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Lynn Irwin, PsyaD
Faculty
Dr. Irwin has been a life-long educator, having taught everything from physical education to kindergartners to college-level macroeconomics. His career has moved over time in the direction of greater interpersonal involvement with the people he works with, and he is now a psychotherapist and psychoanalyst.
He has studied at the University of Vermont, Plymouth State College, Dartmouth College, The Cyril Z Meadow Institute, and the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis. He volunteers at the Vermont Secretary of State’s Office of Professional Regulation on the Board of Allied Mental Health Practitioners.
He and his wife, Dr. Bonnie Irwin, own and operate Vermont Talk Therapy in Bradford, Vermont.
Bonnie Irwin, Psya.D.
Faculty
I am a certified psychoanalyst in private practice in Bradford, Vermont. I work with individuals and couples. I also have extensive experience with children.
My training began at the Vermont School of Psychoanalysis. When that school closed, I transferred to the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis. The loss of the Vermont community convinced me that it is important to create and maintain a professional community to nourish ourselves as we aim to provide the best experience for our
patients.
I was teaching full time when I began my analytic training. I found that the training informed my teaching and enriched my personal life. As a teacher, I had the opportunity to train with the Critical Skills Program at Antioch New England. Later, I was invited to become a trainer in that program. I worked with teachers in the US,
Scotland, England, and Wales. Inevitably, I learned as much from my students as I hoped to help them learn in my classroom.
Ioanis Papavassiliu, PsyaD, LMHC
Faculty
Ioanis Papavassiliu, PsyaD, LMHC is a graduate of the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis and the Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies. He is a clinical supervisor and has a private practice in New York City. For over thirty years as a clinician he has worked in a variety of settings with diverse populations including people diagnosed with severe and persistent mental illness, adolescents facing substance abuse problems, and perpetrators of domestic violence. In his private practice he works with a wide range of people with the aim of creating an environment of openness and emotional safety which makes self-acceptance and growth possible. His ongoing engagement with psychoanalytic theories from different schools of thought inform his clinical approach. He is an active member of the New York Adoption, Research and Psychotherapy group, and has served as a Fellow at the Referral Service at CMPS and was a member of the Planning Committee at the Brooklyn Seminars In Modern Psychoanalysis.
P. Reed Larsen, Jr.
Faculty
Colorado Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies
Kathy MacLeay, PhD, NCPsyA
Faculty
Kathy MacLeay, PhD, NCPsyA
is interested in many areas of psychoanalysis. She is writing a book in conjunction with offering a C.E. approved course on the treatment of eating disorders. Dr. MacLeay is researching novel techniques for the residential treatment of troubled children and adolescent. She also works with parents using modern psychoanalytic techniques to help them separate, individuate, and develop healthy and mature relationships with each other. Additionally, she is a pioneer in the use of animal therapy with this population. Kathy is a training analyst at CCMPS.
Robert Brill, MDiv, MSW, NCPsyA
Faculty
Robert Brill, MDiv, MSW, NCPsyA
practices psychoanalysis in Louisville, Kentucky. He works with individuals, couples, children, and groups. He has expertise with adult children of alcoholics (family of origin work) and addictions. He served as a chaplain in the United States Army Reserves for over 30 years. Robert has interests in the history of psychoanalysis and the lives of the founding psychoanalysts. He is also interested in how spirituality and dream work inform our personhood/individuation as part of the therapeutic process.
Travis K. Svensson, MD, PhD
Faculty & Board Treasurer
Travis K. Svensson, MD, PhD holds a PhD in Healthcare and Philosophy in Bioethics (University of Wales) and an MD (George Washington University), an ALM in Digital Media Design (Harvard), an MPH in Administrative Medicine (George Washington University), an MSc in Nursing Education (Western Governors’ University). He has graduate certificates in Pharmacology and Therapeutics (Univ of Wales College of Medicine) and Learning Design and Technology (Harvard). He has post-doctoral certificates in Family Nursing Practice and Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Practice (University of San Francisco). Travis has been involved in education throughout his 25 year career as a primary care provider, psychiatrist, addiction medicine and pain medicine specialist. He has taught at the community college, undergraduate, graduate and professional levels. Most recently he has been teaching bioethics, psychopharmacology, and psychoanalytic psychotherapy for advanced practice nurses. He has been a full-time online instructor at the University of the People as an expert in: Health Psychology, Biostatistics, Human Anatomy and Physiology, and Community Public Health.
Board
Helene Stilman, PsyD
Board President
Helene Stilman, PsyD
is a supervisor and training analyst on the faculty and board of CCMPS and has been in private practice since 1983 treating children, adults, couples, families and groups. She received her certification in psychoanalysis from the Philadelphia School of Psychoanalysis. She enjoys using her psychoanalytic training to understand and influence wider social systems, and consults to school systems and private organizations to resolve impediments to organizational growth and functioning. With this interest in mind she also serves on the Board of Trustees of the National Association for Psychoanalysis and as President of the New Mexico Psychoanalytic Society. She is a founding member of the Southwest Behavioral Health Independent Practice Association (SWBHIPA) and served as president of its board.
Travis K. Svensson, MD, PhD
Faculty & Board Treasurer
Travis K. Svensson, MD, PhD holds a PhD in Healthcare and Philosophy in Bioethics (University of Wales) and an MD (George Washington University), an ALM in Digital Media Design (Harvard), an MPH in Administrative Medicine (George Washington University), an MSc in Nursing Education (Western Governors’ University). He has graduate certificates in Pharmacology and Therapeutics (Univ of Wales College of Medicine) and Learning Design and Technology (Harvard). He has post-doctoral certificates in Family Nursing Practice and Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Practice (University of San Francisco). Travis has been involved in education throughout his 25 year career as a primary care provider, psychiatrist, addiction medicine and pain medicine specialist. He has taught at the community college, undergraduate, graduate and professional levels. Most recently he has been teaching bioethics, psychopharmacology, and psychoanalytic psychotherapy for advanced practice nurses. He has been a full-time online instructor at the University of the People as an expert in: Health Psychology, Biostatistics, Human Anatomy and Physiology, and Community Public Health.
Phyllis Beck, MS, NCPsyA
Board Member
Phyllis Beck, MS, NCPsyA
is a graduate of Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies. She has a license to practice psychoanalysis from the State of New York. She came to the practice of psychoanalysis by being a reading specialist, as a school psychoanalyst, grandmother and great grandmother. She has studied with many of the founders of CMPS. Practicing as a psychoanalyst for over 30 years has been an important part of her "being".
Art Nevins
Board Member
Colorado Center for Modern Psychoanalytic StudiesPolicies and Procedures in Hiring of Faculty
We encourage students and faculty to suggest potential teachers to our Board. The administration also recruits faculty based on reputation as teachers and/or researchers. The Board evaluates teaching candidates based on credentials, including required NAAP registration and current license to practice. New faculty will teach a course and based on student feedback the board will decide whether to add that person to the permanent faculty. The Training Committee will review student evaluations of faculty at each biannual meeting. If there should be a problem, the Board will be informed and will take the issue up at the next meeting. Steps to be taken with the faculty member are exploration of the issue, support and counseling if needed to improve the person’s performance.
The board meets at least twice a year, informal consultations can happen anytime.