Credentials and Experiences

Member, International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychology (IARPP)
Member, American Psychological Association Division 39 (Division of Psychoanalysis)
Member, American Psychological Association Division 51 (Division of Men and Masculinity)
Clinical Associate, The Safran Psychotherapy, Assessment, and Research Service at The New School
Past Member, The New School Cognitive Laboratory
Past Member, The Center for Attachment Research at The New School

Publications:

Self-Palliative Care: A Relational View of the Death Drive (2026). Submitted for publication.
Rafferty, Patrick. (2016) Borderline Personality Disorder: Is It Only a Woman’s Issue. https://www.promises.com/articles/borderline-personality-disorder-is-it-really-a-womans-issue/
Rafferty, Patrick. (2011). Overloaded and Overstimulated: Impaired Retrieval-Induced Forgetting and Borderline Personality Disorder (80pgs). Proquest Umi Dissertation Publishing.
Rafferty, Patrick. (2005). Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: An Analysis of a Controversial Evidence-Based Treatment. The New School Psychology Bulletin 3(2), 83-105.

Presentations:

Marc Carafa, PsyD; Patrick Rafferty, PhD; Penny Rubinfine, DSW, LCSW; Tracy Sidesinger, PsyD & Jessica Benjamine, PhD. (2026). Hate as Mission and False Reparation—Intergenerational Trauma, Loyalty and the Idealization of the Ancestors - Panel Presentation. The International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy Conference, Toronto.
Rafferty, P (2014). A Case Presentation on Differential Diagnosis: Late Onset Schizophrenia Verses Depression with Psychotic Features verses Dementia. Grand Rounds presentation to the Psychiatry Department of Interfaith Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.
Rafferty, P. (2012). The Structured-Treatment Inpatient Unit. Presentation presented to the nursing staff for the NS/LIJ The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, NY.
Rafferty, P. (2012). The Development and Proposal of an Inpatient Token Economy. Poster presented at the Annual Collaborative Care Council Poster Session for NS/LIJ The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, NY.
Rafferty, P., Argylen, M., Roy, D., & Minami, M. (5/1/2012). Neuropsychological Testing of an Acute Psychotic Inpatient Case. Presented to staff and residents at The NS/LIJ Zucker Hillside Psychiatry Residency Case Conference.

Professional Experience

Private Practice, 2014 – present
- Psychologist. Ongoing psychoanalytically-oriented psychotherapy for individuals, couples, and adolescents.
Clinical Associate, The Safran Psychotherapy, Assessment, and Research Service at The New School, 2019 – present
- Clinical Supervisor for First-Year Doctoral Students.
The New School for Social Research Psychological Services Personality Evaluation and Neuropsychological Testing Supervisor, 2014 – present
SelfWorks, P.C., 2015 –2016
- Part-time psychodynamic psychotherapist as a member of the SelfWorks group psychotherapy practice working with adults, couples, and adolescents.
Interfaith Medical Center, 2014
- Primary clinician on the 9 West Inpatient Unit.
North Shore/LIJ Zucker Hillside Hospital, 2012 – 2014
- Program Director – 2 West and Low 5 Women’s Psychiatric Inpatient Units.
- Assistant Professor, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry.
- Medical Residency Instructor, The NS/LIJ The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, NY.
North Shore/LIJ Zucker Hillside Hospital, 2011 – 2014
- Residency Psychotherapy Renewal Program.
North Shore/LIJ Zucker Hillside Hospital, 2010 – 2011
- Post-Doctoral Fellowship in First Episode Psychosis Adult Inpatient Psychology.
Bleuler Psychotherapy Center, 2010
- Psychologist for adults, couples, and adolescents.
Clinical Psychology Internship: Lenox Hill Hospital, 2009 – 2010

Credentials