Dr. Matthew Steinfeld

Associate Professor

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Biography

Matthew Steinfeld is a nationally recognized psychoanalytic educator and clinician whose expertise centers on the provision of psychoanalytic psychotherapy in community-based clinical contexts. He has received the APsaA Fellowship and the Psychoanalytic & Psychodynamic Teachers' Academy Fellowship from the American Psychoanalytic Association. Steinfeld serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association and is on the board of the Sándor Ferenczi Center at the New School for Social Research. His research interests focus on clinical theory and technique in psychodynamic psychotherapy, as well as the ways in which social, political, and economic forces intersect with unconscious processes to affect the provision of community-based psychotherapeutic care. Additionally, he is interested in the acoustic dimensions of psychotherapy. Steinfeld holds the position of Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Connecticut Mental Health Center’s Substance Abuse Treatment Unit.

Research Interests

Experience

Associate Professor

2012-01-01 — Present

Yale School of Medicine • New Haven, CT

Teaching and clinical practice in psychiatry.

Associate Director Clinical Training

— Present

Connecticut Mental Health Center • New Haven, CT

Overseeing clinical training related to substance abuse treatment.

Awards

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Medical Education Fellowship

2017-07-01
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Benjamin Wolstein Fellowship

2016-01-01
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Distinguished Faculty Award

2014-06-17
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Early Career Professional Scholar

2014-02-21
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Teaching Scholar

2013-01-01

Requirements for Yale University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
GRE General
TOEFL
Listening
Required:25
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Speaking
Required:7.5
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science, or Mathematics
Application Checklist
  • Statement of academic purpose
  • Unofficial transcripts
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Application fee ($105)
  • Resume/CV
Specialization Notes

Administered via the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS). GRE General is optional for PhD.