Welcome

My name is Deborah Serani, Psy.D. and I am a psychologist who specializes in depression and trauma. I also enjoy writing and serving as a resource for psychologically related issues in magazines, newspapers and television. . . anything that can bring psychology and psychoanalysis to a wider audience.

The information provided in this blog is to be used for educational purposes only. It should NOT be used as a substitute for seeking professional care, diagnosis or treatment of any psychological disorders.


Current Academic Position

Adelphi University, Garden City New York
Graduate Program in School Psychology: Adjunct Faculty


Academic Journals

Serani, D. (2008). If it bleeds, it leads: The clinical implications of fear-based programming in news media. Psychoanalysis & Psychotherapy, 24(4): 240-250.

Serani, D. (2005). Cutting: The quiet epidemic. Suffolk County Psychological Association. Spring: 3-15.

Serani, D. (2004). Expanding the frame: Psychoanalysis after September 11. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 68(1): 1-8.

Serani, D. (2002). The analyst in the pharmacy. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 32(2/3): 229-241.

Serani, D. (2001). Yours, mine and ours: Analysis with a deaf patient and a hearing analyst. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 37: 655-671.

Serani, D. (2000). Silence in the analytic space, resistance or reverie: A perspective from Loewald's theory of primordial unity. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 36: 505-519.




Print Interviews

ABC News
All You Magazine
Associated Press
All Things Medical Blog
Baby Talk Magazine
Campus Life Magazine
Canvas Magazine
Glamour Magazine
Genetics & Health Blog
Hudson Valley Parent Magazine
Long Island Exchange
Medscape
MSNBC.COM
Newsday
Naked Medicine
Parenting New Hampshire
Psychology Today
Sandusky Register
Scarsdale Magazine
The Free Press - Miami
The Journal Press
Women's Health & Fitness Magazine



Television

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Technical Advisor



Books

"The Tenth Session"
A psychological suspense fiction novel. Represented by Victoria Sanders Literary Agency

This blogpost will be updated as needed