Charles M. Jaffe MD is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Institute. His areas of interest include couple therapy and adolescence in addition to psychoanalysis, psychodynamic psychotherapy.
Dr. Jaffe’s writings focus on psychoanalytic theory, adolescent development, the theory of therapeutic action and the integration of clinical work and research. He has lectured across the United States and in China. Most recently, he co-led a conference at the Institute on “School is Out: Moving Beyond the Psychoanalytic Baby,” focusing on an integrated approach to neuroscience, an epigenetic hierarchical frame for clinical process, and a rational approach to a spectrum of treatment interventions.
Affiliations:
Dr. Jaffe is a retired Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Rush University Medical Center. He received the 1984 James Saft Award for Outstanding Clinical Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at Michael Reese Medical Center and has been a four-time recipient of the Residents’ Award for Outstanding Psychotherapy Teacher in the Psychiatric Residency at Rush University Medical Center. He is a Distinguished Life Fellow in the American Psychiatric Association and a Fellow of the American Board of Psychoanalysis.
Education:
He received his medical education at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and completed his residency in Psychiatry and Clinical Research Fellowship in Adolescence at the Michael Reese Hospital.
