Eve Caligor, MD

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

Director of Psychotherapy Division, and Training and Supervising Analyst
Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research

Adjunct Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Dr. Eve Caligor is a founding member of TFP-New York. Her primary areas of clinical expertise are psychodynamic psychotherapy, psychoanalytic therapy and the evaluation and treatment of personality pathology.  With her colleagues at the Weill Cornell Medical College, Dr. Caligor has developed Transference-Focused Psychotherapy – Extended (TFP-E).  TFP-E is a model of psychodynamic therapy designed to enhance one’s sense of self and ability to establish and enjoy satisfying relationships with others.  Based on TFP principles and making use of evidence-based principles of psychotherapy, TFP-E extends the reach of TFP to the entire range of problems in the domains of healthy and impaired personality functioning and associated symptoms of anxiety and depression.

Dr. Caligor lectures and teaches in a variety of settings, both nationally and internationally. She is the recipient of multiple teaching awards, including the Irma Bland Award from the American Psychiatric Association and teacher of the year awards from residents and psychoanalytic candidates at Columbia.  She is first author of Psychodynamic Therapy for Personality Pathology: Treating Self and Interpersonal Functioning (2018), and Handbook of Dynamic Psychotherapy for Higher Level Personality Pathology (2007), both books published by American Psychiatric Publishing. Dr. Caligor’s research is in the evaluation and psychodynamic treatment of personality pathology. She is a co-author of the Structured Interview for Personality Organization (STIPO), a semi-structured interview evaluating personality health and impairment within the framework of object relations theory.

Dr. Caligor is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School, and she completed her psychiatric and psychoanalytic training at Columbia University/New York Presbyterian Hospital. She has been elected to the American College of Psychiatrists and is a Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.

 

Curriculum Vitae

Highlighted Publications

Caligor E, Kernberg OK, Clarkin JF, Yeomans FE: Psychodynamic Therapy for Personality Pathology: Treating Self and Interpersonal Functioning. Washington, D.C., American Psychiatric Press, 2018

Caligor E, Kernberg OF, Clarkin JF: Handbook of Dynamic Psychotherapy for Higher Level Personality Pathology. Washington D.C., American Psychiatric Press, 2007

Caligor E, Levy K, Yeomans FE: Narcissistic personality disorder: Diagnostic and clinical challenges. American Journal of Psychiatry, 2015, vol. 172, 5, 415-422

Hersh R, Caligor E, Yeomans FE: Fundamentals of Transference-Focused Psychotherapy: Applications in Psychiatric and General Medical Settings. New York, Springer, 2017