Psychoanalysis & Psychotherapy

About Dr. Tuttle

Psychoanalysis & Psychotherapy

About Dr. Tuttle

I believe psychotherapy is an important but frequently overlooked treatment for many mental health problems like depression and anxiety.  Evidence-based research suggests that many people who suffer from depression find greater relief from their symptoms with a combined use of psychotherapy and psychiatric medications than from the use of medications alone. Research also indicates that receiving combined medication treatment and psychotherapy from a psychiatrist is more cost effective than dividing treatment between a psychiatrist and a psychotherapist.

Psychoanalytic Training and Appointments

  • Graduated from the Analytic Training Program at CPI in 2018

  • Joined faculty at CPI in 2018 and Prmoted to Training and Supervising Analyst in 2025

  • Joined faculty at CFPS in 2024

  • Board Certified by the American Board of Psychoanalysis in 2023

Medical Education and Appointments

  • Graduated from the College of Medicine at the University of Kentucky in 2003

  • Completed a medical residency in Adult Psychiatry in the College of Medicine at the University of Kentucky in 2007. Served as Chief Resident in 2007

  • Joined faculty as an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Kentucky in 2007. Promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine in 2022

Board Certifications and Awards

  • Board Certified in General Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in 2008

  • Board Certified in Adult Psychoanalysis by the American Board of Psychoanalysis in 2023

  • Fellow of the American Psychoanalytic Association in 2007

  • Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association in 2020

Service and Leadership

  • Elected Board Director of the Executive Committee of the American Psychoanalytic Association in 2024

  • Elected as the CPI representative to the American Psychoanalytic Association Board of Directors in 2021

  • Served as a Trustee of the American Academy of Psychodynamic Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis from 2022 to 2025

  • Became co-director of the Advanced Psychotherapy Program at CPI in 2024

  • Selected to serve on the CPI Psychoanalytic Candidate Progression Committee and Education Committee in 2025

  • Co-founded the Lexington Psychoanalytic Study Group in 2015

Teaching and Education

  • Supervise medical residents in psychodynamic psychotherapy and teach courses in the general psychiatry didactics curricula at the University of Kentucky

  • Supervice physiciand and psychotherapists in psychodynamic psychotherapy, teach courses in psychoanalytic theory and pychodynamic technique and lead case conferences in the Advanced Psychotherapy Program at CPI

  • Teach courses in psychoanalytic theory and psychoanalytic technique to psychoanalytic candidates in the Analytic Training Program at CPI