame: Emerging Perspectives. Symposium Discussant. Annual convention of American Psychological Association, Toronto, August 1993.

Immigration & Acculturation: Theoretical Issues for Consideration. Second International Conference of the Graduate Society of NYU Postdoctoral Program. Jerusalem, August 1993.

Implementing a Bilingual Multicultural School Psychology Program. Symposium Chair. Annual convention of New York State Psychological Association. Albany, May 1993.

Psychoanalysis and School Psychology. Paper presented at Spring meeting of the American Psychological Association, Division of Psychoanalysis (39), Chicago, April 1991.

Women Therapists at Midlife. Psychotherapy in Private Practice, Vol. 8(2), 1990.
Cited in Women's Health by Rodale Press.

Book Review: The Personal Life of the Psychotherapist. New York: John Wiley, 1987. In Psychotherapy 25, No. 1, Spring 1988, p. 158.

The Death of the Psychoanalyst: An Introduction. Panel presentation, William A. White Institute, Crisis Committee of the William A. White Psychoanalytic Society, November 21, 1987. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Vol. 25, 1987, No. 3, pp. 412-418.

Book Review: Mays, Daniel T. and Franko, Cyril M. Negative outcomes in psychotherapy and what to do about it. New York: Springer, 1985. Psychotherapy 23, No. 1, Spring 1986, pp. 182-183.

The Death of an Analyst: Theoretical and Clinical Issues. Chairperson, Symposium. Spring meeting of the American Psychological Association, Division of Psychoanalysis (39). New York City, April 1985. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Vol. 25, No. 3, 1989, pp. 412-419.

Psychotherapeutic Treatment with the Orthodox Jew: Theoretical and Clinical Issues. Paper presented at Maimonides Hospital Mental Health Center, May 1984.

A Psychodynamic Approach to School Psychology. Keynote addresses. Annual School Psychology Conference at Queens College, January 28, 1983.

Empathy, Values and the Personality of the Analyst. Paper delivered at Conference of the Graduate Society of New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, January 16, 1982.

Short-Term Psychotherapy with Children in the Schools. In Handbook of School Psychology. Gutkin, T. and Reynolds, C. (Eds.) New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1981.

The Therapist's Pregnancy: Some Issues for Consideration. In The Psychology of Pregnancy, Birthing and Bonding. Blum, B. (Ed.) New York: Human Sciences Press, 1980.

All About Testing. Panel Leader. Rodeph Shalom Day School, New York City, November 6, 1979.

To Birth or Not to Birth. Conversation Hour. Annual convention of American Psychological Association, Division of Psychoanalysis (39), New York, September 1979.

Occupational Clinical Psychology: A New Field for Psychologists in Industry. Discussant, Annual convention of American Psychological Association, 1979.

Values, Biases and the Person of the Therapist in Psychotherapeutic Practice. Kings County Psychology Department, June 12, 1979.

Violence and Anger. Presentation, Rodeph Shalom Day School, New York City, May 10, 1979.

Transition to Parenthood, Psychodynamics and Implication for preventative Mental Health Programs. Symposium Chair. New York State Psychological Association, Saratoga Springs, May 1979.

Changing Hats: Moving from one Form of Therapy to Another. Symposium Participant. Division of Psychotherapy of American Psychological Association midwinter convention, Scottsdale, Arizona, March 1-4, 1978.

Peer Counseling Supervision and the Supervision by Peers. Symposium Chair. Annual convention of American Psychological Association Convention, San Francisco, California, September 1977.

Selected Values and the Psychotherapy Situation. Symposium Chair. Division of Psychotherapy of American Psychological Association, midwinter convention, Orlando, Florida, March 1977.

Guidelines for Nonsexist Use of Language. APA Task Force on Issues of Sexual Bias in Graduate Education (Barbanel, L., Birk, J.M., Brooks, L., Herman, M., Juhasz, J., Seltzer, R. and Tangri, S.). American Psychologist, Vol. 30, No. 6, June 1975, 628-684.

American Psychological Association, Division of Psychotherapy, midwinter conference, February 1975. Feminism in Therapy and Therapists.

A Content Analysis of Sexual Bias in Commonly Used Psychology Textbooks, with Birk, J., Brooks, L., Herman, J., Juhasz, J., Seltzer, R. and Tangri, S. JSAS, Vol. 4, Fall 1974, MS No. 733, 33 pages.

Attitudes Toward Job Responsibilities and Training Satisfaction of School Psychologists. A Comparative Study, with Hoffenberg-Rutman, J. Psychology in the Schools, 1974, 11, pp. 424-429.

Affective Education and Foreign Language Learning, with Disick, R. In The Challenge of Communication, ACTFL Review of Foreign Language Education. Vol. 6, 1974, Skokie, Illinois: National Textbook Company, pp. 185-223.

Psychology of Women. Presentation to New York University Postdoctoral Program Seminar, April 1974.

Book Review: Schaefer. Sex Differences in Personality. Journal of Personality Assessment. Vol. 38, 1974, No. 3, pp. 272-274.

How Psychology Views Women. Paper delivered at the University of Oregon, July 1973.

Operant Discrimination in Middle-Class and Lower-Class Children. JSAS, Vol. 2, Fall 1972, 17 pages.

Sex Differences in Play, Imagination and Creativity. Symposium Discussant, meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, April 1972.

The Psychology of Women and the Educative Process. The Proceedings of the XII Interamerican Congress of Psychology, 1972.

The Psychology of Women as a Scientific Inquiry - Is it Possible? Presented at the XII Interamerican Congress of Psychology, Panama City, FL, December 1971.

Workshops

Trauma and Disaster in Adults. Annual convention of Texas Psychological Association, San Antonio, TX, November 14, 2002.

Clinical Issues Associated With Reproductive Problems. New Jersey Psychological Association 2002 Fall Conference, Iselin, NJ, October 19, 2002.

An Overview of School Violence (Keynote address). Violence in the Schools: A New American Phenomena, New York Academy of Sciences, NY, May 31, 2002.

The Aftermath of Terror. APA CE Winter Weekend, February 7-10, 2002.

Therapeutic Issues with Menopausal Women. The Kaleidoscope of Women’s Lives: Complexities and Challenges of Psychotherapy with Women, Austin, TX, January 25, 2002.

Psychological Contributions to Prevention. Illinois Psychological Association, November 9, 2001.

Working with Parents of Difficult Children. DC Psychological Association, October 25, 2001.

Working with Parents of Difficult Children. Los Angeles, CA Psychological Association (LACPA), September 28, 2002.

School Violence. Annual convention of Texas Psychological Association, October 4-6, 2001.

Continuing Education Workshop on Leading Parent Workshops for Division 29, American Psychological Association. Major focus on developing parenting skills in relation to preventing child abuse, 1983.

Books

Psychoanalytic Reflections on Current Issues. Editor with Siegel, H.B., Hirsch, I., Lasky, J., Silverman, H., & Warshow, S. New York: NYU Press, 1991.

Editorial Experience

Reviewer: Professional Psychology 1995-Present
Editor: Bulletin of Division of Psychotherapy 1983-1986
Reviewer: Psychotherapy 1983-1987