Dr. Max Malitzky is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst who works primarily with adults, couples, and older adolescents. He trained as a psychologist at Rutgers Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, while concurrently pursuing psychoanalytic training at the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR), where he is currently a faculty member and supervisor. Dr. Malitzky is a senior clinical supervisor at Uptown Downtown.

Dr. Malitzky approaches treatment within a psychoanalytic framework and incorporates tools and techniques from other approaches, particularly trauma focused modalities like prolonged exposure. Because his primary orientation is psychoanalytic, Dr. Malitzky values long-term, intensive work focused on unconscious dynamics and early development, while maintaining a sensitivity to the specific needs of his patients.

Dr. Malitzky has particular expertise in working with LGBTQ+ identified individuals and couples, especially in the areas of sexual inhibition and dysfunction. He also works with patients from closed, often religious communities, who are seeking to understand the impact of their unique backgrounds upon their current lives, and holds an interest and expertise in religion and working with patients who consider themselves religious or spiritual. Over the last several years, Dr. Malitzky has had the opportunity to work with a large number of college aged students, and appreciates their particular needs and challenges.

Dr. Malitzky has given presentations at IPTAR, the annual meetings of Division 39 (Psychoanalysis) of the American Psychological Association, and the Congress of International Psychoanalytic Association, of which he is a fellow.