Leon Hoffman, MD
Leon Hoffman has been Director or co-Director of the Pacella Parent Child Center since its inception in 1991. He has long experience working with parents and their young children and in supervising professionals who work with parents and children. He is the co-director of the Research Center at NYPSI, serves as Chief Psychiatrist at the West End Day School in New York City and is an Assistant Lecturer at the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine. He has published widely concerning work with children and families.
Selected publications:
- Hoffman, L. & Blum, L. (2011, April 27). Listening to our children’s voices – Harder than it sounds: Try to listen to what the child or adolescent is saying [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/beyond-freud/201104/listening-our-children-s-voices-harder-it-sounds
- Hoffman, L. (2011, May 7). Mothers and Mother's Day: Helping mothers themselves find their own expertise with their children [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/beyond-freud/201105/mothers-and-mothers-day
- Hoffman, L. (2011, June 5). A father's importance for children - Thoughts for Father’s Day:
A father’s responsiveness and his emotional availability are key [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/beyond-freud/201106/fathers-importance-children-thoughts-father-s-day
- Murphy, S., Zweifach, J., & Hoffman, L. (2011). The everyday concerns of mothers of young children and the motivation to seek ongoing parenting support from experts. Early Child Development and Care.
- Hoffman. L. (2012). “Finding the good grandmother." In M. Hossein Etezady & M. Davis (Eds.) Clinical perspectives on reflective parenting: Keeping the child’s mind in mind. Lanham, MD: Jason Aronson.
- Hoffman, L., Catapano, C. & Meyer, K. (In press). Integrative role of psychodynamic principles in an interdisciplinary elementary school. In M. O’Loughlin (Ed.) Psychodynamic perspectives on working with children, families and schools.
Lanham, MD: Jason Aronson.
May Sickles, MD
May Sickles is the Associate Director of the Pacella Parent Child Center. She has been on the staff of the Pacella Parent Child Center and led groups since 1995. She sees children and parents in her private practice and has expertise in parent guidance.
Alice Rosenman, MS, LCSW
Alice Rosenman, our Program Coordinator, has long experience working with parents and children at Payne Whitney's Therapeutic Nursery, in regular education settings, and in private practice. She has been at the Pacella Parent Child Center for fifteen years, where she oversees the program and leads parent groups.
Selected publications:
- Hoffman, L., Nachman, P., & Rosenman, A. (2006). Voiced and unvoiced concerns of mothers: Psychodynamic principles address the challenges of early parenthood. Zero to Three, 26(5), 45–51.
- Musitano, J. & Rosenman, A. (2012). Separate and connected: A side-by-side model for intervening with mother-child dyads in small groups. Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy, 11(2), 96-112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15289168.2012.673412.
Kim McGarvey, MSW
Kim McGarvey is a child development specialist who has worked for twenty years with children of varying needs in a wide range of settings. Kim has been with the Pacella Parent Child Center for the past thirteen years.
Joan Musitano, LMSW, MSEd
Joan Musitano is a child development specialist and parent group leader who has been working at the Pacella Parent Child Center for over twelve years. Privately she practices child, adolescent, and adult psychotherapy, as well as infant-parent psychotherapy and parent guidance.
Selected publications:
Sarah Fox, MD
Sarah Fox joined our staff at the Pacella Parent Child Center in order to lead "The Moms and Dads of 'Tweens' and Young Teens Group." She has extensive experience working with adolescents and their parents in her private practice.
Jason Gold, PhD
Jason Gold has been on the staff and led groups at the Pacella Parent Child Center for 7 years. In his private practice, he works with children and parents and does developmental testing.
Tina Lupi, PhD
Tina Lupi did her doctorate in mother-infant research. She has been on the staff of the Pacella Parent Child Center and running groups for 10 years and does parent-child consultation in her private practice.
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