Susan Sherkow

Susan P. Sherkow, M.D. is a Training and Supervising Adult and Child Analyst  at both the New York Psychoanalytic Institute (NYPSI) and The Berkshire Psychoanalytic Society. She is on the faculties of Mount Sinai and Albert Einstein Colleges of Medicine, is the recent past President of Association for Child Psychoanalysis, and is the Chairman of the Faculty at NYPSI. Dr. Sherkow is a key figure in the development of a psychoanalytically-informed approach to treating infants, toddlers, and children with ASD in individual, dyadic, and family therapy.  She has presented and published extensively on the application of The Sherkow Center Method:  co-author of the book Autism Spectrum Disorder: Perspectives from Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience; and chapter contributions such as: “Managing arrogance in child analysis” in Arrogance: Developmental, Cultural, and Clinical Realms, and “Back to Freud’s beginning: Looking at Neuroscience through a Contemporary Psychoanalytic Lens” in Psychoanalytic Trends in Theory and Practice, and most recently on female autism, as well as the correlation between autism with gender identification differences. Additional publications on the subjects of Infant Development, Watched Play, Eating Disorders, and Sexual Abuse in Young Children have appeared in the Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, JAPA, Psychoanalytic Inquiry and in channels as diverse as Psychiatry Today, 60 Minutes, and TEDx Talks. Dr. Sherkow received the Ritvo prize in child psychoanalysis from the Yale Child Study Center in 2010.

 In 2012, Dr. Sherkow founded The Sherkow Center for Child Development and Autism Spectrum Disorder, a not-for-profit organization that supports training, low-fee treatment, and research. Dr. Sherkowcreated “Spark”, a unique mentoring format for offering low-fee psycho-social skills groups to youngsters and young adults with ASD and/or developmental delays. The Center is committed to empowering neurodiverse individuals to navigate and be part of the social world by focusing on emotional insight, self-awareness, and family-system and community support.