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David Levit, PhD, ABPP, SEP
SE Practitioner (SEP)PhD, ABPP (Diplomate in Psychoanalysis and Clinical Psychology), SEP, Licensed Psychologist
Amherst, MA, United States
About
David Levit, Ph.D., ABPP, SEP, is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Amherst, MA since 1989. He is a Diplomate in Psychoanalysis and in Clinical Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) -- exceedingly rare dual board certifications. He is a Fellow at the American Board and Academy of Psychoanalysis and a Fellow at the American Academy of Clinical Psychology. He is also a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. He is Faculty and Supervising Analyst at the Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis (MIP) and Co-Founder, Chair, and Faculty of the MIP Postgraduate Fellowship-West Program. He is Instructor in Psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and former Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts Medical School. He is guided by a psychodynamic perspective with a contemporary relational orientation, offering both psychotherapy and psychoanalysis while integrating Somatic Experiencing. He works with a wide range of people from college-aged through older adults, addressing negative or vulnerable self-image, depression, anxiety, relationship problems, losses, and life transitions. His published scholarship in Psychoanalytic Dialogues (2018, 2022) provides theoretical foundations for SE-psychoanalytic integration. He also teaches at Austen Riggs Center.
Clinical Orientation
A practicing psychoanalyst who has written extensively on interweaving SE principles into psychoanalytic treatment of highly traumatized and dissociative patients. His published work in Psychoanalytic Dialogues articulates how somatic interventions enhance psychoanalytic holding and containment. Co-authored with Steven Cooper on Fairbairnian and American relational theory. Teaches at Austen Riggs Center.
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Education & Training
- PhD in Psychology
- Diplomate in Psychoanalysis (ABPP)
- Diplomate in Clinical Psychology (ABPP)
- Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP)
- Faculty and Supervising Analyst, Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis
- Instructor in Psychiatry, UMass Medical School
- Former Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Tufts Medical School
- Teaches at Austen Riggs Center
Certifications
- Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP)
- Diplomate in Psychoanalysis (ABPP)
- Diplomate in Clinical Psychology (ABPP)
Best for
- Severe early trauma
- Catastrophic dissociation
- Complex PTSD
- Psychoanalysis with somatic integration
Publications
- Somatic Experiencing: Enhancing Psychoanalytic Holding for Trauma and Catastrophic Dissociation, Psychoanalytic Dialogues (2022)
- Somatic Experiencing: In the Realms of Trauma and Dissociation, Psychoanalytic Dialogues (2018)
- Old and New Objects in Fairbairnian and American Relational Theory (chapter, with Steven Cooper)