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”’David A. Berkowitz, M.D.”’ is an American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and author known for his application of [[object relations theory]] to family, couple, and adolescent psychotherapy. He served as an assistant professor of psychiatry at [[Tufts University School of Medicine]] and directed family therapy training at New England Medical Center Hospital.<ref name=”Berkowitz1979″>{{cite journal |last=Berkowitz |first=David A. |title=The disturbed adolescent and his family: problems of separation-individuation in the family system |journal=Journal of Adolescence |volume=2 |issue=1 |year=1979 |pages=71–82 |doi=10.1016/S0140-1971(79)80004-4}}</ref> |
”’David A. Berkowitz, M.D.”’ is an American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and author known for his application of [[object relations theory]] to family, couple, and adolescent psychotherapy. He served as an assistant professor of psychiatry at [[Tufts University School of Medicine]] and directed family therapy training at New England Medical Center Hospital.<ref name=”Berkowitz1979″>{{cite journal |last=Berkowitz |first=David A. |title=The disturbed adolescent and his family: problems of separation-individuation in the family system |journal=Journal of Adolescence |volume=2 |issue=1 |year=1979 |pages=71–82 |doi=10.1016/S0140-1971(79)80004-4}}</ref> |
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David A. Berkowitz, M.D. is an American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and author known for his application of object relations theory to family, couple, and adolescent psychotherapy. He served as an assistant professor of psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine and directed family therapy training at New England Medical Center Hospital.[1]
Berkowitz held the position of assistant professor of psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine and served as Director of Family Therapy Training for Adult Psychiatry at New England Medical Center Hospital.[1][2]
His clinical and academic work focuses on integrating psychoanalytic principles particularly from the object relations tradition into systemic psychotherapy. His writing emphasizes the influence of internalized early relationships on family and couple dynamics.[3][4]
In his 1977 article, On the Reclaiming of Denied Affects in Family Therapy, he explored how the suppression and therapeutic recovery of repressed emotions affect family systems.[5][6]
In 1979, Berkowitz examined adolescent individuation in his article The disturbed adolescent and his family: problems of separation-individuation in the family system, offering a psychodynamic model for understanding developmental challenges in family contexts.[7]
He died on October 28, 2010, at the age of 66.[8][9]
Berkowitz is a contributing author to the 1989 edited volume Foundations of Object Relations Family Therapy, a key text in object relations–based family treatment.[10] He also co-authored the chapter Concurrent Family Treatment of Narcissistic Disorders in Adolescence in the same volume.[11]
In 1999, he published Reversing the Negative Cycle: Interpreting the Mutual Influence of Adaptive Self-Protective Measures in the Couple in The Psychoanalytic Quarterly, where he analyzed how early object-relational dynamics influence intimate relationships.[12]
- On the Reclaiming of Denied Affects in Family Therapy. The American Journal of Family Therapy (1977), 5(2), 19–27.[5]
- The disturbed adolescent and his family: problems of separation-individuation in the family system (1979), Journal of Adolescence, 2(1), 71–82.[1]
- The Influence of Family Experience on Borderline Personality Development (1989), Foundations of Object Relations Family Therapy.[13]
- Concurrent Family Treatment of Narcissistic Disorders in Adolescence (1989). In J.S. Scharff (Ed.), Foundations of Object Relations Family Therapy.[11]
- Reversing the Negative Cycle: Interpreting the Mutual Influence of Adaptive Self-Protective Measures in the Couple (1999). Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 68(4), 559–583.[12]
- ^ a b c Berkowitz, David A. (1979). “The disturbed adolescent and his family: problems of separation-individuation in the family system”. Journal of Adolescence. 2 (1): 71–82. doi:10.1016/S0140-1971(79)80004-4.
- ^ Berkowitz, David A. (1979-03-01). “The disturbed adolescent and his family: problems of individuation”. Journal of Adolescence. 2 (1): 27–39. doi:10.1016/S0140-1971(79)80004-4. ISSN 0140-1971.
- ^ “On the Reclaiming of Denied Affects in Family therapy”. December 1977.
- ^ “PEP | Read – The Relevance Of The Family To Psychoanalytic Theory.: By Theodore Lidz, M.D. Madison, CT: International Universities Press, Inc., 1992. 256 pp”. pep-web.org. Retrieved 2025-11-06.
- ^ a b Berkowitz, David A. (1977). “On the Reclaiming of Denied Affects in Family Therapy”. The American Journal of Family Therapy. 5 (2): 19–27. doi:10.1080/01926187708250338.
- ^ Berkowitz, D. A. “On the reclaiming of denied affects in family therapy”. Family Process. 16 (4): 495–501. doi:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1977.00495.x. ISSN 0014-7370. PMID 590477.
- ^ Berkowitz, David A. (1979-03-01). “The disturbed adolescent and his family: problems of individuation”. Journal of Adolescence. 2 (1): 27–39. doi:10.1016/S0140-1971(79)80004-4. ISSN 0140-1971.
- ^ “David Berkowitz Obituary (2010) – Newton, MA – Boston Globe”. Legacy.com. Retrieved 2025-11-06.
- ^ “Deaths BERKOWITZ, DAVID A.” query.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2025-11-06.
- ^ “The Influence of Family Experience on Borderline Personality Development”. pep-web.org. Retrieved 2025-11-06.
- ^ a b Foundations of Object Relations Family Therapy. Internet Archive. Northvale, N.J. : Aronson. 1989. ISBN 978-0-87668-946-2.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ a b Berkowitz, David A. (1999). “Reversing the Negative Cycle: Interpreting the Mutual Influence of Adaptive Self-Protective Measures in the Couple”. Psychoanalytic Quarterly. 68 (4): 559–583. doi:10.1002/j.2167-4086.1999.tb00548.x.
- ^ “The influence of family experience on borderline personality development”. January 1975.
