Sara Catherine Markese, Ph.D.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist #VA0810004199
Therapy at the Square: 11198 Lee Highway, Suite D2, Fairfax, VA 22030
Email: DrSaraMarkese@gmail.com
Phone: (917) 545-8298
EDUCATION:
2007 Ph.D., CUNY Graduate Center; New York, NY - Clinical Psychology
Dissertation: “Rhythms of Dialogue in Infancy and Attachment Narratives in Childhood”
Sponsors: Drs. Arietta Slade (CUNY) and Beatrice Beebe (Columbia University / NYSPI)
2003
M.A., CUNY Graduate Center; New York, NY - Clinical Psychology
Thesis: “The Death of a Parent: A Family Systems Approach to the Theory and Treatment of Mourning in
Families with Young Children” Sponsor: Dr. Peter Frankel (CUNY)
1997
B.A., Brown University; Providence, RI
Double Major in Psychology and American Civilization, Magna Cum Laude
HONORS:
2008 The Barmack Dissertation Award of 2008, CUNY Department of Psychology
2007 The David Ertel Award for Excellence in Child Psychotherapy, CUNY Department of Psychology
2002 The Mildred Margolin Research Endowment, Columbia University, Department of Child Psychiatry
1997 Rhode Island Alpha of Phi Beta Kappa – The Brown University Chapter
1996 Awarded The Foundation for Contemporary Mental Health Internship, Washington D.C.
PSYCHOLOGY EXPERIENCE
January 2010 - Present
Prince William Family Counseling; Manassas, VA
Clinical Psychologist
Full-time clinical psychologist for children, adolescents, adults, families and couples, with a specialty in play therapy with
young children. Responsibilities include: Treatment (individual /family/couples); case management and chart management for
30 families in an outpatient clinic.
September 2007 – Present
Columbia University / New York State Psychiatric Institute; NY, NY
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Research Fellow / Research Collaborator
Collaborator in all departmental research with Drs. Beatrice Beebe and Joseph Jaffe; Current projects include the 9-11
Widows, Infants and Young Children's Project and the Maternal Depression and Anxiety Project. Co-author of an attachment
monograph currently in press with the Journal of Attachment and Human Development., as well as co-authoring several other
research papers currently in various stages of preparation and submission; contributor and editor for current issue of the
Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy focused on the 9-11 Widows, Infants and Young Children’s Project.
September 2007 – October 2008
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Staff Psychologist
Full-time clinical psychologist with a specialty in play therapy with young children and parent-infant and parent-child
(individual dyad and group) therapy. Served as co-coordinator and individual/group therapist in the Parent-Infant Center for
at-risk families since its inception in 2004. Responsibilities included: Treatment (individual child/family/parentinfant/group/home visits); case management; billing, insurance and scheduling; and chart management for 40 families in an
urban NYC hospital outpatient clinic; supervision of full caseloads for two psychology externs, one group of psychology
interns and externs in parent-infant therapy, and social work staff in parent-infant and early childhood play therapy; intake
assessments for families presenting to CFI and NYF; treatment coordination within a multi-disciplinary hospital team;
consulting and treatment liaison with a high-risk preventive program (NY Foundling Hospital); and co-coordination of the
Parent-Infant Center, including teaching psychology and psychiatry trainees and staff, academic presentations and consulting
with social service agencies in NYC.
September 2006 – September 2007
Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services; NY, NY
Clinical Psychology Intern
Full-time clinical psychology intern within the JBFCS Child Outpatient Clinic, the JBFCS Therapeutic Nursery (Child
Development Center) and the Riverdale Childhood Assessment and Treatment Center. Responsibilities included:
Sara Catherine Markese, Ph.D.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist #VA0810004199
Therapy at the Square: 11198 Lee Highway, Suite D2, Fairfax, VA 22030
Email: DrSaraMarkese@gmail.com
Phone: (917) 545-8298
Treatment (individual child and adult/family/parent-child/group); case management and chart management for 30 families in an
urban NYC outpatient clinic setting; intake assessments for families presenting to the outpatient clinic; neuropsychological
assessment and remediation for families within the Therapeutic Nursery and the outpatient clinic; and consulting and treatment
liaison within a multi-disciplinary educational team in the Therapeutic Nursery.
June 2006 – August 2006
Hogar Madre Albertina (Group Home); Granada, Nicaragua
Social Work Volunteer
Provided needed recreational services to orphaned girls between the ages of 2 and 16 living in a group home, including taking trips,
working on art and creative writing projects, and free play; spent weekly individual time with girls identified by staff as having
social-emotional difficulties; assisted school-age girls with their English assignments and homework in all subjects.
June 2004 – August 2007
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center; New York, NY
The Child and Family Institute & The Parent-Infant Center
Clinical Psychology Extern
Responsibilities included: Intake assessments; long-term treatment (individual child/family/parent-child/group); case
management, billing and chart management for 10 families in an urban NYC hospital outpatient clinic; served as cocoordinator and individual/group therapist in the Parent-Infant Center for at-risk families since its inception in 2004.
September 2002 – July 2003
The New York Psychoanalytic Institute; New York, NY
Neuropsychological Assessment Fellow
Conducted integrative psycho-educational testing batteries for children and young adults ages 6-19; conducted developmental
intake interviews and feedback and treatment planning sessions with children’s parents; administered WISC, WAIS, WIAT,
Woodcock-Johnson, NEPSY, TONI, Bender, Rorschach, TAT, H-T-P; collaborated with families and school staff to design and
implement appropriate interventions.
September 2001 – September 2007
The Psychological Center
The City College of New York (CCNY); New York, NY
Psychotherapist in Training
Trained in both child and adult psychotherapy, within the specialty track of play therapy with children. Responsibilities
included: Intake assessments; long-term treatment (individual child and adult/family/parent-child); case management, billing
and chart management for 6 families in an urban NYC outpatient clinic setting; participation in 3 hours of individual weekly
supervision for child cases in addition to group supervision as part of the doctoral program.
February 2000 – August 2007
Columbia University
New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI); New York, NY
Research Coordinator
Coordinated all project data, departmental resources and a group of 10 laboratory assistants; organized and wrote grants and
funding requests, contributed to writing of research articles.
September 2000 – August 2001
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health; NY, NY
Research and Editorial Assistant - Head Start Assessment Project
Research and Editorial Assistant for Head Start Assessment Project. Assisted with planning Head Start’s 6th National Research
Conference; reviewed and edited Head Start’s 5th National Research Conference proceedings; co-wrote NIMH grant for
longitudinal study of children in NYC enrolled in the Head Start Program; collected WPPSI data at Head Start sites to compile a
multi-site database.
September 1997 – September 1998
Lemuel Shattuck State Hospital; Jamaica Plain, MA
Staff Recreational / Occupational Therapist
Responsibilities included: Intake assessments, treatment planning and chart management for 30 adult inpatients primarily
diagnosed with schizophrenia; consultation and case management with a multi-disciplinary treatment team, conducting group
therapy for adults within the inpatient units and day treatment programs, including Social Skills, Dual Diagnosis, English as A
Second Language, and Occupational Therapy Group.
Sara Catherine Markese, Ph.D.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist #VA0810004199
Therapy at the Square: 11198 Lee Highway, Suite D2, Fairfax, VA 22030
Email: DrSaraMarkese@gmail.com
Phone: (917) 545-8298
June 1996 – August 1996
George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Day Treatment Program
Foundation for Contemporary Health Intern: Summer, 1996
Created treatment plans for schizophrenic adults focusing on psychosocial goals; conducted intake interviews; met with patients
regarding symptom management; led a creative writing and visual art group for women with co-morbid eating disorders.
September 1995 – June 1997
Rhode Island Hospital; Providence, RI
Department of Child and Family Psychiatry
Research Assistant; Cystic Fibrosis Project
Administered interviews to children regarding symptoms and self-esteem and child developmental interview to parents, and coded
family interactions using a global rating scale emphasizing socio-behavioral functioning in the family system.
NEUROPSYCHOLOICAL TESTING EXPERIENCE
The Parent-Infant Center of the St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center: June 2004 – October 2008
The Psychological Center of the City College of New York: September 2001 – September 2007
The New York Psychoanalytic Institute: September 2002 – July 2003
The Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services; September 2006 – September 2007
The JBFCS Outpatient Clinic, The Therapeutic Nursery, and The Learning Center
Administration of full child (from age 2), adolescent and adult neuropsychological assessment batteries followed by
presentation of report and recommendations to parents/educational institutions, including the following; Beery; Bender;
Benton; CAT; CELF-4; Connors; CTOPP; GORT-4; House-Tree-Person Test; Human Figure Drawing; Lowe’s Symbolic Play
Scale; Merrill Palmer Scales of Development-R; NEPSY; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; Rey-Ostereith Figure Design;
Rorschach; Sentence Completion Test; TAT; TONI-3; TOWL-III; WPPSI-III; WISC-III; WAIS-III; WIAT-III; WoodcockJohnson-III Scales; WRAML-II; WRAT-R.
PUBLICATIONS
Journals and Books:
Markese, S. (2011). Dyadic Trauma in Infancy and Early Childhood: Review of the Literature.
Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy, 10 (2-3), 341–378.
Beebe, B., & Markese, S. (2011). Theory and Research That Informed the Clinical Approach of the Project for
Mothers, Infants, and Young Children of September 11, 2001. Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent
Psychotherapy, 10 (2-3), 170–186.
Beebe, B., Cohen, P., & Markese, S. (2011). Mothers, Infants and Young Children of September 11, 2001: Early
Years of a Primary Prevention Project. Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy, 10 (2-3).
Beebe, B., Cohen, P., Sossin, K. M., & Markese, S. (2011, In Press). The Mothers, Infants and Young Children of
September 11, 2001: A Primary Prevention Project. London: Routledge Press.
Beebe, B., Steele, M., Jaffe, J., Buck, K., Chen, H., Cohen, P., Kaitz, M., Markese, S., Andrews, H., Margolis, A.,
& Feldstein, S. (2011). Maternal Anxiety Symptoms and Mother-Infant Self- and Interactive Contingency.
Infant Mental Health Journal, 32 (2), 174–206.
Beebe, B., Jaffe, J., Markese, S., Buck, K., Chen, H., Cohen, P., Bahrick, L., & Andrews, H. (2010). The origins
of 12-month attachment: A microanalysis of 4-month mother-infant interaction. Attachment & Human
Development, 12(1–2), 3–141.
Sara Catherine Markese, Ph.D.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist #VA0810004199
Therapy at the Square: 11198 Lee Highway, Suite D2, Fairfax, VA 22030
Email: DrSaraMarkese@gmail.com
Phone: (917) 545-8298
Markese, S. (2009). Developmental Adaptation Assessed through Figure Drawings from Toddlerhood through
Adolescence. In S. Brody: Beginning to Grow: Five Studies. International Universities Press, New York, NY.
Markese, S. (2007). Taping Together Broken Bones: Treatment of the Trauma of Infant Abuse. Journal of Infant,
Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, 6, (4): 309-326.
Markese, S. (2007). Rhythms of Dialogue in Infancy and Attachment Narratives in Childhood. Dissertation
Abstracts International, 68(11).
Rodriguez, E., Cristofaro, T., Markese, S. (2002). Bridging the Gaps among Developmental Research, Practice,
and Public Policy. NHSA Dialog: A Research-to-Practice Journal for the Early Intervention Field, 5, (2-3):
110-122.
Abstracts:
Beebe, B., Steele, M., Markese, S., Jaffe, J., Buck, K., Chen, H., Cohen, P. Andrews, H., Margolis, A., Feldstein,
S. (2010, Abstract). Maternal Anxiety Symptoms and Mother-Infant Self- and Interactive Contingency.
International Conference for Infant Studies. Baltimore, MD.
Beebe, B., Margolis, A., Hane, A., Markese, S., Jaffe, J., Chavarga, A., Parashar, N., Reuben, J., Chen, H., Cohen,
P. (2010, Abstract). Infant Self-Contingency (Auto-Correlation) as a Component of Emotion Regulation.
.International Conference for Infant Studies. Baltimore, MD.
Beebe, B., Steele, M., Markese, S., Jaffe, J., Buck, K., Chen, H., Cohen, P. Andrews, H., Margolis, A., Feldstein,
S. (2009, Abstract). Maternal Anxiety and Mother-Infant Communication. Anxiety Disorders Association of
America Annual Conference, Anxiety Across the Lifespan: Practical Integration of Basic and Clinical
Approaches. Baltimore, MD.
Markese S, Beebe B, Feldstein S, Jaffe J (2008, Abstract). Rhythms of Dialogue in Infancy and Attachment
Narratives in Childhood. International Conference for Infant Studies, Conference Proceedings 2008.
Vancouver: Canada.
Beebe, B., Jaffe, J., Markese, S., Buck, K., Chen, H., Cohen, P., Bahrick, L., Feldstein, S. et al.
(2007, Abstract). Microanalysis of Mother-Infant Interaction at 4 Months Predicts 12-Month Attachment.
SRCD, Boston, MA.
Manuscripts in Preparation / Under Review:
Beebe, B., Hane, A., Feldstein, S., Jaffe, J., Markese, S., Crown, C., Moore, M.S. (2011, Under Review).
Rhythms of dialogue from 4- to 12 months, infant attachment and cognition: Homotypic and heterotypic
continuities. Child Development.
Beebe, B., Markese, S., Steele, M., Buck, K., Cohen, P., Reuben, J. et al. (2011, Manuscript in Preparation). Paths
of risk and resilience in 4-month mother-infant interaction: From 6-week maternal depression to 12-month
insecure and secure attachment. New York State Psychiatric Institute.
Sara Catherine Markese, Ph.D.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist #VA0810004199
Therapy at the Square: 11198 Lee Highway, Suite D2, Fairfax, VA 22030
Email: DrSaraMarkese@gmail.com
Phone: (917) 545-8298
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Beebe, B., Margolis, A., Hane, A., Jaffe, J., Markese, S., Chavarga, A., Parashar, N., Reuben, J., Chen, H., Cohen,
P. (2010). Infant Self-Contingency (Auto-Correlation) as a Component of Emotion Regulation. XVII Biennial
International Conference on Infant Studies. Baltimore, MD.
Beebe, B., Steele, M. Markese, S., Chavarga, A., Jaffe, J., Margolis, A., Malitzky, M., Chen, H., Cohen, P.,
Feldstein, S. (2010). Maternal Anxiety and Mother-Infant Communication. Anxiety Disorders Association of
America Annual Conference: Anxiety Across the Lifespan: Practical Integration of Basic and Clinical
Approaches. Baltimore, MD
Markese, S. (January, 2008). Rhythms of Dialogue in Infancy and Attachment Narratives in Childhood.
Presentation at the American Psychoanalytic Association Meetings: Tools from Infant Research for the
Practicing Psychoanalyst (with Drs. Alexandra Harrison, M.D. and Beatrice Beebe, Ph.D.) NY, NY.
Markese, S., Beebe, B., Feldstein, S., & Jaffe, J. (2008). Rhythms of dialogue in infancy and attachment narratives
in childhood. Paper presented at the International Conference for Infant Studies, Vancouver, Canada.
Markese, S. (April, 2008). Developmental Adaptation Assessed Through Figure Drawings from Toddlerhood
Through adolescence. Presentation at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute Meeting: An Evening with Sylvia
Brody, Ph.D. (with Dr. Sylvia Brody) New York, NY.
Markese, S. & Klapper, W. (June, 2008). Evolution of a parent-infant group of highly traumatized families in
long-term treatment. Presentation at the Fordham University School of Social Work, Early Childhood Mental
Health Conference. NY, NY.
Beebe, B., Jaffe, J., Markese, S., Buck, K., Chen, H., Cohen, P., Bahrick, L., Feldstein, S. et al. (2007).
Microanalysis of Mother-Infant Interaction at 4 Months Predicts 12-Month Attachment. Conference of the
Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND ACTIVITIES
The Developmental, Individual Difference, Relationship-based (DIR) / Floortime Model, NY, NY
Clinical Trainee (2007 – 2008)
The E3 Project; Trauma Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy; Columbia University, New York, NY
Research Clinician (2007 – 2008)
Coordinated Children’s Services Initiative; Mental Health Association of New York City, New York, NY
Psychology Consultant through the Parent-Infant Center (2007 – 2008)
The Babies Can’t Wait Advisory Committee; Administration for Children’s Services, New York, NY
Psychology Consultant through the Parent-Infant Center (2007 – 2008)
Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program (PREP)
New York University Child Study Center (2002); Trainee
Sara Catherine Markese, Ph.D.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist #VA0810004199
Therapy at the Square: 11198 Lee Highway, Suite D2, Fairfax, VA 22030
Email: DrSaraMarkese@gmail.com
Phone: (917) 545-8298
Talking to Children about Trauma
Project Liberty; FEMA (2002); Trainee
Seminar Series in Infant Research and Psychoanalysis
Dr. Beatrice Beebe, New York, NY (2000 – 2003); Trainee
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP:
American Psychological Association (APA)
International Society of Infant Studies (ISIS)
Association of Early Childhood and Infant Psychologists (AECIP)
SKILLS:
Spanish Language Proficiency
Research and professional writing and editing; Grant writing and editing
Computer: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power Point, SPSS, SYSTAT, ANASAZI Patient Records
Creative writing and visual arts (including training in drawing, painting, photography and metal-smithing)