Elizabeth Kandall, Ph.D. is a graduate of the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis and is a member of the steering committee of the Contemplative Studies Project of New York. She has a life long love of reading and writing poetry.  She is currently studying at The Writer’s Studio and a member and frequent visitor to the Poets House. She is also a co-founder and board member of The Fostering Connection.  Elizabeth has researched, written on and presented about children’s imaginary companions, as well as, the psychological experience of emptiness. She maintains a private practice of psychotherapy, psychoanalysis and consultation in Manhattan.