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Biographical Description
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Peter Buirski, PhD is Clinical Professor and Dean Emeritus at the Graduate School of Professional Psychology.
I received my PhD in Clinical Psychology from Adelphi University and immediately joined the faculty of John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Concurrently, I undertook psychoanalytic training and graduated from the Psychoanalytic Institute of Postgraduate Center for Mental Health. I have earned the Diplomate recognition in both Clinical Psychology and Psychoanalysis from the American Board of Professional Psychology.
Throughout my career, I have been an academic, an administrator and a clinical practitioner. I came to DU in 1991 as Director of the School of Professional Psychology and became the first Dean of the Graduate School of Professional Psychology in 1993 when we were made a separate graduate school of the University of Denver.
My early research interests focused on primate behavior and personality which I pursued through field work on baboons in Kenya and chimpanzees at the Gombe Stream Research Centre in Tanzania. As a clinician, my scholarly work has focused on the exploration and elaboration of Intersubjective Systems Theory, a rich clinical perspective that informs my clinical teaching and supervision. At GSPP, I bring this perspective to my yearlong beginning psychotherapy seminar for first year students. For select advanced students, I teach a yearlong practicum in supervision where I oversee advanced students supervising the work of beginning students. I also teach an elective course in Intersubjective Systems Theory.
I am the co-author of Making Sense Together: the intersubjective approach to psychotherapy and the author of Practicing Intersubjectively. I have edited three books including co-editing, with Amanda Kottler, the recently published book New Developments in Self Psychology Practice.
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Curriculum Vitae
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Curriculum Vitae
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Curriculum Vitae
PETER BUIRSKI, Ph.D.
email: peter.buirski@du.edu
CURRICULUM VITAE
Address: Personal Data:
Graduate School of DOB: 02/07/44
Professional Psychology Married
University of Denver 2 children
2450 South Vine Street
Denver, CO 80208
303-871-2382 office
303-388-7237 mobile
303-871-4220 fax
Academic Training:
A.B. Miami University (Ohio), 1965
Major: Psychology
Minors: English Literature & Comparative Religion
Ph.D. Adelphi University, 1969
Major: Clinical Psychology
Certificate in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
Postgraduate Center for Mental Health; June, 1973
Certificate in Analytic Group Psychotherapy
Postgraduate Center for Mental Health; June, 1975
Certificate in the Supervision of the Psychoanalytic Process
Postgraduate Center for Mental Health; June, 1977
Current Positions:
Dean Emeritus and Clinical Professor, Graduate School of Professional Psychology, University of Denver;
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Medical School;
Faculty, Denver Institute for Psychoanalysis;
Private Practice
Honors and Awards:
Diplomate in Clinical Psychology - American Board of Professional Psychology, 1974
Diplomate in Psychoanalysis - American Board of Professional Psychology, 1997
Fellow, Academy of Clinical Psychology, 1994
Fellow, Academy of Psychology Psychoanalysis, 1997
University of Denver Commencement Speaker, August 2007
Previous Positions:
Dean, Graduate School of Professional Psychology, University of Denver 1991-2012
International Federation for Psychoanalytic Education, Secretary 1993-1995
Head of Training Division and Director of Adult Psychoanalytic Training Program,
Postgraduate Center for Mental Health, 1983-1988
Chairman, Department of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 1979-1983
Deputy Chairman, Department of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 1973- 1979
Coordinator of M.A. in Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 1972-1973
Editorial Positions:
Editorial Board, International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, 2006-present
Associate Editor, International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, 2005-2006
Associate Editor of Progress in Self Psychology, 2003-2005
Editorial Board of Psychoanalytic Psychology, 2000-2006
Editorial Board of Psychologist-Psychoanalyst, Newsletter of Division 39 of APA, 1985-1988
Editor of Group, Journal of the Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society, 1980-1983
Associate Editor and Book Review Editor of Group, 1976-1980
Organizational Membership:
American Psychological Association
Division 39 – Psychoanalysis, Section 1
Division 52 – International Psychology
Denver Institute for Psychoanalysis, Faculty Member
Denver Psychoanalytic Society
Thesis Topic:
Literature as a projection of the author's personality
Field Research:
Study of the social behavior of free-ranging chimpanzees: Gombe Stream Research Centre, Tanzania, July - August, 1973
Study of the social behavior of free-ranging baboons: Nairobi National Park, Kenya, July - August, 1970
Presentations:
6th National Conference of the Psychology of the Self, Cape Town, South Africa, 10th February, 2002
New Developments in Self Psychology Practice: Denver Psychoanalytic Society, Nov. 22, 2013
Practicing Intersubjectively: New Mexico Psychoanalytic Society, May 17, 2014
Publications:
Book Reviews:
Buirski, P. Ethology and Human Aggression: Notes on Anthony Storr's Human Aggression. Psychotherapy Bulletin, 1969, 18-19.
Buirski, P. Identity Group Psychotherapy with Adolescents, by Arnold Rachman, Ph.D. Group, January, 1976.
Buirski, P. Group Therapy 1975, by Lewis R. Wolberg, M.D. & Marvin Aronson, Ph.D. Group, July, 1976.
Buirski, P. The Hunting Hypothesis, by Robert Ardrey. Group, July, 1976.
Buirski, P. The Search for Oneness, by Lloyd Silverman, Ph.D., Frank Lachmann, Ph.D. & Robert Milich, Ph.D. Dynamic Psychotherapy, 1983, 190-192.
Articles:
Buirski, P. & Kramer, E. (1970). Literature as a projection of the author's personality. Journal of Projective Techniques and Personality Assessment, 34, 27-30.
Buirski, P., Kellerman, H., Plutchik, R., Weininger, R., & Buirski, N. (1973). A field study of emotions, dominance and social behavior in a group of baboons (Papio anubis). Primates, 14, 67-78.
Kellerman, H., Buirski, P., & Plutchik, R. (1974). Group behavior in a baboon troop: implications for human group process. In: Wolberg, L. R. & Aronson, M. (eds.). Group Therapy 1974. New York: Stratton.
Schlachet, P. & Buirski, P. (1974). Termination: analyzable or unanalyzable. Group, November.
Buirski, P. (1975) Some contributions of ethology to group therapy: dominance and hierarchies. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 25, 227-235.
Buirski, P. & Wright, F. (1977). Dominance and personality in short-term process groups. Group, 1, 45-55.
Buirski, P., Plutchik, R., & Kellerman, H. (1978). Sex differences, dominance and personality in the chimpanzee. Animal Behavior, 26, 123-129.
Wright, F., Buirski, P. & Smith, N. (1978). The implications of leader transparency for the dynamics of short-term process groups. Group, 2, 210-219.
Buirski, P. & Buirski, C. K. (1980). The split transference in the simultaneous treatment of mother and child. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 44, 639-646.
Buirski, P. (1980). Toward a theory of adaptation of analytic group psychotherapy. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 4, 447-459.
Buirski, P. (1982). The question of the appropriateness of group therapy for the developmentally arrested patient. Group, 6, 11-18.
Buirski, P. (1986). The psychoanalytic view of the nightmare. In: H. Kellerman (Ed.). The Nightmare. New York: Columbia University Press.
Cook, H. & Buirski, P. (1990). Countertransference in psychoanalytic supervision: an heuristic model. Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, 8, 77-87.
Buirski, P. & Plutchik, R. (1991). Measurement of deviant behavior in a Gombe chimpanzee: relation to later behavior. Primates, 13, (2), 207-211.
Block, P. & Buirski, P. (1992). Practical pitfalls of "Postdoctoral education for professional practice." American Psychologist, 47, 1243-1244.
Buirski, Cathy K. & Buirski, P. (1994). The therapeutic mobilization of mourning in a young child. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 58, 339-354.
Reckling, Anne & Buirski, P. (1996). Child abuse, self development and affect regulation. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 13, 81-99.
Buirski, P. & Haglund, P. (1998). The Wolf Man’s subjective experience of his treatment with Freud. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 15, 49-62.
Buirski, P. & Haglund, P. (1999). The selfobject function of interpretation. Progress in Self Psychology: Vol. 15. Hillsdale, NJ: Analytic Press.
McDonald, L., & Buirski, P. (1999). Prescriptions for practice. Denver Medical Bulletin, 89, 1-5.
Buirski, P. & Monroe, M. (2000). Intersubjective observations on transference love. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 17, 78-87.
Ryan, M. & Buirski, P. (2001). Prejudice as a function of self-organization. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 18, 21-36.
Buirski, P. (2004). Worlds of Experience: Interview with Robert D. Stolorow. Progresss in Self Psychology. Hillsdale, NJ: Analytic Press.
Buirski, P. The Paradox of Selfobject Relating: When Good Feels Bad. International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, 3. 263-272.
Muchnick, R. & Buirski, P. (2016). Social Media as Organizing but not Transforming Self-Experience. International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, 11, 142-151.
Books:
Buirski, P. (Ed). (1987). Frontiers of Dynamic Psychotherapy. New York: Brunner/Mazel.
Buirski, P. (Ed). (1994). Comparing Schools of Analytic Therapy. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson.
Buirski, P. & Haglund, P. (2001). Making sense together: the intersubjective approach to psychotherapy. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson.
Buirski, P. Practicing Intersubjectively. (2005). Lanham, MD: Jason Aronson (imprint of Rowman & Littlefield).
Buirski, P. & Kottler, A. (2007). New Developments in Self Psychology Practice. Lanham, MD: Jason Aronson (imprint of Rowman & Littlefield).
Translations:
Buirski, P. & Haglund, P. (2004). Making sense together: the intersubjective approach to psychotherapy. Tokyo: Iwasaki Gakujutsu Shuppansha.
Buirski, P. (2007). La paradoja de la relacion de selfobject. Discusion de la presentacion del caso presentado por Amy Eldridge. Aperturas Psicoanalyiticas, 26, 1-5.
Paperback Reprint:
Buirski, P. Practicing Intersubjectively. (2007). Lanham, MD: Jason Aronson (imprint of Rowman & Littlefield).
Buirski, P. & Kottler, A. (2007). New Developments in Self Psychology Practice. Lanham, MD: Jason Aronson (imprint of Rowman & Littlefield).
Buirski, P. & Haglund, P. (2010). Making sense together: the intersubjective approach to psychotherapy. Lanham, MD:
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Commencement Address