Cynthia
Langtiw
Cynthia Langtiw
- Campus: Chicago, IL
- Department: Clinical Psychology
- Institution: The Chicago School
- Address: 325 N Wells Street Chicago, IL 60654
- Office Phone: 312-467-2524
Biography
Dr. Cynthia Lubin Langtiw is a proud alumnus of The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Cynthia Lubin Langtiw earned a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. She also earned a master's degree in Clinical Psychology, with a focus on Community Psychology, from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a Bachelor's degree, with Honors, in Psychology from the University of Chicago.
She is currently a volunteer clinical supervisor with the Chicago-based Marjorie Kovler Center for Survivors of Torture. She coordinates and supervises the University of Illinois Counseling Center/Kovler clinical rotation. She has been a clinical volunteer with The Kovler Center since 2001.
Dr. Langtiw received clinical training at the Office of Applied Psychological Services and University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Psychiatry; the University of Chicago Center for Cognitive Therapy; Heartland Alliance Marjorie Kovler Center for Survivors of Torture/International FACES; and the TriCity Community Mental Health Center in East Chicago, Indiana. She was a supervising psychologist at Chicago-based Mount Sinai Hospital's Under the Rainbow program for Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health.
She is a licensed clinical psychologist who's clinical work reflects a strong systemic/community sensibility that integrates a relational cultural perspective.
Dr. Langtiw's clinical and research interests include spirituality/religion, diversity, multicultural competence, supporting unhoused/vulnerable/marginalized youth, migration/immigration/asylee mental health, expressive/arts based therapies, spirituality and religion, radical self-care, and (Haitian/American) identity development.
Dr. Langtiw has a passion for exploring questions that can be explored through qualitative research methods. She earned a Certificate in Qualitative Research Methodologies from Nova Southeastern University. She has a passion for qualitative research in the African Diaspora.
Dr. Langtiw has a strong passion for teaching, research, and clinical training. She enjoys supporting students in finding their voice in psychology. Her teaching approach is based on the philosophy that both the scholar and educator engage, interact with and experience the substantive material of the course. Through this dynamic process, they are changed by and change that very same material through their unique understanding. Becoming a psychologist is a dynamic and transformative process. Dr. Langtiw strives to provide a safe and unencumbered space for that transformation to occur.
Education History
Degree Institution Year B.A. Psychology with Honors The University of Chicago , Chicago, IL 1995 M.A. Clinicial Psychology, Community Focus The University of Illinois at Chicago , Chicago, IL 1998 Clinical Psy.D. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology , Chicago, IL 2005 Graduate Certificate in Qualitative Research Nova Southeastern University , Davie, FL 2017 Professional Memberships
Role Organization Member American Psychological Association American Member Midwestern Psychological Association Member Association for Black Psychologists Member International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Member Illinois Counseling Association Member Association for Play Therapy Member Caribbean Regional Conference in Psyychology Member Illinois Psychological Association Presentations
Title Location Date Fostering Connections: Responding to Reactive Attachment Disorder Chicago, IL October 16, 2016 Bringing the Academy to Life: Qualitative Research in Conference Programming Davie, FL January 15, 2016 Re-creating the Classroom: The Joy of Teaching Qualitative Research Davie, FL January 10, 2016 Langtiw, C.L., Bodner, A., Gilberg, S., Lubin, P., Murad, K., Shenoy, N. (2025, March 28). Interlogues: An invitation to change. The Qualitative Report 16th Annual Conference (virtual). Davie, FL/Virtual March 28, 2025 Community Involvement
Role Organization Volunteer Clinical Supervisor The Marjorie Kovler Center for Survivors of Torture Board President Point Source Youth Areas of Expertise
Area Expertise Career/Workplace Issues Work/Life Balance Diversity Cultural Issues Diversity Issues Immigration/Immigrant Issues Domestic Violence Child Abuse Marriage & Family Family Therapy PTSD/Trauma Crisis Intervention Post-Traumatic Growth Secondary Traumatic Stress Licenses
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, #071-007343 , Illinois Publications
Journal Langtiw, C.L. & Heidbrink, L. (2016). Removal, betrayal, and resistance: Comparative analysis of black youth in the U.S. and Haitian-descendant youth in the Dominican Republic.. Community in Global Perspective, (2) (2), 40-55.
Cynthia Lubin Langtiw Paul Rhodes (2018). Why clinical psychology needs to engage in community-based approaches to mental health.. Australian Psychologist, ,
Website Cynthia Lubin Langtiw. (2015). Black Bodies Seen: Meditations on Mobility, Betrayal, and American and Dominican Haitian Youth. Retrieved from http://www.youthcirculations.com/blog/2015/6/19/black-bodies-seen-meditations-on-mobility-betrayal-and-american-and-dominican-haitian-youth
Media Exposure
Question and Answer
Please describe your teaching philosophy. I place a high value on education. That is to say that I view education as not only a means to an end, but I find great value and meaning in the process itself. My teaching philosophy is highly influenced by the work of educator/philosopher/visionary Paolo Freire as well as bell hooks' Teaching to Transgress. In his seminal piece, The Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Freire debunks the idea that students are empty receptacles in which information is "banked" or deposited. Instead Freire espouses an authentic approach to learning, in which together scholar and educator engage, interact, and experience the material, and thereby are changed by and change the material. My hope is to provide a safe and unencumbered space for learners to be transformed.
Please provide a statement or philosophy regarding the practice of psychology. At our best we are connected. We are connected with ourselves. We believe that the best is in us and that we can live that authentically. We are connected with our families, friends, communities, and societies. There is congruence. I believe that we experience the deepest sorrows and difficulties when there is disconnection. When we are out of sorts, or disconnected, with a part of ourselves, family, friends, communities, or society, there is incongruence. My belief is that by identifying salient disconnections and working towards reconnection that one is on the path towards healing. As a clinician, it is my aim to respectfully and gently sweep that path and guide the way towards reconnection, healing, and hope.
Why did you choose to enter the field of psychology? When I was 10 years old I was convinced that Harriet the Spy (by Lois Fitzhugh) was my alter ego. At one point she says "I want to know everything, everything," ..."Everything in the world, everything, everything. I will be a spy and know everything." For as long as I can remember there has been an overwhelming desire to know. I would, and still do, read anything and everything. I realized that at the heart of that desire was a desire to know people, to fully understand human nature. That understanding has forged a compassion for others and dedication to a noble field that seeks to know, not only know, but also act on that knowledge.
What advice would you give to a student entering The Chicago School? This is an awesome undertaking. You can not do it alone. Take care of yourself. Take care of each other. The person sitting next to you in seminar will be a coworker, supervisor, or supervisee in 5 years. Take advantage of the faculty. Bend their ears. Go to colloquia. Stay after and ask questions at colloquia. For that matter ask questions everywhere and anywhere. Don't just take in learning, but engage in learning. Build connections, build community. You will be better for it.
Professional Skills
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), child & adolescent psychology - anger, anxiety, bullying, child abuse, cultural issues, depression, diversity issues, emotional health, family therapy, immigrant populations, interfaith relationships, marriage and divorce, media effects on children and adolescents, mood disorders, parenting, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), professional development, psychotherapy, school violence, stress, trauma, work/life balance
