Kerry Sulkowicz

Kerry Sulkowicz
Born
Kerry Jeff Sulkowicz

1958 (age 67–68)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
OccupationsPsychiatrist, business consultant
Children2, including Emma
Websiteboswellgroup.com

Kerry Jeff Sulkowicz (born 1958) is an American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and business consultant. He is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine and the founder of the Boswell Group, a firm that advises CEOs and boards of directors on leadership, management and boardroom dynamics, and organizational culture.

Education

Born in Texas, Sulkowicz graduated from the St. Mark's School of Texas in 1977. He earned an AB from Harvard University and his MD from the University of Texas Medical Branch in 1985. He completed his residency in psychiatry at New York University Medical Center and Bellevue Hospital in 1989 and was certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in 1991. He also completed psychoanalytic training at the NYU Psychoanalytic Institute in 1992.

Career

After working in clinical practice, Sulkowicz founded the Boswell Group in New York in 1998, naming the firm after his Jack Russell Terrier, Boswell. The firm provides psychodynamic advising to corporate boards and CEOs, and as of 2026, maintains consultants in New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Bilbao, and London. His clients have included the board of trustees of Cooper Union. He has contributed commentary on workplace dynamics to publications including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and The New York Times.

Following the September 11 attacks, Sulkowicz served as a volunteer counselor at a crisis center for Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial services firm that lost over two-thirds of its workforce. He worked with leadership to manage the company's organizational grief and recovery.

In addition to his work with the Boswell Group, Sulkowicz is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. In the non-profit sector, he serves as a board member and is a former chair of the board of Physicians for Human Rights, and currently chairs its Advisory Council. He also sits on the advisory council for Acumen.

Sulkowicz was a regular columnist for BusinessWeek until 2006, writing the "Analyze This" column, and has also contributed to Fast Company and the Harvard Business Review.

In 2022, Sulkowicz began a two-year term as president of the American Psychoanalytic Association (APsA), after previously serving as president-elect and as head of its Public Information Committee. At the time of his presidency, his professional focus was advising executives rather than traditional clinical practice. During his tenure, the association's board approved a bylaws amendment to grant full membership rights to psychoanalytic psychotherapists and undertook a broader revision of its governance structure. Sulkowicz resigned from the presidency in the spring of 2023 amidst an internal dispute and public allegations involving antisemitism and racism within the organization.

Personal life

Sulkowicz resides in New York City and London and has two adult daughters. Olivia Sulkowicz is a screenwriter and director. Emma Sulkowicz is an acupuncturist and former performance artist.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Dinitia Smith (December 9, 2000). "Analysts Turn to P.R. To Market Themselves". The New York Times.
  2. 1 2 Steven J. Adler (September 10, 2006). "What's Your Problem?". BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on December 13, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Dr. Kerry Jeff Sulkowicz". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Certification and Status Verification System". American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  5. ↑ Howard Forman (June 12, 2014). "Kerry J. Sulkowicz, M.D: A Fascinating Career". Psychiatric Times.
  6. ↑ "Kerry J. Sulkowicz, M.D." Boswell Group. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Consultants". Boswell Group. Retrieved July 25, 2026.
  8. ↑ "Daniel Betancor Pérez MD, PhD". Boswell Group. Retrieved July 25, 2026.
  9. ↑ Rebecca Mead (April 24, 2015). "The Cooper Union Tragedy". The New York Yorker.
  10. ↑ Kerry Sulkowicz (July 11, 2011). "Saying good bye to the last space shuttle". The Washington Post.
  11. ↑ Michael Corkery (July 30, 2009). "Beware the Wall Street Salary Monster". The Wall Street Journal.
  12. ↑ Brent Bowers (2006). 8 Patterns of Highly Effective Entrepreneurs. Doubleday. p. 44.
  13. ↑ Richard Panek (July 1, 2003). "The Id, the Ego and the Office". Elle.
  14. ↑ James Verini (December 25, 2000). "When Big-Shots Compare, Psychiatrists are Happy". The New York Observer.
  15. ↑ Mary Williams Walsh (October 18, 2000). "Executives Line Up For Couch Treatment". The New York Times.
  16. ↑ Jonathan D. Glater (September 16, 2001). "Five Questions for Kerry J. Sulkowicz: As Many Ways to Grieve as There Are Desks in the Office". The New York Times.
  17. ↑ "Kerry J. Sulkowicz, M.D." NYU Langone Medical Center. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Kerry J. Sulkowicz, MD". Physicians for Human Rights. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  19. ↑ "Advisors". Acumen. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  20. ↑ "Kerry J. Sulkowicz, M.D - Publications". NYU Langone Medical Center. Archived from the original on December 16, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  21. ↑ Kerry J. Sulkowicz (September 1, 2006). "The Corporate Shrink". Fast Company.
  22. ↑ "The American Psychoanalyst, Vol. 56, No. 3, Fall 2022" (PDF). American Psychoanalytic Association. Fall 2022. Retrieved July 25, 2026.
  23. ↑ Tatiana Morales (December 10, 2002). "Skinny Pill For Kids Raises Concerns". CBS News.
  24. ↑ "2023 President's Letter". American Psychoanalytic Association. 2023. Retrieved July 25, 2026.
  25. 1 2 "Burning Down the House – the Crisis in American Psychoanalysis: How Wokeism and Identity Politics are Destroying the Profession and Marginalising Jews". Fathom Journal.
  26. 1 2 J. Oliver Conroy (June 16, 2023). "Inside the war tearing psychoanalysis apart: 'The most hatred I have ever witnessed'". The Guardian.
  27. ↑ "Olivia Sulkowicz | Additional Crew, Actress, Writer". IMDb.
  28. ↑ Roberta Smith (September 21, 2014). "In a Mattress, a Lever for Art and Political Protest". The New York Times.
  29. ↑ "Emma Sulkowicz: From Mattress to Therapist's Couch". The Daily Beast.

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