Charles A. Zapf, M.D.         Psychiatry and Psychotherapy

Local  

        Coordinator, “Movie Mania – The Psychoanalytic Film Series at Emory”, 2004-2012.  The cinema has alot to teach us about human behavior.  During the academic year I organized Friday night meetings on the Emory campus to watch a film and have a discussant present a psychoanalytic interpretation followed by audience discussion.  We were joined by a variety of organizations including the German Cultural Center, the Jungian Society, the Atlanta Roller Girls, and the Atlanta Ballet.  I retired in 2012 and the Movie Series continued for several years before it was discontinued.

Happy Tails Pet Therapy, 2013-2016.   My dog, Molly, and I would visit the Ronald McDonald House near CHOA-Egleston and the Skyland Trail Residential Center monthly to meet with children and young adults for pet therapy.

Emory University, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.   Since 1988 I have served on the Volunteer Clinical Faculty and have taught courses to the Child Fellows and Psychiatry Residents on a number of different topics.  In addition I have provided ongoing supervision for Outpatient Psychotherapy.  

Overseas

Consulting Psychiatrist, Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital, Elmina, Ghana, West Africa, April, 2007

Consulting Physician, St. John’s Episcopal Church Mission Service, LaChapell, Haiti, June, 1983

Consulting Physician, Baptist Missionary Hospital, Leogane, Haiti, December, 1983

Professional

Board of Directors of the Atlanta Foundation for Psychoanalysis, 2009-2015

Treasurer, Atlanta Foundation for Psychoanalysis, 2010-2014

President, Georgia Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1999-2000

President-Elect, Georgia Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1997-1999

Secretary-Treasurer, Georgia Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1995-1997