Dr. Deborah Serani

 

In the Media

Academic Articles

Serani, D. (2019). Personalized medicine and psychoanalysis: How pharmacogenomic testing facilitates depression treatment. International Journal of Psychology and Psychoanalysis, 5:041. doi.org/10.23937/2572-4037.1510041

Serani, D. (2012, December 12). I have mental illness. Chicago Tribune, B.1

Serani, D. (2010). The importance of proper media coverage of suicide. Suffolk County Psychological Association, Summer Edition: 3-5.

Serani, D. (2008). If it bleeds, it leads: The clinical implications of fear-based programming in news media. Psychoanalysis & Psychotherapy, 24(4): 240-250.

Serani, D. (2004). Expanding the frame: Psychoanalysis after September 11. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 68(1): 1-8.

Serani, D. (2002). The analyst in the pharmacy. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 32(2/3): 229-241.

Serani, D. (2002). Understanding psychoanalysis. The Participant-Observer, 4(1): 4-6.

Serani, D. (2001). Yours, mine and ours: Analysis with a deaf patient and a hearing analyst. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 37: 655-671.

Serani, D. (2000). Silence in the analytic space, resistance or reverie: A perspective from Loewald's theory of primordial unity. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 36: 505-519.

Television

ABC News

CNN - Sole Survivor

HuffPost Live: Segment Guests

News12 Long Island

WPIX News

and more...

Books

Serani, D. (2024). Sometimes When I'm Jealous. Minneapolis: Free Spirit Publishing.

Serani, D. (2023). Living with Depression. Second Edition. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield.

Serani, D. (2023). Sometimes When I'm Worried. Minneapolis: Free Spirit Publishing.

Serani, D. (2022). Sometimes When I'm Bored. Minneapolis: Free Spirit Publishing.

Serani, D. (2021). Sometimes When I'm Mad. Minneapolis: Free Spirit Publishing.

Serani, D. (2020). Sometimes When I'm Sad. Minneapolis: Free Spirit Publishing.

Serani, D. (2019). The Ninth Session. Brookland: TouchPoint Press.

Serani, D. (2017). From Deborah. In O. Sagan and J. Withey (Eds.) The Recovery Letters (pp. 168-171). London: Jessica Kingsley Publishing.

Serani, D. (2016). Depression in Later Life: An Essential Guide. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield.

Serani, D. (2015). Fall down seven times, Get up eight. In P. Corrigan, J. Larson and P. Michaels (Eds.) Coming Out Proud to Erase The Stigma of Mental Illness: Stories and Essays of Solidarity  (pp 146-151). Collierville: Instant Publisher.

Serani, D. (2013). Depression and Your Child: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield.

Serani, D. (2011). Living with Depression. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield.

Radio

"Psych Up Live" with Dr. Suzanne Phillips: The Ninth Session

"Coffee Klatch Radio" Podcast: Depression and Your Child

"NPR Podcast - Mental Health Matters: Depression and Its Treatment

"Shrink Rap Radio Podcast: Living with Depression

LA Talk Radio: "On the Couch with Dr. Michelle Cohen" - Living with Depression

You: The Owner's Manual" Radio Show: Depression: Don't Miss the Signs

and more...

Print Interviews

ABC News

All You Magazine

Allure Magazine

Anchor Magazine

APAPractice.org

Associated Press

Baby Talk Magazine

BlogCritics

Brain World Magazine

BuzzFeed

Campus Life Magazine

Canvas Magazine

Chicago Tribune

Denver Post

EverydayHealth.com

Forbes Magazine

Glamour Magazine

HealthCentral.com

Healthline

HuffingtonPost

Livestrong.com

Long Island Exchange

Medscape

Mic

Mint.com

MSNBC.com

MTV

Newsday

Parenting New Hampshire

Psychology Today

Refinery 29

Romper

Sandusky Register

Scarsdale Magazine

Scary Mommy

Scientific American Mind

The Florida Times-Union

The Free Press - Miami

The Los Angeles Times

The New York Times

TodayShow.com

USAToday

Washington Post

Women's Health & Fitness Magazine

Your Tango

… and many more

“Education is not just the filling of a pail, it is the lighting of a fire.”

~ B. F. Skinner, Psychologist

 

 

“Thought is action in rehearsal.”

~ Sigmund Freud, Psychoanalyst

 

 

“To find a mountain path all by oneself gives a greater feeling of strength than to take a path that is shown.”

~ Karen Horney, Psychoanalyst

 

 

“We may define therapy as a search for value.”

~ Abraham Maslow, Psychologist

 

 

“The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.”

~ Albert Ellis, Psychologist

 

 

“What we see changes what we know. What we know changes what we see.”

~ Jean Piaget, Psychologist