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Dustin Kahoud, Psy.D. is a clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst, and certified group psychotherapist in private practice in Great Neck, New York. His work is grounded in contemporary psychodynamic and relational approaches, with an emphasis on the complexities of the therapeutic relationship and the creative dimensions of the mind. Currently, his practices and teaching provides a focus on the use of technology and the virtual space of the telehealth platform for uncovering unconscious relational processes and adapting the essentials of online psychotherapy to the challenges of personal growth.
Dr. Kahoud earned his doctorate in clinical psychology from Long Island University (LIU Post) and completed postgraduate certificates in both Adult Psychoanalysis and Group Psychotherapy at Adelphi University’s Derner Institute. He teaches and supervises at several New York–area training programs, including the Derner Institute, LIU Post’s Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program, and the Training Institute for Mental Health, where he offers courses on ego psychology and relational psychoanalysis. In addition to his clinical and teaching work, Dr. Kahoud is the co-author of Sex, Drugs and Creativity: The Search for a Magical Solution (Routledge, 2019) and has published widely on the intersections of creativity, addiction, and the unconscious. He is a chair of the Adelphi Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy’s Meet the Author program where he helps connect the therapeutic community to relevant developments in literature on psychodynamic approaches. Dr. Kahoud’s clinical practice provides psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, and group psychotherapy for adults with depression, anxiety and mood disorders. In his clinical supervision groups for mental health clinicians he provides consultation to psychotherapists seeking to deepen their psychodynamic understanding and therapeutic presence. Dr. Kahoud is Adjunct Professor and Clinical Supervisor at the psychology doctoral programs of Adelphi University, LIU Post, and the Training Institute for Mental Health and maintains a private practice of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis based in Great Neck, NY. |
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Doctor of Psychology, Psy.D.
LIU Post - Long Island University
Postgraduate Program in Adult Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
Adelphi University's Derner Institute for Advanced Psychological Studies
Postgraduate Program in Group Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
Adelphi University's Derner Institute for Advanced Psychological Studies
M.S., Applied Psychology
LIU Post - Long Island University
B.A., English Literature, Writing Minor
Providence College
LIU Post - Long Island University
Postgraduate Program in Adult Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
Adelphi University's Derner Institute for Advanced Psychological Studies
Postgraduate Program in Group Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
Adelphi University's Derner Institute for Advanced Psychological Studies
M.S., Applied Psychology
LIU Post - Long Island University
B.A., English Literature, Writing Minor
Providence College
PUBLICATIONS
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BOOKSex, Drugs, and Creativity:
Searching for Magic in a Disenchanted World Dustin Kahoud and Danielle Knafo Publisher: Routledge, 2019 |
2015
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BOOK CHAPTERS
Personal and Professional Integration In A Dual-Oriented Doctoral Program
Danielle Knafo, Robert Keisner & Silvia Fiammenghi (Eds.), 2015 Becoming a clinical psychologist: Personal stories of doctoral training (pp. 13-28). London: Rowman & Littlefield. |
2015
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Two Sides of A Theoretical Coin:
Multiple Perspectives On Theoretical Training In Clinical Psychology Eva Feindler & Dustin Kahoud (2015). In J. Bresler & K. Starr (Eds.) Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy Integration: An Evolving Synergy. London: Routledge. |
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Kahoud, D. (2023). The rise of Oedipus Tech: Life in the shadow of the digital object. Psychoanalytic Inquiry.
Kahoud, D. (2014). The double-edged pen: Omnipotent fantasies in the creativity and addictions of Stephen
King. Psychodynamic Practice, 20(4), 328–339.
Haggerty, G., Kahoud, D., Walsh, E., Ahmed, Z., & Blais, M. (2013). A brief inpatient measure of symptom severity:
Initial validation of the Brief Symptom Measure-25 for an adolescent inpatient sample. Journal of Nervous and
Mental Disease, 201(11).
Haggerty, G., Kahoud, D., Walsh, E., Forlenza, N., Ahmed, Z., & Ditkowsky, K. (2013). A brief measure of psychological health and well-being: Initial validation of the Schwartz Outcome Scale (SOS-10) for an adolescent inpatient sample. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 201(3), 216-221.
Kahoud, D. (2014). The double-edged pen: Omnipotent fantasies in the creativity and addictions of Stephen
King. Psychodynamic Practice, 20(4), 328–339.
Haggerty, G., Kahoud, D., Walsh, E., Ahmed, Z., & Blais, M. (2013). A brief inpatient measure of symptom severity:
Initial validation of the Brief Symptom Measure-25 for an adolescent inpatient sample. Journal of Nervous and
Mental Disease, 201(11).
Haggerty, G., Kahoud, D., Walsh, E., Forlenza, N., Ahmed, Z., & Ditkowsky, K. (2013). A brief measure of psychological health and well-being: Initial validation of the Schwartz Outcome Scale (SOS-10) for an adolescent inpatient sample. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 201(3), 216-221.