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Kenneth Frank


Kenneth A. Frank is an American clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst, and co-founder of the National Institute for the Psychotherapies in New York City, where he is Director of Training. A faculty member of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons from 1974–2009, he was Clinical Professor in Psychiatry from 1996-2009. He received his MA (1964) and PhD (1967) in Clinical Psychology from Columbia University.

Frank has published several books and numerous other scholarly publications examining psychoanalysis, cognitive-behavior therapy, and integrative psychotherapy. In particular, Psychoanalytic participation: Action, interaction, and integration.

He is on the Advisory Board of the International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, a faculty member of the Steven Mitchell Center for Relational Studies in New York City, and the Senior Consulting Editor of Psychoanalytic Perspectives: An International Journal of Integration and Innovation.

Representative publications

  • Frank, K.A. (2009). Ending with options. Psychoanal. Inquiry, 29:136–156.
  • Frank, K.A. (2007). Getting Practical in Analysis: A Review of Owen Renik’s Practical Psychoanalysis for Therapists and Patients. Psychoanalytic Perspectives, 5:149–158.
  • Frank, K. A. (2005). Toward conceptualizing the personal relationship in therapeutic action: Beyond the "real" relationship. Psychoanal. Perspectives, 3(1) 15–56.
  • Frank, K. A. (2002). The "ins and outs" of enactment: A relational bridge for psychotherapy integration. J. Psychother. Integration, 12:267–286.
  • Frank, K.A. (2001). Commentary: further thoughts about assimilative integration. J. Psychother. Integration, 11, 1, 131–152.
  • Frank, K. A. (1999). Psychoanalytic participation: Action, interaction, and integration. Mahwah, NJ: Analytic Press.
  • Frank, K.A. (Ed.) (1977). The Human Dimension in Psychoanalytic Practice. New York: Grune & Stratton.

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