Author
Dr. Katie Aafjes-van Doorn is a clinical psychologist, psychotherapy researcher and assistant professor. She received a MSc in Clinical Psychology at the University of Amsterdam, and MSc in Psychological Research, followed by a doctorate in Clinical Psychology at University of Oxford, and gained licensure in the UK. She did her postdoctoral research fellowship with Dr. Jacques Barber and his lab at Adelphi University, New York. In 2017 she became a full-time tenure-track faculty at Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University, New York. She teaches courses on psychotherapy process, and research design. She hopes to contribute to the "evidence-base" of psychodynamic psychotherapies by operationalizing psychoanalytic concepts such as defenses, affect experiencing, (counter) transference and reflective functioning, and to inspire the new generation of clinicians to continue to engage in psychotherapy research.
The Quest for Evidence-based Training
“Evidence-Based” Training? Research is important in the scientific field of psychotherapy, where we like to think of ourselves as “scientist-practitioners” who provide “evidence-based practice” (Overholser, 2012). However, when it concerns our professional training, this research emphasis appears to be conveniently forgotten. Therapists tend to spend many hours of their career in professional training, not only […]
Katie Aafjes-van Doorn, Psy.D.
March 24, 2022
Psychotherapy and Parents
Collateral work with parents is a widely adopted practice among child psychotherapists. In the early days of child analysis, parents were not necessarily involved in the child’s treatment, it is now widely believed that work with parents can enhance the effectiveness of child psychotherapy treatment, enabling the changes that take place within the therapy room […]
Tatianna Kufferath-Lin, PsyD + 3 more
October 17, 2021