COUNSELING CENTER and PSYCHOANALYTIC TRAINING INSTITUTE

The Blanton-Peale Institute is a non-sectarian educational and mental health service organization that was founded in 1937 by the internationally famous pastor and author, the Rev. Norman Vincent Peale (of Marble Collegiate Church), and the eminent psychiatrist Dr. Smiley Blanton. Blanton-Peale was established to bring together the insights of the evolving fields of psychiatry and psychotherapy with the wisdom of the great spiritual traditions to help modern men and women, families and caregivers, deal with the psychological, emotional, and spiritual stresses of contemporary life. Blanton-Peale is the hub of a network of affiliated counseling centers and educational institutions that share its philosophy in the tri-state area and nationally.

Blanton-Peale Graduate Institute (BPGI)
A New York State License Qualifying Institute
Absolute Charter by the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York

The Blanton-Peale Graduate Institute encompasses a license qualifying, New York State Education Department, American Board of Accreditation for Psychoanalysis (ABAP) certified Psychoanalytic training program. The Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AMFT) certified training in Marriage and Family Therapy and the American Association for Pastoral Counseling (AAPC) approved Korean and English language programs in Pastoral Counseling.

The Graduate Institute at Blanton-Peale offers several academic programs under an Absolute Charter from the State of New York. Our two certificate-granting residency programs are Psychoanalysis and Marriage and Family Therapy. The Psychoanalytic Program is license qualifying. The foundation of these programs is a belief that the psychoanalyst, mental health worker and the clergy person can benefit from an integration of the understandings and insights of modern psychology, psychoanalysis and the great religious traditions.

The Graduate Institute is affiliated with our on-site New York State Office of Mental Health certified Blanton-Peale Counseling Center servicing the immediate community. The BPI Counseling Center provides clinical training for psychoanalytic and marriage and family residents in the Blanton-Peale Graduate Institute Programs. The professional staff represents a wide range of clinical disciplines, theoretical approaches, cultural-ethnic identities (including some 11 languages), and faith traditions.

Qualified persons, with graduate degrees including: professionals licensed in Mental Health Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, Creative Arts Therapy, Social workers, LMSWs and LCSWs, Psychologists, Psychiatrists and mental health Nurses, Clergy, other mental health and human services practitioners, those with training in education, the law, finance, the arts and humanities may apply to our 4-year Training Program in Psychoanalysis or take courses before applying for the formal Psychoanalytic Program. While full-time involvement in the training program is the optimum learning model, a part-time program may be approved by the Dean. Scholarship funds are awarded depending upon the resources that BPGI has during any particular year.

Both the Blanton-Peale Counseling Center and Graduate Institute are non-denominational and open to all qualified individuals. Blanton-Peale does not discriminate on the basis of belief, age, disability, race, ethnicity, lifestyle, sexual orientation, gender, culture, nationality or religion.

BLANTON-PEALE INSTITUTE
New York, NY 10001-4597
(212) 725-7850
Fax: (212) 689-3212
E-mail: info@blantonpeale.org

Administration

David Leeming, Ph.D. Ext. 110 President,
dleeming@blantonpeale.org Editor, Encyclopedia of Psychology and
Religion
Jessica Mitchell, Ph.D., LP Ext. 120 Dean and Director of Training jmitchell@blantonpeale.org
Perviz Karanjia, LCSW, LP Ext. 105 Director, Headquarters Counseling Center
pkaranjia@blantonpeale.org

Jane Roberts, Ext. 108 Chief Operations Officer
nsimpson@blantonpeale.org
Nancy Moore Simpson, Ext. 106 Registrar and Development Associate
nsimpson@blantonpeale.org
Ramesh Persaud, Ext. 130 Controller
rpersaud@blantonpeale.org
Pamela Pater-Ennis, M.Div., LCSW Director, Community Counseling Centers,
Ext. 348 (201) 962-6443
pater-ennis@blantonpeale.org Director, Pastoral Care Studies (English)
Ho Yeong Jong, M.Div., Ext. 334 Director, Pastoral Care Studies (Korean)
bkorean@gmail.com
Jane Simon, MD. Medical Director

BLANTON-PEALE INSTITUTE and COUNSELING CENTER NEWS

Resignations

September 2008, Dr. Kathryn Madden resigned from her position as President and CEO of the Blanton-Peale Institute.

Recent Graduates

Blanton-Peale Graduate Institute residency programs graduated 5 residents on June 4, 2008. The graduation address was given by faculty member Lee Jenkins, Ph.D., LP. Suzanne Billeter, M.Div., Frances Campbell, MA., and Anne Elliott, Ph.D., were graduated from the Psychoanalytic Residency Program. This year we also graduated 2 Residents from the Marriage and Family Program: James Gascon, MA., SJ and Maria LeBron, MSW.

As is customary for Blanton-Peale classes, this year’s residency group represents a wide variety of backgrounds and interests. James Gascon, MA., SJ., a Jesuit from the Philippines, is now the Director of a family counseling and spiritual direction center in Manila. Maria LeBron, has an MSW degree in Social Work through Fordham University and was this year’s recipient of the Ann Ulanov Writing Award.

Suzanne Billeter, M.Div., Frances Campbell, MA., and Maria LeBron, MSW were, upon graduation, accepted as therapists at the Blanton-Peale Institute Counseling Center. Suzanne Billeter is also, currently, pastor to an American Baptist congregation in Manhattan. Anne Elliott, has a Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary. She will begin private practice in Manhattan and continue as Executive Director of Greenhope Services for Women in Manhattan.

Ann Ulanov Award 2008

Every year, the Blanton-Peale Graduate Institute awards the Ann Ulanov award to the most outstanding senior thesis. The criteria for the award includes integrating psychology, spirituality and the practice of therapy through specific a specific case example accompanied by the application of theory. The paper also must reflect the student’s reflection of their own spiritual formation and how this impacts the work that they do with their patients. The award was presented to Maria LeBron, MSW.

Journal Award

The Journal of Religion and Health was awarded the 2008 Distinguished Achievement Award in Research and Writing by the American Association of Pastoral Counselors (AAPC) at their 45th annual conference in Norfolk, Virginia, March 29, 2008.

Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion

Under the direction of former Dean and Publications Director, Dr. David Leeming, Blanton-Peale’s Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion will be ready for publication in 2009 by Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., the publishers of our Journal of Religion and Health. A comprehensive reference work consisting of some 600 articles contributed by some 200 writers and scholars of importance in the field of religion, psychology, psychology and religion, and the psychology of religion, the Encyclopedia will offer a definitive and intellectually rigorous collection of psychological interpretations of the stories, rituals, motifs, symbols, doctrines, dogmas, and experiences of the world’s religious and mythological traditions.

The co-editors of the work are Dr. David A. Leeming, Dr. Kathryn Madden, and Dr. Stanton Marlan., a Jungian analyst and Adjunct Clinical Professor of Psychology at Duquesne University. The editors hope to have completed work on the Encyclopedia by October 2008.

In Memoriam: Ruth Stafford Peale (1906-2008)

The Blanton-Peale community mourns the passing of Ruth Stafford Peale who died on February 6, 2008 at her home in Pawling, NY. She was 101 years old. Mrs. Peale played a significant role in the worldwide outreach of her husband, Dr. Norman Vincent Peale who was co-founder of the Blanton – Peale Institute in 1937 along with his colleague Smiley Blanton, M.D., who analyzed with Sigmund Freud. Dr. Peale is noted for his book The Power of Positive Thinking. Dr. Peale died in 1993.

The exceptional organizational and managerial skills of Mrs. Peale helped her husband’s creative genius to flourish and inspire millions of lives. A recipient of four honorary degrees and numerous awards, including the Horatio Alger Award and the New York State Woman of the Year, Mrs. Peale had an illustrious career as a businesswoman, writer, entrepreneur, and humanitarian. She was a great leader and speaker who graduated from Syracuse University before she entered a marriage that lasted 63 years. She leaves two daughters, Margaret Peale Everett; Elizabeth Peale Allen, Vice-Chairman of the Blanton-Peale Board of Trustees; a son, John Stafford Peale; eight grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

Project Care (2007)

In reference to Newsweek's coverage on the "Forgotten Heroes," the men and women returning from combat in Iraq, Blanton-Peale is initiating a specific program of mental health care called Project Care to reach out to the servicemen and women who have been scarred, both emotionally and physically, in the ongoing war.

If you have stories to share from your time or association with Blanton-Peale (aka the Institutes of Religion and Health), please send them along for inclusion in the next Blanton-Peale newsletter.
We appreciate your response! dleeming@blantonpeale.org or nsimpson@blantonpeale.org.

Services and Programs

• Spiritually based psychoanalytic training: A three-year program that creates mature, skilled therapists familiar with the psychological aspects of the religions and cultural experiences of their patients. While in training a Resident spends a minimum of a 1,000 hours working with patients, and receives more than 200 hours of multidisciplinary supervision.

• Spiritually based marriage and family therapy training: A two-year program provides 500 hours of working with individuals, couples and familys. The Resident receives more than 200 hours of multi-disceplenary supervison.

• Pastoral Care: Clergy and lay caregivers attend a continuing education program, which is professionally accredited by the American Association of Pastoral Counselors.
• Multicultural mental health resources: A high proportion of those enrolled in Blanton-Peale programs are African Americans and Asian Americans working in troubled urban neighborhoods.
• Affordable counseling: The Blanton-Peale Counseling Center is a licensed, non-profit, non-sectarian, multicultural and multi-faith counseling center. While there are set fees, there is a sliding scale based on income and the total number of family members. Blanton-Peale provides subsidized therapy fees of some $250,000 each year.

Click here to view the Application Form for our Academic Programs (DOC).

Click here to view our Academic Catalog (PDF).

Click here to view the Application Form for the Pastoral Care Studies Program (PDF).

Click here to view our Pastoral Care Studies Catalog (PDF).

Click here to view the Application Form for Non-Matriculated Students (DOC).

Psychological and Spiritual Support and Counseling

Service to those seeking psychological and spiritual growth and healing. Blanton-Peale's state licensed Headquarters' Counseling Center at 3 West 29th Street in Manhattan, as well as its many community centers, provide counseling, therapy, psychiatric evaluation and support groups for individuals and families seeking both psychological as well as spiritual help.

Education in Spiritually Oriented Psychotherapy

The Blanton-Peale Graduate Institute
The Institute offers certificate programs for mental health professionals and members of the clergy which emphasize the interrelation of the spiritual and psychological aspects of psychotherapeutic work. Advanced training is offered in professionally accredited programs in Psychoanalysis, Psychoanalytic Pastoral Counseling and Marriage and Family Therapy.

The Pastoral Care Studies Program
The Program helps clergy and lay leaders from diverse religious traditions develop the psychological awareness needed to deal effectively with the complex needs of their communities while engaging in their own personal psychological and spiritual growth.

Research and Publication

Blanton-Peale's Research and Publications Committee initiates projects which advance the interdisciplinary field of Psychology and Religion for which the Institute was founded. Blanton-Peale publishes the scholarly Journal of Religion and Health.