About Us

CPPNJ was founded in 2009 as a result of a merger between two long-standing and well-respected institutes, The Contemporary Center for Advanced Psychoanalytic Study (CCAPS) and The Institute for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy of New Jersey (IPPNJ). In this merger, dedicated and experienced analysts are contributing their efforts to create an institute in which a wider range of course offerings and programming is possible.

The New Jersey Couples Therapy Training Center (NJCTTP), a division of CPPNJ, will begin offering classes in January, 2010.

Board of Directors

Seth Warren, Director
Michelle Bauer, Associate Director
Daniel Goldberg, Director, Couples Division
Veronica Bearison, Director of Training
Shawn Sobkowski, Dean of Students
Thomas Johnson, Dean of Faculty
Robert Levine, Treasurer
Rose Oosting, Director, Public Relations
Sandra Sinicropi, Director, Psychotherapy Center
Susan Stein, Candidate Representative

Training Committee

Veronica Bearison, Director of Training
Eric Sherman, Associate Director of Training
Shawn Sobkowski, Dean of Students, Co-Chair Class Scheduling
Robert Morrow, Co-Chair Class Scheduling
Michelle Bauer, Co-Chair Curriculum Sally Rudoy, Co-Chair Curriculum
Natalie Brown, Co-Chair Evaluations
Ruth Lijtmaer, Co-Chair Evaluations
Susan Masluk, Admissions
Janet Hoffer, CEUs
Janice Peters, Candidate Representative

CEU Committee

Janet Hoffer, Chair
Nanci Schwartz
Lillian Shaw
Nell Jackson

Curriculum Subcommittee

Michelle Bauer, Co-Chair
Sally Rudoy, Co-Chair
Thomas Johnson
Nina Williams

Couples Division Faculty

Daniel Goldberg, Director
Rose Oosting, Associate Director
Thomas Johnson, Director of Training
Robert Raymond, Dean of Students
Gail Kleinman, Co-Director, Admissions
Helene Schwartzbach, Co-Director, Admissions
Susan D’Aloia, Coordinator, Summer Institute
Maureen Gallagher
Nancy Hicks
Carolynn Hillman
Charlotte Kahn
Carol Marcus
Ellie Muska
Al Shire
Sandra Sinicropi

Trustees Committee

Seth Warren
James Garofallou
Nick Papouchis

Psychotherapy Center

Sandra Sinicropi, Director
Debi Roelke, Coordinator

Events Committee

Susan Masluk, Chair
Madine DeSantis
Dorothy Okeefe Diana
Alexandra Granville
Susan Jurish
Tara McSorley
Judi Oshinsky
Sherree Pecci
Robert Raymond

Candidates' Organization

Gayle Coakley, Co-Chair
Jeri Isaacson-Will, Co-Chair
Madine DeSantis, Secretary
Marlene Rybinski, Treasury
Susan Stein, Candidate Representative, Board of Directors
Janice Peters, Candidate Representative, Training Committee
Veronica Horenstein, Candidate Representative, NJCTTP

Public Relations Division

Rose Oosting, Director

Marketing

Robert Morrow, Chair
Judy Kaufman - Speaker's Bureau
Susan D'Aloia
Maureen Kritzer-Lange
Judith Oshinsky
Karyn Reader

Program

Carol Marcus, Chair
Maureen Gallagher
Mana Levine
Maria Lorditch
Lisbeth McGovern
Lauren Meyer
Wendy Newman
Judith Oshinsky
Paige Oszmanski
Margot Schwartz

Publications

Rose Oosting, Chair
Charlotte Kahn
Sally Rudoy
Nancie Senet

Recruitment

Marion Houghton, Chair
Gayle Coakley
Marlene Emery
Maureen Kritzer-Lange
Robert Levine
Judith Oshinsky
Debi Roelke

Website

Mary Lantz, Editor-in-Chief
Rose Oosting, Consulting Editor

E-Newsletter

Mary Lantz, Editor-in-Chief
Rose Oosting, Consulting Editor
Harlene Goldschmidt, Contributing Editor
Martha Liebmann, Contributing Editor
Ruth Lijtmaer, Contributing Editor
Karyn Reader, Contributing Editor
Debi Roelke, Contributing Editor