Board of Directors
David E. Scharff, MD, Chair
Michael Stadter, PhD, Vice-Chair
Christopher T. Hill, PhD, Treasurer
Jill S. Scharff, MD, Secretary
Hugh F. Hill, III, MD, JD
Sheri Rosenfeld, MSW
IPI Metro Faculty
Director
Kate Scharff, MSW
301-951-3776
Co-Director
Sheila Hill, MSW
301-656-8544
Supervision Coordinator
Patrizia Pallaro, LCMFT, ADTR
301-390-2742
Administrator
Ewelina Kotalma
Instructors
Bonnie Eisenberg, PhD
3514 Glenmoor Dr.
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
301-652-3730
She has been in private practice in Chevy Chase, Maryland for 30 years. She is a past president of the Washington Society of Psychoanalytic Psychology.
She is a faculty member of IPI Metro. She is a graduate of the Two Year Training Program of the IPI, and she is currently in the Fellows II group of IPI.
Sheila Hill, MSW
5480 Wisconsin Ave.
Suite LL7
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
301-656-8544
shehill@erols.com
Rachel Kaplan, LICSW, LCSW-C
7000 Carroll Ave.
Takoma Park, MD
202-483-2660
rbkaplanmsw@msn.com
Rachel Kaplan is a graduate of IPI’s Core Program in Object Relations Theory and Therapy as well as its Infant Observation Program. She is also a four-year graduate of the Advanced Psychanalytic Psychotherapy Program of the Washington Psychoanalytic Foundation. Ms. Kaplan is in the private practice of adult and couple therapy in Washington, DC and Takoma Park, MD. She also specializes in treating mothers and babies struggling with postpartum depression. In addition to her work at IPI Metro, Ms. Kaplan is on the Steering committee and is a core faculty member of the Observational Studies of Infants and Young Children at the Washington School of psychiatry.
Mona Mendelson, MSW
Mona Mendelson is a
clinical social worker practicing in
Patrizia Pallaro, LCMFT, ADTR
301-390-2742
movingtheself@verizon.net
Dr. Pallaro is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Maryland and California, as well as a licensed psychologist and psychotherapist in her native Italy. Dr. Pallaro is bilingual, and applies her experience in cross-cultural and acculturation issues in her Maryland private practice of individual, family and group therapy. Formerly director of a psychiatric residential and day treatment program in San Francisco and faculty member at John F. Kennedy University’s Transpersonal and Holistic Counseling Center in Oakland, Dr. Pallaro has an extensive background in mental health, counseling, partial hospitalization philosophy, and body-oriented psychotherapy. She is on the faculty of Art Therapy Italiana, in Bologna, Italy. Published in the U.S. and Italy, she has compiled edited two volumes on Authentic Movement.
Jane Prelinger, LICSW
5028 Wisconsin Ave, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20016
In addition to her work with IPI Metro, Ms. Prelinger is Clinical Director of the Meyer Treatment Center and on The Steering Committee and faculty of the Clinical Program on Psychotherapy Practice-- both at the Washington School of Psychiatry. She has a private practice in Northwest DC.
Kate Scharff, LICSW, LCSW-C
Co-Chair, IPI Metro
Director of IPI Metro
9802 Inglemere Dr.
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
301-469-1477
kate@thecrt.com
www.katescharff.com
In addition to her work at IPI Metro, Ms. Scharff is in the private practice of child and adult psychotherapy with individuals, couples, and families in Bethesda, Maryland. She is also founder and Director of The Center for Relationships in Transition, a private agency providing general psychotherapy as well as specialized clinical services for families experiencing separation, divorce, and custody/visitation disputes. Ms. Scharff is Secretary of the Executive Board of the Metro Washington Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers, and Chair of the Mentor Committee of the Greater Washington Society of Clinical Social Workers. She presents and teaches widely in the areas of Object Relations child and adult psychotherapy and high conflict divorce. Among her writings is the recently published book Therapy Demystified: An Insider’s Guide to Getting the Right Help (Without Going Broke).
Guest Lecturers
Lisa Hunt, Ph.D.
Robin Gerhart, Ph.D.
Suzanne Iasenza, Ph. D.
Dr. Iasenza, a clinical psychologist, is Adjunct Professor of Counseling at John Jay College, City University of New York, and a faculty member at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. She maintains a private practice of psychotherapy and sex therapy in New York City. Dr. Iasenza has co-edited two books: Lesbians and Psychoanalysis: Revolutions in Theory and Practice (2000), and Lesbians, Feminism, and Psychoanalysis: The Second Wave (2004).
Gregory Lehne, Ph. D.
Dr. Lehne, a medical psychologist, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University of Science School of Medicine.
Mary Lindahl, Ph.D.
Mary Lindahl,Ph. D. is a psychologist and Chair of the Department of Forensic Psychology at Marymount University. She maintains a private practice of psychotherapy and supervision, with a specialty in child and adult trauma, child abuse, and forensic medicine. Dr. Lindahl has served as an expert witness in matters related to posttraumatic stress, child psychology, child trauma, and child abuse and neglect.
Barry McCarthy, Ph. D.
Dr. McCarthy is a professor of psychology at American University and practices individual, couple, and sex therapy at the Washington Psychological Center. He is co-author of 9 books, including Rekindling Desire (2003), Coping with Premature Ejaculation (2003), Getting It Right the First Time (2004), and Coping with Erectile Dysfunction (2004).
Hani Miletski, M.S.W., Ph. D.
Dr. Miletski is an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist (Diplomate) and Supervisor in private practice in Bethesda, Maryland. She earned her Masters in Social Work from the Catholic University in Washington, DC, and her Doctorate Degree in Human Sexuality from the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality in San Francisco. Dr. Miletski has been training professionals in the field of human sexuality, and has lectured nationally and internationally. She is the author of several professional articles, book chapters, and two books: "Mother-Son Incest; The Unthinkable Broken Taboo" and "Understanding Bestiality and Zoophilia."
Chris Paranicas, MSW
Michael Plaut, Ph. D.
Dr. Plaut is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Assistant Dean for Student Affairs at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He has served as course director for the school's required course in Intimate Human Behavior for the last 16 years. A licensed psychologist with a doctorate from the University of Rochester, he is certified as both a sex therapist and sex educator and maintains a practice through the Department of Psychiatry. He is a past president of the Society for Sex Therapy and Research and has served as editor of the Journal of Sex Education and Therapy. In 2004, he published Fast Facts: Sexual Dysfunction, co-authored with a gynecologist and a urologist.
David E. Scharff, M.D.
Co-Director, IPI
6612 Kennedy DriveChevy Chase, Maryland
301-951-3630
www.theipi.org
Dr. Scharff is Co-Director of the International Psychotherapy Institute (IPI). In addition to maintaining a private practice of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, he is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and at Georgetown University, a Teaching Analyst at the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, a former President of The American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT), and on the editorial boards of several journals. Dr. Scharff is the author, editor, or co-editor of over 25 books.
Jill S.Scharff, M.D.
Co-Director, IPI
6612 Kennedy Drive
Chevy Chase, Maryland
301-951-3590
www.theipi.org
Dr. Scharff is Co-Director of the International Psychotherapy Institute (IPI) and Chair of its International Institute for Psychoanalytic Training. Additionally, she is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown University and a Teaching Analyst at the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute. Dr. Scharff is the author, co-author, and editor of many books, including Object Relations Family Therapy, Object Relations Couple Therapy, Object Relations Individual Therapy, and most recently, The Facelift Diaries, The Primer of Object Relations 2nd Edition, and The Legacy of Fairbairn and Sutherland (co-edited).
Michael Stadter, PHD
Michael Stadter is a clinical psychologist and a member of the faculty and Board of Directors of IPI. He is also Clinical Psychologist-in-Residence in the Department of Psychology at American University in Washington, DC and on the faculty of the Washington School of Psychiatry. Dr. Stadter maintains a private practice in Bethesda, MD that includes long-term and brief psychotherapy as well as clinical supervision and organizational consultation.
He is the author of a number of publications including his book, Object Relations Brief Therapy: The Relationship in Short-term Work (1996) published by Jason Aronson, NY. He is the co-editor (with David Scharff) of the forthcoming book, Dimensions of Psychotherapy/Dimensions of Experience published by Brunner-Routledge, London (expected September, 2005).
Other publications include:
Object Relations Brief Therapy. In Brief Therapy with Individuals and Couples, ed. J. Carlson and L. Sperry. Phoenix: Zeig, Zucker & Theisen. (with D. E. Scharff), (2000); The Consultants As Part Of The Drama In A Family Business. In Self Hatred in Psychoanalysis: Detoxifying the Persecutory Object (2003), ed. S. Tsigounis and J. S. Scharff, Routledge Press; Brief Therapy with Personality Disorders published by Audio Library Presentations, American Healthcare Institute (1993).
Kathryn Thomas, Ph. D.
Dr. Thomas has worked in the area of sexuality/gender for 20 years. She holds faculty positions at several area colleges and universities including Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and has lectured extensively nationally and internationally on related topics. She maintains a private psychotherapy practice devoted to patients with sexual and gender concerns, and has contributed several articles and book chapters on the subject.