Deborah L. Cabaniss, MD

As the Associate Director of Residency Training and Director of Psychotherapy Training in the Department of Psychiatry, Dr. Cabaniss teaches and supervises residents, coordinates the curriculum in the residency, and teaches psychodynamic psychotherapy to residents. She is also a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Columbia University Center for Training and Research.

Dr. Cabaniss' research interests primarily involve psychoanalytic and psychiatric education and she has authored many books and articles on this topic. She has been the recipient of many teaching awards, including a 2014 Presidential Teaching Award for Outstanding Teaching from Columbia University. She is a two time Teichner Scholar of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry, and is an author of "Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: An Expanded Approach" and "Different Patients; Different Therapies," which have become core reading in psychiatry residencies across the country and abroad. She co-teaches a department-wide seminar on writing for the lay public. She has a private practice in Manhattan, focusing on psychotherapy and psychoanalysis.