Getting Started

Joel Kotin, M.D., is a clinical professor of psychiatry and human behavior at the College of Medicine, University of California at Irvine. He is also training and supervising analyst at the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute as well as at the Newport Psychoanalytic Institute. As a consultant child psychiatrist to the Children's and Youth Services of the Orange County Department of Mental Health, and director of Psychiatry at the Laguna Beach Community Clinic, Dr. Kotin has provided training to therapists from many disciplines, including psychology, social work, and psychiatric nursing. In the past, Dr. Kotin was a clinical associate at the National Institute of Mental Health, a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and a member of the Executive Council of the American Psychoanalytic Association. He has published numerous professional articles on psychopharmacology and community psychiatry as well as on psychotherapy.

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