Deborah L. Cabaniss, MD

Specialties:
Psychiatry

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Overview

As the Associate Director of Residency Training and Director of Psychotherapy Training in the Department of Psychiatry, Dr. Cabaniss teaches and supervises residents, coordinates the curriculum in the residency, and teaches psychodynamics to medical students. She is also the Director of the Virginia Apgar Academy of Medical Educators at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and is a Training and Supervising analyst at the Columbia University Center for Training and Research.
Dr. Cabaniss' research interests primarily involve psychoanalytic and psychiatric education and she has authored many articles on this topic. She has been the recipient of many teaching awards, including a 2014 Presidential Teaching Award for Outstanding Teaching from Columbia University. She is a two time Teichner Scholar of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry, and is the lead author of "Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Clinical Manual" and "Psychodynamic Formulation" which have become core reading in psychiatry residencies across the country and Canada and which are being translated into Mandarin, Korean, and Farsi. With Lloyd Sederer, she teaches a department-wide seminar on writing for the lay public. She has a private practice in Manhattan, focusing on psychotherapy and psychoanalysis.

Academic Appointments

Professor of Clinical Psychiatry

Administrative Titles

Associate Director of Residency Training, Department of Psychiatry
Director of Psychotherapy Training, Department of Psychiatry

Hospital Affiliations

NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Gender

Female

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CUIMC/Herbert Pardes Building of the New York State Psychiatric Institute
1051 Riverside Drive

New York, NY 10032

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Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Internship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
Residency: New York State Psychiatric Institute

Board Certifications

Psychiatry

Honors & Awards

Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching, Columbia University 2014
Edith Sabshin Teaching Award, American Psychoanalytic Association 2009
Charles W. Bohmfalk Award for Excellence in teaching in the clinical years 2009
Roger MacKinnon Teacher of the Year Award, Department of Psychiatry 2009
Howard Klar Teacher of the Year Award, Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research 2007


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Research

Dr. Cabaniss' primary research interest has been in the area of psychiatric and psychoanalytic education.

Selected Publications

Cabaniss DL, Cherry S, Douglas CJ, Schwartz A: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Clinical Manual, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK, 2011
Cabaniss DL, Cherry S, Douglas CJ, Graver RL, Schwartz, AR: Psychodynamic Formulation, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK, 2013
Cabaniss DL, Arbuckle MA: Course and Lab: A New Model for Supervision. Academic Psychiatry 2011;35: 220-225
Cabaniss DL, Arbuckle MA, Douglas CJ: Beyond the supportive-expressive continuum: An integrated approach to psychodynamic psychotherapy in clinical practice. Focus 2010; VIII: 25-31
Cabaniss DL, Bosworth H: The Aim of the Training Analysis. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association 2006;54 (1): 203-229


For a complete list of publications, please visit PubMed.gov