Bio of Dr. Mark Sehl

Dr. Sehl currenetly has a private practice working with couples, individuals, and groups as well as conducting private training groups with a focus on effective psychotherapy interventions working with the "difficult" patient, teaching Harm Reduction and Abstinence based treatment of Substance Use, interventions that avoid premature termination, and other topics.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Faculty, New York University

Training in Modern Psychoanalysis: Institute for Modern Psychoanalysis and the School for Training in Effective Psychoanalysis

Ph.D. in Clinical Social Work, New York University Silver School of Social Work

Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR) New York, N.Y. Certificate in Psychoanalysis

Certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Washington Square Institute for Psychotherapy and Mental Health, New York, N.Y,

New York University Silver School of Social Work, MSW,

Siena College, B.A. cum laude

OTHER TRAINING

Studied Self Psychology with Dr. Marjorie Taggart White in a group privately for 10 years.

Courses on countertransference and In-Service Training Program on supervising psychotherapists.  Metropolitan Center for Mental Health, 1973-1979.

PUBLICATIONS

Sehl, M. (1994). Stalemates in therapy and the notion of gratification, Psychoanalytic Review, 81 (2), 301-321. (click link to read article)

Sehl, M. (1998). Erotic countertransference and clinical social work practice: A national survey of psychotherapists’ sexual feelings, attitudes, and responses, Journal of Analytic Social Work, 5 (4), 39-55.

Sehl, M. (2002) One Woman's Struggle for Dignity. In A. Tatarsky (ed.), Harm Reduction Psychotherapy: A New Treatment for Drug and Alcohol Problems. New York: Aronson, 2002. (click link to read article)

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

“Modern Psychoanalysis and Effective Interventions in Psychotherapy:     Working With The ‘Difficult’  Narcissistic Preoedipal Patient” sponsored by the Metropolitan Society of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists- The David Wachstock Clinical Series, May 2, 2010

"Problematic Substance Use and Patient Retention: The Role Transference and Countertransference Play in Forming Effective Interventions presented at the NAAP 37th Annual Conference- Thriving in Turbulent Times: How Relevant is Psychoanalysis Today? - Desmond Tutu Center, Oct. 24, 2009, NY.

"Living With Chronic Illness"-In Search of a Cure for Mast Cell Disease-2009 Annual Conference, The Mastocytosis Society, Oct. 1-4, 2009, Tenafly, N.J. Talk Oct. 2, Mast Cell patients group moderator, Oct. 4.

Feedback from the TMS board: We were talking about you last night at the board meeting as to how well you handled the support group meeting at the conference. We all thought you did an outstanding job. THANK YOU!!

“Harm Reduction- Clinical Applications” with Michele Stocknoff at the NASW Addiction Committee, 50 Broadway, 4/25/07 and 4/18/08.

Harm Reduction 101 and 102
Oakland, CA, 6th National Harm Reduction Conference, Nov. 8-11, '06.

Workshop Presentation, The Multiple Meanings of Substance Use and the Therapeutic Relationship, 5th National Harm Reduction Conference, New Orleans, Nov. 11-14, ‘04.

Speaker and moderator for a workshop - “Harm Reduction Psychotherapy: An Alternative Treatment Approach” - NASW Annual Addictions Institute  - “Addictions Through the Life Cycle” May 7, 1999.

Presented a paper “Alcoholism and the Elderly” sponsored by the New York State Career Development Association -  Chemical Dependency, HIV-AIDS, and Physical and Substance Abuse and Trauma among African Americans, Greeks and Hellenic Americans, Latino, and Older Adults - April 17, 1999.

“On Countertransference” -  a lecture presented to social work students at the New York University Shirley M. Ehrenkranz School of Social Work, March, 1999.

Presented a paper "Recovery in an 83 Year Old Homebound Alcoholic Woman" at the 19th annual conference of the State Society on Aging of New York, October, 1991.

Presented as member of a panel on Alcoholism at the Saturday Series, sponsored by the Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and the Metropolitan Association of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists, 1990

Presented a paper on "Aging and Alcoholism" at the Senior Center of the Lenox Hill Neighborhood Association, 1986.

Presented a paper entitled "Reflections on Stalemates in Therapy and the Notion of Gratification" at a meeting sponsored by the Metropolitan Society of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists (also presented the same paper at the Long Island Institute for Mental Health) 1984.

TEACHING AND SUPERVISION

Effective Interventions in Psychotherapy - Working With the Difficult Client" - Educational/Supervisory groups-supervision and training of professionals in the mental health fields.

Individual and Group supervisor for staff psychotherapists and students in training for the Fifth Avenue Center for Counseling and Psychotherapy, New York.

Faculty of the Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, New York, N.Y.  Taught Self Psychology and Object Relations Theory.

Faculty of the Psychoanalytic Institute for Clinical Social Work, New York, N.Y.  Taught Psychoanalytic Technique and the Technique of Affective Disorders.

COMMUNITY WORK

Grief Counseling for the corporation Imagine Software following the aftermath of the 9/11 attack. Dr. Sehl facilitated a group of 60 employees and their managers, and provided counseling to staff members

Dr. Sehl was a grief counselor at the Aaliyah Memorial at Cipriano's. Aaliyah, a promising R&B singer-actress, died a tragic death at the age of 22 in an airplane crash. Aaliyah recorded "One in a Million" and was cast in Romeo Must Die.

Volunteer for Special Olympics - a world wide organization for people with intellectual disabilities.  

Presentation of What Leads to Problem Drinking -How to Help, on Alcoholism Awareness Week at The Juilliard School

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Dr. Mark Sehl is a graduate and member of the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR). IPTAR, a Component Society of the International Psychoanalytic Association.

National Association of Social Workers

National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis

Mental Health Professionals in Harm Reduction