Débora Kirschbaum Nitkin PhD, RP

Registered Psychotherapist

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TRAINING

Relevant training that I bring to your psychoanalytic treatment includes my first personal analysis completed in Brazil, and a second one in Canada (in progress), with experienced Lacanian Psychoanalysts. Alongside my personal analysis, my training consisted of participation in Lacanian reading groups, cartels, seminars and conferences (Lacanian School of Psychoanalysis of Campinas; Nucleus of Research of Nursing, Psychoanalysis and Mental Health (NUPPESM) of the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), São Paulo, Brazil; Brazilian School of Psychoanalysis, Section-São Paulo; Dr. Sonia Gustafson Estrada Gouveia’s reading groups). In Canada, I graduated from the Advanced Training Program of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy offered by the Toronto Psychoanalytic Society and Institute (TPS&I) in partnership with the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Toronto (2013- 2018), which consisted of theoretical seminars and experiential learning, under clinical supervision of clinical cases. I am engaged in on-going professional development by participating in psychoanalytical or mental health scientific events, reading groups, seminars, peer-support supervision with the following institutions, work groups, or colleagues in Canada, Brazil, United States of America and Mexico.

Currently, I participate in professional development activities offered by the following institutions/groups:

-Toronto Psychoanalytic Society

-Graduate Program in Nursing Science- State University of Campinas

-Peer-Support Study Group, Toronto  

EDUCATION

1983 – BSc, Nursing, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

1989 – M.Ed., Education, State University of Campinas, Brazil

1994 - PhD, Mental Health, State University of Campinas, Brazil 

2007 – Livre-Docência, Mental Health and Collective Health, State University of Campinas, Brazil

2009 - Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Nursing, University of Toronto, Canada.

2018 – Advanced Training Program Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Toronto Psychoanalytic Society, University of Toronto.

ASSOCIATIONS

I currently hold registration and professional memberships with the:

-Toronto Psychoanalytic Society and Institute (TPS & I) - Affiliate

-Canadian Association of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (CAPT) - Clinical Member

-Ontario Society of Registered Psychotherapists (OSRP) - Clinical Member

-Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO) - Member

-College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario – Member CRPO 005932

-College of Nurses of Ontario – Member CNO 13542482