Jerald Grobman, MD
Dr. Grobman is a graduate of Tufts University School of Medicine. He is a board certified psychiatrist in private practice in New York City where ,for the last 25 years, he has specialized in the psychodynamic and cognitive/behavioral psychotherapy of gifted adolescents and adults .Currently he is a member of the Attending Staff of the Lenox Hill Hospital’s Department of Psychiatry where he is a senior supervisor in the psychology intern and externship training program. For a number of years he was the psychiatric consultant to the Open Heart Surgical Team at Lenox Hill Hospital. From 1975-1980 he was an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry of the Tufts University School of Medicine. While there, he established and was the director of the Group Psychotherapy Training Program and was a training instructor in the American Group Psychotherapy Association’s National Training Institute. He also developed a full service community-based mental health center and was the psychiatric consultant to the guidance staff of a middle school. In addition to his publications on giftedness,Dr. Grobman has published in the fields of community psychiatry, group psychotherapy and consultation/liason psychiatry.
His papers,
- Underachievement in Exceptionally Gifted Adolescents and Young Adults: A Psychiatrist’s View, The Journal of Gifted Secondary Education 2006,17:199-209
- A Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Approach to the Emotional Problems of Exceptionally and Profoundly Gifted Adolescents and Adults: A Psychiatrist’s Experience,Journal for the Education of the Gifted 2009 33:106-125
- Psychotherapy, ( a chapter in the Encyclopedia of Giftedness, Creativity and Talent ed. B.Kerr, September,2009 pp. 714-718 that reviews different types of psychotherapy for gifted individuals.)
are available for download from the publications section of the website.
Dr. Grobman is a member of the SENG (Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted) professional advisory board.
- He is a life member of The American Psychiatric Association
- He has presented at the annual convention of The National Association for Gifted Children
- He has presented at the Wallace Symposium, the Nassau Community College, the College of New Rochelle (AGEUS conference) and is a regular presenter at the SENG conferences.