How do psychoanalysts work with medication? What is the significance to both patient and analyst of an analyst prescribing medication?

?Dr. Garza will address these topics and provide clinical examples from his psychoanalytic practice.

About Our Speaker.
Luis Garza, MD
Dr. Luis Garza graduated from the University of Texas-Houston School of Medicine. He completed his psychiatry residency training at NYU in 2002. Upon completion of his residency, he enrolled in and graduated from the two-year Adult Psychodynamic Psychotherapy training program at PANY. Dr. Garza then pursued his analytic training at PANY, from which he graduated in 2011. For twelve years, Dr. Garza worked at the Columbia Presbyterian Hospital adult outpatient psychiatry clinic treating HIV and AIDS patients. While at Columbia, he served as the psychopharmacologist for all of the Columbia Psychology interns and provided the interns with teaching and supervision regarding issues related to medication and psychotherapy. Dr. Garza was also a staff psychiatrist at the NYU Medical Student Health Services, where he evaluated medical students and provides short term treatment and referrals. In addition to his academic positions, Dr. Garza has been in private practice for the past twenty one years.