Susan G. Lazar, MD

Psychiatrist, Psychoanalyst

Susan G. Lazar MD has presented and published widely on the cost-effectiveness of psychotherapy, including the special place for psychodynamic therapy, in articles, a volume she edited and co-authored, book chapters, and two edited special issues of psychiatric journals. She served as a consultant to The Mental Health Work Group of The White House Task Force for Health Care Reform in the Clinton administration and was instrumental in the inclusion of psychotherapy without arbitrary limitation in the bills offered to Congress at that time. She chaired the group that formed The Coalition for Psychotherapy Parity and co-authored its document Clinical Necessity Guidelines for Psychotherapy, Insurance Medical Necessity and Utilization Review Protocols, and Mental Health Parity, (available on the Coalition’s website psychotherapyparity.org).

She is a Supervising and Training Analyst at The Washington Baltimore Psychoanalytic Society and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at The George Washington University School of Medicine and The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Member and former Chair of The Committee on Psychotherapy at The Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP), Member of the American College of Psychiatrists, and Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.