Dr. Celani (pronounced chill-AH-knee), is a psychologist with a specialty in treating clients with severe personality disorders. Dr. Celani has written three books on the subject:

	The Treatment of the Borderline Patient: Applying Fairbairn’s Object Relations Theory in the Clinical Setting. International Universities Press: Madison, CT. 1993. (currently sold out, being re-edited for new publication in 2009)
	The Illusion of Love: Why the Battered Woman Returns to her Abuser. Columbia University Press: New York, 1994. Anyone who has worked with battered women knows how difficult it is to persuade the battered woman to leave her abuser. This book explains why from an Object Relations perspective. Buy now: $25 (free shipping)
	Leaving Home: The Art of Separating from your Difficult Family. .Buy now: $28 (free shipping)

Dr. Celani taught undergraduate abnormal psychology for the University of Vermont from 1976-80. He taught in the graduate clinical psychology program at St. Michael’s College, Vermont, from 1981-1999. He has had numerous publications, including The Dynamics of the Battering Couple (1996) and Structural Sources of Resistance in Battered Women: A Fairbairnian Analysis (1998).

Dr. Celani received a B.A. from Rutgers in 1968, and a Ph.D. from the University of Vermont in 1974. Dr. Celani has been interviewed, among others, by Elle magazine, The Vermont Psychologist, Larry King Live and The Discovery Channel.

When O.J. Simpson was arrested Dr. Celani was invited to appear on Oprah, but he cancelled the morning of his appearance because he woke up with a 103 degree fever. He has not been invited back.

Dr. Celani is an avid racecar driver (SCCA) since 1984.

“Dr. Celani describes how children internalize patterns of abuse and tragically reenact their abusive histories in their love relationships. . . vivid and engrossing .”
–Jeff Seinfeld, New York University

Readings on Fairbairn and Object Relations
 

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