Professor and Former Dean
AB, City University of New York;
MSW, University of California, Berkeley
DSW, University of Southern California
PhD, Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute
Dr. Barish has served on the faculties of the Wright Institute and the University of Southern California. She is currently on the faculties of the Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis and the Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute as well as serving on their boards. She has practiced and consulted in numerous agency and hospital settings and social service agencies. She maintains an independent practice in Pasadena and Santa Monica. Her publications have appeared in the Clinical Social Work Journal and American Journal of Psychoanalysis. She is a frequent presenter and workshop participant at statewide and national meetings. Dr. Barish currently serves as a social service commissioner for the City of Santa Monica. Dr. Barish is a Founding Fellow of The Sanville Institute and served as Dean from 1992 to 1999.