About Us

The Lexington Psychoanalytic Study Group is a non-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization affiliated with the American Psychoanalytic Association.  This group seeks to bring members across various clinical and academic disciplines together who are interested in psychoanalysis and psychoanalytically-oriented psychotherapies.  It was formed by Virginia Blum, Ph.D. (Professor of English, University of Kentucky (UK)), Debra Katz, M.D. (psychiatrist/psychoanalyst in private practice and faculty member, UK Center on Trauma and Children) and Jeffrey Tuttle, M.D. (psychiatrist/psychoanalyst in private practice). These members have pursued psychoanalytic training at the Cincinnati Psychoanalytic Institute and are excited to establish the first psychoanalytic professional group in Lexington. 

Leadership

Debra Katz, M.D.

Dr. Katz is a psychoanalyst and adult and child psychiatrist in private practice in Lexington.  She is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at UK College of Medicine and served as Vice Chair for Education and as the residency program director for many years.  She currently contributes to the work of the UK Center on Trauma and Children.  She is certified in adult psychoanalysis by the American Psychoanalytic Association and is a faculty member at the Cincinnati Psychoanalytic Institute.  

Jeffrey Tuttle, M.D.

Dr. Tuttle graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and completed his residency in general psychiatry at the University of Kentucky Department of Psychiatry.  He is currently in private practice in Lexington and serves as an Associate on the Bioethics Committee at the University of Kentucky Medical Center.