Clinical Psychologist

Deborah Willson Bilder,Ph.D.

Professional Profile

Education

Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, St. John’s University, NY, 1996

B.A. in Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 1990

Licensure

CA license: PSY 19038

Current Positions

Private Practice, Los Angeles, CA 2004-Present

Professional Activities

Facilitator: Women’s Issues Significant Interest Group for professional members of Los Angeles Psychological Association: 2007-Present

Prior Clinical Positions

Psychologist III, Neuropsychiatric Behavioral Health Service, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital, LA, CA, 2003-2005

Private Practice, Chappaqua, NY 1999-2002

Psychotherapist, Center for Eating Disorder Recovery, NY, 2000-2002

Clinical Instructor of Psychology in Psychiatry & Professional Associate, Personality Disorders Institute, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Westchester Division, NY, 1998-2002

Staff Psychologist, Family Services of Westchester, NY 1998-2001

Postdoctoral Fellow of Psychology in Psychiatry, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical School, Westchester Division, NY 1996-1998

Advanced Training

Certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Los Angeles Society and Institute for Psychoanalytic Studies, LA, CA 2005

Psychoanalytic Foundations, Extension Division: Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis, LA, CA 2003-2004

Predoctoral Psychology Intern, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, the Long Island Campus for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY 1995-1996

Clinical Practica, St. John’s Center for Psychological Services and Clinical Studies, NY, 1991-1995

Psychology Extern, North Shore University Hospital, Division of Addictions Treatment Services, NY 1994-1995

Prior Teaching

Supervising Psychologist, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Psychology, UCLA Psychology Clinic 2004-2005

Coordinator, Psychology Externship Program, Family Service of Westchester, NY 2000-2001

Postdoctoral Fellow of Psychology in Psychiatry, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical School, Westchester Division, NY, 1996-1998

Clinical Instructor, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1997-1998

Current Professional Memberships

American Psychological Association                                                                                                                                      -Member: Division of Psychoanalysis                                                                                 -Member: Women, Gender and Psychoanalysis

International Association of Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy

Los Angeles County Psychological Association

Los Angeles Society of Clinical Psychologists

Academy for Eating Disorders

National Association for Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders

National Eating Disorders Association