Biography
RUTH CODIER RESCH, Ph.D.
Professional Psychology
| 1975 | Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, New York University, New York, NY< |
| 1975-2004 | Private Practice |
| 1975-1980 | Downstate Medical Center State University of New York, Brooklyn, NY Assistant Profession Departments of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Graduate Program in Research in Psychiatry |
| 1976-1989 | City College of New York, Graduate Division Clinical Supervisor, Adjunct Faculty, Graduate Department of Psychology |
| 1983-1987 | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and New York Hospital Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry in Pediatrics |
| 1983-1989 | Post Doctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, New York University |
| 2004-2008 | Retired from Clinical Practice |
| 2008 | Returned to Practice in Psychotherapy and Coaching for Aphasia, Stroke Survivors and Families |
Publications: Research and Clinical papers in major peer reviewed journals, including The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, The Bulletin of the Menninger Institute, Frontiers in Infant Psychiatry, The New England Journal of Medicine, and citation in Vogue Magazine.
Current: Memoir of a Lost Adulthood, Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, 2008, December Board Member of the National Aphasia Association and Oregon State Representive
Catastrophic Illness
| 1980 | Stroke in JKF Airport returning from presenting at first International Infant Psychiatry Conference in Portugal. Lost speech almost entirely. Underwent cutting edge cerebral artery by-pass brain surgery. |
| 1981-present | Speech rehabilitation, life management for aphasia |
| 2001 | Cerebral angioplasty to repair 1980 arterial surgical site |
| 2003 | Unrelated neurological affecting multitasking integration. Continuing rehabilitation. |
Art: Begining as Rehabilitation Therapy
My work is a product of the planned and unplanned elements of my life. Beginning with ink drawings watercolors of weeds and wildflowers on a Maine Island, I began painting in acrylics in a gestural style after a catastrophic illness. More recently I fell in love with the exquisite patterns of my brain’s cerebral vessels and began exploring those medical images with digital technology using drawing, painting and photography.| Education: | 2005-present | Digital technology | |
| 1991-1995 | Tacoma Community College - Life drawing and sculpture, printmaking, | ||
| 1981-1989 | Parsons School of Design, New York City - Painting and drawing | ||
| Shows: | 2008 | "Speaking Out 2008" National Aphasia Association, New York, NY Group Show and Keynote Speaker | |
| 2006 | "Speaking Out 2006" National Aphasia Association, Boston, MA Group Show | ||
| 2006 | DeForest Gallery, Ashland OR, Group Show | ||
| 1992 | Great Mother Gallery, McLeod, MT Paintings | ||
| 1993 | Great Mother Conference, McLeod, MT Performance Art and paintings | ||
| 1988 | Great Mother Gallery, Post Mills, VT Paintings | ||
| Publications: | 2006 | The American Psychologist, September, Cover and Interview | |
| Current | 2009 | Through the Eyes.... The Persimmon Tree Fall or Winter | |
| Talks: | 2008 | Through the Eyes of an Aphasic, Keynote Speaker, National Aphasia Association Conference, Speaking Out 2008, New York University, New York City | |
| 2009 | Through the Eyes of an Aphasic, Keynote Speaker, New Jersey Speech and Hearing Association, Atlantic City New Jersey |