BIOGRAPHY
Vivian Eskin, PhD
Psychoanalysis & psychotherapy is a collaborative effort between patient & psychotherapist.
Dr. Vivian Eskin is a Training and Supervisory Psychoanalyst at The Contemporary
Freudian Society ( CFS) . She is a member of the IPA, APA, and IPTAR.
Dr. Eskin trained at The Contemporary Freudian Society (Adult Psychoanalysis), The Annie Bergman Parent-Infant Program (Certificate), and The Tavistock Relationships in London, UK (QP - Couple Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy).
Dr. Eskin teaches at various training institutes and universities in New York City (CFS, IPTAR, and Metropolitan Institute ). She also provides clinical supervision and conducts seminars on her own online continuing education platform.
She has published in the area of post-partum depression, maternal functioning when a soldier is deployed, traumatic bereavement, survivors of the Holocaust and medical illness, the role of the father ( in press) and addiction (in press). Her work is referenced in Social Work Today, the International Journal of Group Psychotherapy and Journal of Infant Observation. Her expertise lies in trauma and PTSD, early anxieties, depression, grief, loss, and bereavement in the life cycle, and addiction.
Dr. Eskin maintains an active private practice in the Upper West Side of Manhattan and sees patients both in-person and virtually on Zoom. She treats individual adults, adolescents, couples and parent/infant/toddler dyads, and works extensively with the LGBTQ+ community.
Publications
Publications discuss Dr. Eskin’s work with survivors of the holocaust, medical illness, ambiguous loss and the impact of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan on family members. Publications are as follows:
2016
2011
2010
2002
“Ambiguous Loss: Mourning Uncertain Death or Chronic Illness”. Social Work Today.1995
“The Impact of Parental Communication of Holocaust Related Trauma on Children of Holocaust Survivors and Second Generation”. In J. Lemberger (Ed.), A Global Perspective on Working with Holocaust Survivors and Second Generation. JDC-Brookdale Institute of Gerontology and Human Development, Jerusalem, Israel.1992
“Holocaust Survivors Facing Medical Illness and Hospitalization”. Social Work in Health Care, 18 (1).1991
“Clinical Issues in Working with Holocaust Survivors Facing Medical Illness”. Met Chapter forum, New York Society of Clinical Social Work Psychotherapists.