EDUCATION
Contemporary Freudian Society
The Psychoanalytic Training Institute, New York, NY
Psychoanalytic Training 2025
Contemporary Freudian Society
The Psychoanalytic Training Institute, New York, NY
Certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy 2018
New York University
Silver School of Social Work, New York, NY
Master of Social Work 2014
Concentration: Community-Based Mental Health
The Juilliard School, New York, NY
Bachelor of Music 1995
Master of Music 1997
Doctor of Musical Arts 2002
MENTAL HEALTH EXPERIENCE
Private Practice, New York, NY
Psychotherapist/Psychoanalyst 2018 – present
- Providing psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis.
Washington Square Institute for Psychotherapy and Mental Health, New York, NY
Staff Therapist 2014-2019
- Provided psychodynamic psychotherapy for patients ages 20-50
Metropolitan Hospital Center ACT Team, New York, NY
Social Worker 2015-2019
- Conducted direct client care in the community for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness
The Bridge ACT Team, Bronx, NY
Social Worker 2014-2015
- Conducted direct client care in the community for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness
- Facilitated weekly therapy group
Washington Square Institute for Psychotherapy and Mental Health, New York, NY
Social Work Intern 2013 – 2014
- Conducted intake interviews and diagnostic assessments
- Provided psychodynamic psychotherapy for clients ages 20-45
Metropolitan Hospital Center ACT Team, New York, NY
Social Work Intern 2012-2013
- Conducted direct client care in the community through interdisciplinary teamwork and collaboration
- Wrote Metropolitan Hospital Center ACT Intern Handbook
PUBLICATIONS
Dufallo, C. (2014). Something old & something new. Strings, 28(8), 65.
Dufallo, C. (2013). Daniel Hope sets his sights on a starry starry night. Strings, 27(12), 106.
Dufallo, C. (2011). Ana Milosavjevic at Le Poisson Rouge. New Music Connoisseur, 19(1), 7.
Dufallo, C. (2007). The aesthetic of impermanence: A performer’s perspective of Four Systems and Tracer. Contemporary Music Review, 26(3/4), 429-436.
Dufallo, C. (2002). The indeterminate violin: A pedagogical approach to indeterminacy in the violin repertoire (Doctoral document). The Juilliard School, New York.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Psychoanalytic Association 2024 – Present
International Psychoanalytic Association 2024 – Present
Contemporary Freudian Society 2018 – Present
National Association of Social Workers 2012 – Present
TEACHING
Faculty of Contemporary Freudian Society Psychotherapy Training Program 2023-present
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Reviewer for The International Journal of Psychoanalysis 2024-present
Chair of the Scientific Program Committee at Contemporary Freudian Society 2025-present
Co-chair of the Psychotherapy Training Program at Contemporary Freudian Society 2023-present
MUSIC EXPERIENCE
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, New York, NY
- Associate Musician 2002-2019
ETHEL Quartet, New York, NY
- Violinist, 2005-2012
Flux Quartet, New York, NY
- Violinist, 1995-2001