Dr. Gilbert W. Kliman, MD
Adolescent Psychiatrist | Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
2105 Divisadero Street San Francisco CA, 94115About
Gilbert W. Kliman, MD, is a renowned psychiatrist in his field who is affiliated with The Psychological Trauma Center, a division of The Children's Psychological Health Center, Inc. - a nonprofit organization, where he serves as the founder and medical director. At Preventive Psychiatry Associates Medical Group, Inc., Dr. Kliman is a consultant and an expert psychiatric witness who is retained by numerous law firms. He leads an organization that is actively seeking partners in the field of preschool therapeutic education in the entire nation. Additionally, he undertakes significant forensic consultation tasks across the nation. His team works with a Native American reservation to provide training and supervision for treatment services catering to special needs preschoolers.
Education and Training
Harvard Medical School MD 1953
University of Cincinnati BA 0
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Analyst in the nursery. Experimental application of child analytic techniques in a therapeutic nursery: the cornerstone method.
- Enuresis and spina bifida occulta.
- Memory, reconstruction, and mourning in the analysis of a 4-year-old child: maternal bereavement in the second year of life.
- Memory, reconstruction, and mourning in the analysis of a 4-year-old child: maternal bereavement in the second year of life.
- Improved visual recognition during hypnosis.
- The Cornerstone treatment of a preschool boy from an extremely impoverished environment.
Areas of expertise and specialization
Faculty Titles & Positions
- Medical Director Preventive Psychiatry Associates Medical Group, Inc. - Present
- Medical Director The Children's Psychological Health Center, Inc. - Present
- Formerly Chairperson Harlem Family Institute -
Awards
- Recipient Janusz Korczak award for "World's Best Book on Nurture and Well Being of Children" Year
- Anna Freud Award 2016
- Humanitarian Award of The American Psychoanalytic Association 2020
- Rieger Award of The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2020
- Weil Foundation Grant Awarded for forensic work with Asylum Seekers 2019
- Nomination for Sigourney Award of the International Psychoanalytic Association 2018
- Grant Award from the American Psychoanalytic Foundation 2017
Professional Memberships
- Fellow and Diplomate, American Academy Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association
- Diplomate of American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- Certified Psychoanalyst for Children, Adolescents and Adults
- American Psychoanalytic Association
- American College of Psychoanalysts
Fellowships
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine Interdisciplinary Fellow in Science and Psychiatry and Fellow in Child Psychiatry 1960
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