Curriculum Vitae
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John C. Foehl, Ph.D.
33 Hancock Avenue ◆ Newton, MA 02459
jackfoehl@gmail.com ◆ (617) 492-0400
EDUCATION
Certification in Adult Psychoanalysis, American Psychoanalytic Association, 2006.
Graduate in Psyhoanalysis, Boston Psychoanalytic Society & Institute, Boston, MA, 2001;
Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, DuquesneUniversity, Pittsburgh, PA, 1991.
Dissertation: The Role of Feeling in Psychological Defense: An Empirical Phenomenological Study.
M.A. in Psychology, Clinical Emphasis, Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA. [1984 to 1985]:
M.A. in General Psychology,University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO, 1984.
Thesis: Approach and Fantasy—The Implications of Tradition in Fantasy Research.
B.A. in Psychology, Graduate with distinction. Minors in Biology and Russian,Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, 1978.
CLINICAL FELLOWSHIP/INTERNSHIP
7/90 to 7/91 Chief Psychology Fellow.McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA.Post-doctoral fellowship leading supervision seminar and case assignments for psychology interns and psychiatry residents; psychotherapy and psychological testing (48 batteries).
7/89 to 7/90 Psychology Intern.McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA.Clinical inpatient administration; individual, family and group therapy with inpatients and outpatients; psychological testing (25 batteries).
TEACHING
4/10 to Faculty. Existential Phenomenology and Psychoanalysis.Seminar for Advanced Candidates and Members (8 week seminar).Boston Psychoanalytic Society & Institute, Boston, MA.
9/09 to Faculty. Technique III Seminar for Candidate Year IV Class (12 week seminar). Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis, Boston, MA.
4/06 to Faculty.Technique IISeminar for Candidate Year III, (12 week seminar with Jim Dalsimer).Boston Psychoanalytic Society & Institute, Boston, MA.
7/91 to Clinical Instructor.Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
9/06 to 5/09 Faculty. Outpatient Psychotherapy Seminar (weekly all year) for PGY3 Harvard Longwood Residency Program, Brigham & Woman’s Hospital, Boston, MA.
7/01 to 4/09 Faculty. Resistance (12 week clinical/theoretical seminar each year).Advanced Training Program in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, Boston, MA.
3/07 to 4/07 Faculty. Clinical Case Study of Psychoanalytic Process (6 week course). Extension Division, Boston Psychoanalytic Society & Institute, Boston, MA.
9/05 to 6/06 Faculty. Where’s the Action in Psychodynamic Therapy (monthly seminar). Two Brattle Center, Cambridge, MA.
4/03 to 6/05 Faculty. Integration Seminar for Candidate Year V, (12 week seminar with invited faculty).Boston Psychoanalytic Society & Institute, Boston, MA.
3/03 to 5/03 Faculty. Non-Relatedness in Clinical Practice (6 week course).Extension Division, Boston Psychoanalytic Society & Institute, Boston, MA.
7/98 to 7/00 Faculty. Transference-Countertransference Interaction in the Hospital Setting for psychology interns (12 weeks each year). McLean Hospital, MA.
7/94 to 6/98 Faculty. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Case Seminar for psychology interns (12 weeks each year). McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA.
7/91 to 6/94 Faculty. Clinical Administration Seminar for psychology interns and PGY4 Residents (12 weeks each year). McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA.
9/87 to 5/88 Graduate Instructor. Introduction to Existential Phenomenology (two, one semester courses, 3 credits).Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA.
9/86 to 5/87 Graduate Instructor.Abnormal Psychology (two, one semester course, 3 credits).Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA.
9/86 to 12/86 Graduate Instructor.Developmental Psychology (one semester course, 3 credits).
9/85 to 6/86 Graduate Assistant to graduate course in Psychological Assessment.Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA. Instructing test administration; editing psychological reports; supervising students in volunteer assessments.
9/80 to 5/83 Teaching Assistant.General Experimental Psychology (three, one semester courses, 3 credits. University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO.
SUPERVISION
7/07 to Supervisor.Supervisor to Candidates.Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis, Boston, MA.
9/04 to 6/09 Advisor. Advisor to Candidate Class.Boston Psychoanalytic Society & Institute, Boston, MA.
7/04 to Supervisor. Supervisor to Advanced Training Program in Psychotherapy Fellows..Boston Psychoanalytic Society & Institute, Boston, MA.
7/00 to Supervisor. Supervisor to Psychiatry residents, individual psychodynamic psychotherapy (two residents bi-monthly each year). Department of Psychiatry, Brigham & Woman’s Hospital.
7/94 to Supervisor.Supervisor to clinical psychologists and psychiatrists, individual psychodynamic psychotherapy (currently six clinicians).Private Practice, Cambridge and Newton, MA.
7/04 to 6/06 Supervisor. Supervisor to Psychology Fellows, individual psychodynamic psychotherapy and case administration, (one fellow weekly each year).Two Brattle Center, Cambridge, MA.
7/94 to 6/96 Advisor in Psychology. Advisor to Psychology Interns (two each year).McLean, Member of the Training Advisory Committee.Department of Psychology, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA.
7/91 to7/00 Supervisor. Supervisor to Psychology interns, individual psychodynamic psychotherapy (one intern weekly each year). Department of Psychology, McLean Hospital.
EMPLOYMENT
7/04 to Private Practice.33 Hancock Avenue, Newton, MA 02459.
5/92 to 6/04 Private Practice. 1105 Massachusetts Ave., Suite 2C, Cambridge, MA02138. Psychoanalysis, individual and couples psychodynamic therapy for adults and adolescents.Massachusetts License #6282.
5/00 to 1/03 Attending Psychologist.Psychiatric inverview; psychotherapy.Brigham & Woman’s Hospital, Boston, MA.
7/90 to 4/94 Staff Psychologist.Outpatient psychotherapy provided to patients of diverse diagnoses in the Adult Outpatient Clinic; Affective Disorders Clinic; Woman’s Network Outpatient Clinic. (10-20 hrs. weekly).McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA.
7/92 to 1/94 Senior Therapist/Administrator.Team leader of therapist/administrators; diagnostic evaluation, short term individual therapy for psychiatric inpatients; consultation to outpatient treatment teams (20 hrs. weekly).Short Term Treatment Unit, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA.
7/91 to 7/92 Therapist/Administrator.Individual therapy/administration and group psychotherapy on an inpatient hall with adults and adolescents; psychological testing.McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA.
7/86 to 7/89 Therapist. Individual therapy with children and adolescents, ages 3 yrs. to 17 yrs (20 hrs. weekly).Northern/Southwest Communities Mental Health Center, Children's Unit, Pittsburgh, PA.
9/87 to 9/88 Therapist. Group and individual therapy with adolescent and pre-adolescent male victims of sexual abuse (Pro bono, 4 hrs. weekly). Family Resources, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA.
9/85 to 9/86 Therapist.Individual and group therapy with adults; diagnostic intake evaluations done weekly (15-30 hrs. weekly).Southwest Communities Mental Health Center, Outpatient Unit, Pittsburgh, PA.
5/83 to 8/84 Consultant and Trainer in Life Planning/Sexuality. Assessing for severe sexuality disorders and abuse; training in sexuality issues, social and life skills, to mentally retarded adults and adolescents, individually, in groups, and with families; Consultant to MR group home service providers. Self-Employed, Kansas City, MO.
9/82 to 9/84 Therapist and Case Manager. Individual therapy, family therapy, group therapy and case management with chronically mentally ill individuals and others; diagnostic intake evaluations; Community Liaison to Kansas City Board of Mental Retardation; founder of and co-consultant to "Families Who Care," a family support and lobbying organization for families of the chronically mentally ill in the Kansas City, Kansas area (40-60 hrs. weekly). Wyandot Mental Health Center, Kansas City, KS.
7/78 to 9/80 Child Counselor. Counseling, child care in a therapeutic/residential facility for with eighteen emotionally disturbed children; regular contact with families in developing parenting skills (40-60 hrs. weekly).Silver Springs School, Plymouth Meeting, PA.
RESEARCH
1/81 to 1/82 Senior Assistant Researcher. University Affiliated Facility, Kansas City, MO. Research in the area of service delivery for developmentally disabled individuals; NIMH Grant writing; Weekend seminars on working with the developmentally disabled.
9/80 to 5/82 Research Assistant.University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO. Statistical design and data analysis using SPSS; tutor for classes in Multiple Regression and Multivariate Analysis; trained students in using SPSS on University computer systems.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
7/09 to Technique Sequence Coordinator.Faculty Executive Committee, Boston Psychoanalytic Society & Institute, Boston, MA.7/03 to Faculty Executive Committee Member.Boston Psychoanalytic Society & Institute, Boston, MA.
7/06 to 6/09 Program Committee, Co-Chairman. Boston Psychoanalytic Society & Institute, Boston, MA.
7/06 to 6/09 Executive Council Member. Boston Psychoanalytic Society & Institute, Boston, MA.
7/97 to 6/01 Board of Directors Member.Massachusets Institute for Psychoanalysis, Boston, MA.
7/00 to 6/01 Past-President. Massachusetts Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology
(MAPP, Local Division 39), Boston, MA
7/98 to 6/00 President. Massachusetts Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology
(MAPP, Local Division 39), Boston, MA
7/97 to 6/98 President-Elect.Massachusetts Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology (MAPP, Local Division 39), Boston, MA
7/96 to 6/98 Education Committee Co-Chairman.Massachusetts Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology (MAPP, Local Division 39)
7/96 to 6/98 Continuing Education Program Director.Massachusetts Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology (MAPP, Local Division 39)
4/96 to 4/98 Coordinating Committee Member.American Psychological Association Division 39 Spring Meeting, Boston, Ma.
7/95 to 6/97 Executive Committee Member-at Large. Massachusetts Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology (MAPP, Local Division 39)
7/93 to 6/96 Education Committee Member. Massachusetts Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology (MAPP, Local Division 39)
Member. American Psychoanalytic Association
Member. American Psychological Association
Member. Boston Psychoanalytic Society & Institute
Member. International Psychoanalytic Association
Member. Massachusetts Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology
Member. Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis
ACADEMIC HONORS
2008 Felix & Helena Deutsch Prize for Psychoanalytic Writing
1986 Graduate Teaching Prize, Duquesne University
1983 Outstanding Graduate Teacher Award, University of Missouri
PUBLISHED WORK/PRESENTATIONS
Foehl, J. C. (2011). A phenomenology of distance: On being hard to reach. Psychoanalytic Dialogues,
Foehl, J. C. (2010). The necessity of illusion in the creation of “reality”: Commentary on paper by Christopher Bonovitz. Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 20, 642-653.
Foehl, J. C. (2010, June). Meet the Author: Donnel Stern, Partners in Thought: Working in unformulated experience, dissociation and enactment. Book discussant. Spring Meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Association, Washington, DC.
Foehl, J. C. (2010, January). The waiting room as boundary and bridge: Towards a dissociation model of the mind. Program in discussion with Christine Kieffer.Winter Meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Association, New York, NY.
Foehl, J.C. (2010). The play’s the thing: The primacy of process and the persistence of pluralism in contemporary psychoanalysis. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 46(1), 48-86.
Foehl, J. C. (2009, October).The enigma of transference.Program in discussion with Edgar Levenson.Boston Psychoanalytic Society & Institute, Boston, MA.
Foehl, J. C. (2009, October). Follow the fox: Edgar Levenson’s pursuit of psychoanalytic process. Deutsch Prize Presentation, Boston Psychoanalytic Society & Institute, Boston, MA.
Foehl, J. C. (2009, September). Follow the fox. Clinical presentation at the William Alanson White Institute, New York, NY. Donnel Stern, Discussant.
Foehl, J. C. (2009, February). Expression between self and other: A phenomenological understanding of intersubjectivity. Program in discussion with Lisa Folkmarson Kall.Boston Psychoanalytic Society & Institute, Boston, MA.
Foehl, J.C. (2008). Follow the fox—Edgar A. Levenson’s pursuit of psychoanalytic process. Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 77(4), 1231-1268.
Foehl, J. C. (2007, September). Recollection, the Developmental Metaphor, and the Phenomenology of Time.Presentation, Massachusetts Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology, Cambridge, MA.
Foehl, J.C. (2007, March). Inpatient Work in Outpatient Settings: Providing a Psychodynamic Frame for Difficult Treatment. Grand Rounds, Boston Institute for Psychotherapy, Brookline, MA.
Foehl, J.C. (2007, February). Dissociation and the Structure of Mind.Presentation, Two Brattle Center, Cambridge, MA.
Foehl, J.C. (2006, November). Non-relatedness in Work with the Distant Patient.Program, Massachusetts Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology, Cambridge, MA.
Foehl, J.C. (2005). “How could this happen to me?”: Sexual misconduct and us. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 53 (3), 957-970.
Foehl, J.C. (2004, September). Non-Relatedness in Clinical Practice.Symposium, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA.
Foehl, J.C. (2003, January). How Could This Happen to Me?” Sexual Misconduct and Us.Symposium at the American Psychoanalytic Association Winter Meeting (reporter).
Foehl, J.C. (2002, May). Treating the Schizoid Patient.Symopsium, Massacusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Ma.
Foehl, J.C. (2000, May). Transference and counter-transference in two traditions: Object relations and Lacan. Program, Massachusetts Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology.Cambridge, MA
Foehl, J.C. (1998, April). The prominence of perversions in everyday life.Co-Chair of Invited Symposium, Otto Kernberg & Sheldon Bach, Presenters.American Psychological Association Division 39 Spring Meeting, Boston MA.
Foehl, J.C. (1996, April). Providing a frame in psychotherapy. Workshop presented for the Brickley Clinic Symposium Series, EasternNazareneCollege, Quincy, MA.
Foehl, J.C. (1994, May). Developmental phenomenology: Merleau-Ponty’s contribution to epigenic theory. Society for Phenomenology and Psychiatry.Yale University, New Haven, CT.
Foehl, J.C. (1993, August). Psychosocial formulation as crisis intervention. Paper presented at the 101st Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.
Foehl, J.C. (1993, June). Countertransference and disclosure: The therapist’s free associations. Society for Phenomenology and Psychiatry.Yale University, New Haven, CT.
Foehl, J. C. (1992, June). Psychological defense: An antiquated concept? Paper presented at the McLean Hospital Psychology Colloquium, Belmont, MA.
Foehl, J. C. (1990, April). Interpretation in qualitative research: A critique of descriptive phenomenology. Paper presented at the 9th Annual Human Science Research Conference, Quebec, Canada.
Foehl, J. C. (1988, August). Feeling and knowing: The epistemological relevance of affect. Paper presented at the 96th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Atlanta.
Arndt, W. B., Foehl, J. C., & Good, F. E. (1985). Specific fantasy themes: A multidimensional study. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 48(2), 472-480.
Foehl, J. C. (1984, May). Dual diagnosis and the mentally retarded individual. Seminar presented at the Wyandot Training Institute, Kansas City.
Foehl, J. C. (1984, April). Case management as a therapeutic stance. Paper presented at the International Convention on the Chronically Mentally Ill, Chicago.
Foehl, J. C. & Goldman, M. (1983).Increasing altruistic behavior using compliance techniques.Journal of Social Psychology, 119, 21-29.
