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Martin Leichtman, Ph.D.
Biography / Credentials and Services

 

Location:
Midwest Psychiatry
7011 W. 121st Street
Suite 105
Overland Park, Kansas 66209

Phone: 913.345.1191
Fax: 913.345.1464

Education:
M.A. (1967) Clark University
Ph.D. (1972) Clark University
Internship (1977) Boston Children’s Hospital
Graduate (1987) Topeka Institute for Psychoanalysis
Licensure: Kansas

Diplomate: American Board of Professional Psychology

Professional Affiliations:
American Psychological Association
Greater Kansas City Psychological Association
Society for Personality Assessment

Areas of Specialization:
AD/ADHD
Anxiety Disorders
Autistic Spectrum Disorders
Behavior Disorders
Depression
Family Problems
OCD
Panic Disorders
Personality Disorders
PSTD

 

Groups Served:
Preschoolers
Children
Adolescents
Adults
Families

Services:
Diagnostic Consultation
Psychological Testing
Psychotherapy
Group Therapy
Work with Families
Supervision
Agency Consultation

Publications:

The influence of an older sibling on the separation individuation process. The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, 40: 111-161, 1985

The occupational hazards of having a physician for a father. In Medical Marriages, Glen O. Gabbard and Roy Menninger (eds.). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, 1988, pp. 103-121.

Concepts of borderline personality disorder. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 53:229-249, 1989.

Developmental psychology and psychoanalysis. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 38:915-930, 1990.

Psychotherapeutic interventions with brain injured Children: I. Diagnosis and treatment planning. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 56: 321-337, 1992.

Psychotherapeutic interventions with brain injured Children: II. Psychotherapy. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 56:338-360, 1992.

A model of short-term residential treatment: Parts I-III. In Contributions to Residential Treatment, 1995, Claudia Waller (ed.). Alexandria, VA: American Association of Children’s Residential Centers, 1996. Pp. 83-110.(With Maria Luisa Leichtman)

The Rorschach: A Developmental Perspective. Hillsdale, NJ: The Analytic Press, 1996.

Critical issues in short-term residential treatment: Facilitating the transition into the community: Parts I-V. In Contributions to Residential Treatment, 1999. Washington, DC: American Association of Children’s Residential Centers, 1999. Pp. 81-118. (With Maria Luisa Leichtman and Heather Cafferty)

The effectiveness of intensive short-term residential treatment with severely disturbed adolescents. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 71: 227-235, 2001.

Behavioral Observations. In Clinical Personality Assessment: Practical Approaches, 2nd Ed., James Butcher (ed.). New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. Pp. 303-318.

Psychotherapy in Group Care. New York: Haworth, 2003. (With D. Patrick Zimmerman, Richard Epstein, and Maria Luisa Leichtman)

Projective Tests: The Nature of the Task. In Comprehensive Handbook of Psychological Assessment: Vol. II. Personality Assessment. Michael Hersen (ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2004. Pp. 297-314.


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