Nachum (Andrew) Klafter, MD

Diagnostic, Psychiatric, Psychotherapeutic, and Psychoanalytic Consultations

Ilana Rosen LCSW-R and Associates is proud to have engaged Dr. Nachum (Andrew) Klafter as a consultant for our practice. He performs psychiatric evaluations for clients who may benefit from psychotropic medications, and for clients who are suffering form complex difficulties which require additional diagnostic evaluation. In addition, Dr. Klafter provides psychotherapy and psychoanalytic trainings for our staff therapists. Dr. Klafter is originally from upstate NY, where he attended college (SUNY Binghamton) and medical school (SUNY Buffalo). He completed his residency training in Philadelphia PA at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, where he also served as Chief Resident. Dr. Klafter has been providing lectures, training, and supervision to psychiatric residents, psychiatrists, and thearpists for the last 24 years. He is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and also by the American Board of Psychoanalysis. He was appointed as a Training and Supervising Psychoanalyst by the Cincinnati Psychoanalytic Institute and the American Association for Psychoanalytic Education. Dr. Klafter has lectured nationally and overseas on various topics related to of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. Dr. Klafter also serves as a forensic evaluator and expert witness in the American court system as well as for Batei Din (rabbinical courts which adjudicate marital, family, financial, and legal disputes according to Jewish Law).