The Faculty

Richard G. Erskine, Ph.D., Training Director at the Institute for Integrative Psychotherapy, is a clinical psychologist with three decades of experience in the clinical practice and teaching of psychotherapy. He has specialized in the treatment of severely disturbed children, run a therapeutic community in a maximum security prison, and conducted a psychotherapy practice specializing in the treatment of obsession, dissociation, and schizoid processes. In 1972, as a professor at the University of Illinois, Dr. Erskine developed the initial concepts of Integrative Psychotherapy. By 1976 he established the Institute for Integrative Psychotherapy in New York City and each year teaches the theory and methods in several other countries and at other training facilities in the USA. He is the author of four books and numerous articles on the practice of psychotherapy.

Richard can be reached at Richard@IntegrativeTherapy.com.

Joshua Zavin, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Morristown, New Jersey since 1990. He has a general practice with adults that incorporates specialty areas of substance abuse and body-work approaches to psychotherapy. From 1987-1989 he was a Senior Psychologist at the Elmhurst City Hospital Outpatient Alcoholism Treatment Program in Elmhurst, Queens. From 1981-1987, he was a Licensed Massage Therapist in New York City. He has been the Program Chair of the Morris County Psychological Association (MCPA) from 2002-2004; Past President of MCPA from 1999-2001; Membership Chair of MCPA from 1996-1998.

Landy Gobes, MSW has had a private practice of psychotherapy in West Hartford, CT since 1975. In 1980 she established a psychotherapy training and supervision program which she maintains, also in West Hartford, CT. Landy served on the Board of Trustees of the International Transactional Analysis Association from 1987 to 1989. She helped write the Transactional Analysis Certification Council Training Manual and served as the first TACC Chairperson/ITAA Vice President of Training and Certification. Landy has written several articles for the Transactional Analysis Journal emphasizing an integrative psychotherapy perspective. She is a charter member of the Integrative Psychotherapy Association.

Joan Adria D’Amico, MSW, is a clinical social worker with an additional MA in Human Sexuality, Marriage and Family Life. She has been in both agency and private practice of psychotherapy for over two decades. She has organized support groups for women in county and state prisons, developed and taught curricula in human sexuality at universities in New York City, Westchester and Rockland counties, acted as field placement supervisor for schools of social work, lectured on topics of mental health. She is an Integrative Psychotherapist specializing in individual, group, and couples therapy, and maintains an ongoing supervision group for advanced practitioners. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the International Integrative Psychotherapy Association and co-founder of Integrative Psychotherapy Associates in New York and Hamburg, Germany.

Burkhard Hofmann, M.D., practices Integrative Psychotherapy in Hamburg, Germany. He has clinical experience in Internal Medicine, Orthopedics, and Psychiatry. He was responsible for introducing body-oriented group psychotherapy into the German hospital system for the treatment of chronic back pain. Currently, he is interested in the intergenerational effects of cultural trauma. An accomplished violinist himself, he treats many people in the performing arts. He is co-founder of Integrative Psychotherapy Associates in New York and Hamburg, Germany.

Peter L. Kingan, Ph.D., is a counseling psychologist with three decades experience in the mental health field. His current private practice in Patchogue, Long Island, New York, integrates clinical experience from residential treatment of emotional disturbed children and their families, university counseling centers, and public/private centers dealing with the issues of alternative lifestyles. In addition to psychotherapy to a diverse client population, Dr. Kingan provides supervision and consultation to psychotherapists, internship programs, and conducts therapy groups for persons undergoing cancer treatment.

Janet P. Moursund, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and Associate Professor Emerita in Counseling Psychology at the University of Oregon. Before her retirement from the University, she also conducted a private psychotherapy practice in Eugene, Oregon. She is the founder of the Eugene Community Counseling Center, a low-cost counseling facility now celebrating its 25th year of continuous operation. Dr. Moursund has authored ten books in various areas of psychology and psychotherapy, including three describing the theory and practice of relationship-focused integrative psychotherapy (two co-authored with Richard Erskine; one co-authored with Richard Erskine and Rebecca Trautmann). Her book, The Practice of Counseling and Therapy, is now in its fourth edition.

Fred Clark, M.Div. is a Connecticut State licensed mental health counselor and a Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst. He is the clinical director of the Center for Integrative Psychotherapy, Chesire, CT. Fred served as a pastor in the United Methodist Church for 20 years and in 1981 went into full time private practice. Fred’s practice includes individual, group and couples’ psychotherapy, supervision and training of beginning therapists, and he teaches two graduate level courses through Fairfield University. He has also authored several articles in the integrative psychotherapy field.

Marye O’Reilly-Knapp, DNSc is a psychotherapist in private practice in Devon, PA and an assistant professor in the School of Nursing at Widener University where she is developing a graduate program in psychiatric nursing.
She is certified as a clinical nurse specialist by the American Nurses Association certified by the American Group Psychotherapy Association, and is a certified clinical Transactional Analyst. She has published several articles in professional journals on trauma, dissociation, the schizoid process, and Integrative Psychotherapy. Marye has taught throughout the United States, Canada and in parts of Europe. She is currently training psychotherapists in Ryazan, Russia.

Carol Merle-Fishman, M.A., LCAT, LMHC is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Licensed Creative Arts Therapist and Certified Clinical Transactional Analyst. Over the past twenty-five years, Carol has worked in a variety of hospital and clinical settings including Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Hospital for Joint Diseases and Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services, and has held faculty positions at New York University, Molloy College, and Montclair State University. Carol is a past president of the American Association for Music Therapy, where she also served as a member of the Education and Training Committee developing standards and approving undergraduate and graduate Music Therapy training programs. She is trained in Music Therapy, Transactional Analysis, Gestalt Therapy and Integrative Psychotherapy. For the past fifteen years, Carol has maintained a private practice in Cortlandt Manor, New York where she works with individuals, groups and couples, offering specialties in postpartum adjustment and creative arts therapy, in addition to her general practice of integrative psychotherapy and relationally based counseling and therapy. Carol is the co-author ( With Shelley Katsh ) of The Music Within You. She is a founding member of the Integrative Psychotherapy Association..