Paul Cantz, Psy.D., ABPP
Professor + Director of Clinical Training
Clinical Psychology
Chicago
“The central task of education is to implant a will and a facility for learning; it should produce not learned but learning people.” – Eric Hoffer
OVERVIEW
Dr. Cantz is a licensed, board-certified clinical psychologist, Full Professor, and Director of Clinical Training at Adler University in Chicago, as well as Co-Founder of Orchard Wellness, PLLC. He previously served as Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine and has held multiple leadership roles in clinical training. He maintains an independent psychoanalytic practice in Chicago and the Northshore and serves on the boards of Akiba Schechter Jewish Day School and the Associated Talmud Torahs, in addition to serving as Vice President for Nefesh-Chicago. His peer-reviewed scholarship spans the intellectual foundations of modern psychiatry, religious conversion, death anxiety, cross-cultural gender dynamics, the psychodynamics of music, and dystopian mythology and media.
MEMBERSHIPS + ASSOCIATIONS
- Association for Jewish Psychologists (AJP)
- Illinois Psychological Association (IPA)
- 2006-2023 – American Psychological Association
- Nefesh International
PRESENTATIONS + PUBLICATIONS
Presentations
The “Black Prince of the Revolution”: Revisiting Tupac Shakur’s Career & Legacy as a Misunderstood Poet and Performance Artist
2016
Bradley University, Slane College of Communications & Fine Arts – Burbank, CA
Author(s):
Cantz, P. & Huberman, J.
The Lies We Tell Ourselves: Ethical Pitfalls in Clinical Practice
2016
Illinois Psychological Association Annual Convention – Oak Park, IL
Author(s):
Buckley, P., Cantz, P., Sauer, A., Sivan, A., & Zoline, S.
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Zombie Apocalypse* But Didn’t Know to Ask: Psychoanalytic and Existential Aspects of the Contemporary Rise of Dystopian Myths
2016
University of La Verne, Departments of Communications & Psychology – La Verne, CA
Author(s):
Cantz, P.
It’s the End of the World as We Know It (…but No Worries): The Rise in Popularity of Dystopian Myths and Our Immortal “Other”
2015
Psychology and the Other Conference – Cambridge, MA
Author(s):
Cantz, P.
The Binding of Freud: Oedipus vs. Isaac & the Mythopoeic Underpinnings of Psychoanalysis
2014
The Centre for the Study of Myth, University of Aberdeen – Scotland, UK
Author(s):
Cantz, P.
A Renewed Call for the Elimination of the Postdoctoral Requirement as a Condition for Licensure in Clinical Psychology: Social Justice Meets Best Practices
2015
National Council of Schools and Programs of Professional Psychology
Mid-Winter Conference – San Diego, CA
Mid-Winter Conference – San Diego, CA
Author(s):
Cantz, P., Kim, E., Battista, P., & Osten-Garner, K.
The Dreyfus(s) Boys: Devil’s Island versus The World Series (The Jewish Experience in Europe versus America)
2014
26th Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture – Cooperstown, NY
Author(s):
Kaplan, K. J., Schwartz, M. B., Cantz, P., & Kaplan, D. L.
A Biblical Response to the Pathologizing of Aging: Scientific, Medical, & Ethical Considerations
2014
3rd Annual Conference of Medicine and Religion – University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Author(s):
Cantz, P.
Is Anti-Semitism the “Other” Misogyny? A Psychodynamic Exploration of Genetic Commonalities
2013
Psychology and the Other Conference – Cambridge, MA
Author(s):
Cantz, P.
The Uniqueness of Baseball as an American Sport: A Psycho-Biblical Analysis
2013
25th Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture – Cooperstown, NY
Author(s):
Cantz, P., Kaplan, D. L., & Kaplan, K. J.
A Biblical Response to Death Anxiety: Notes on the Babel Narrative
2012
7th Annual Research Conference for Health, Religion, and
Spirituality – Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
Spirituality – Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
Author(s):
Cantz, P. & Castle, M.
Increasing Hopefulness, Purpose and Resiliency: Applying the Biblical Conception of Time and Development
2012
7th Annual Research Conference for Health, Religion, and
Spirituality – Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
Spirituality – Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
Author(s):
Kaplan, K. J. & Cantz, P.
Relating to God/Authority: Historical and Empirical Dimensions of Rebellion, Submission & Dialogue
2012
APA Division 36 Mid-Year Conference – Baltimore, MD
Author(s):
Kaplan, K. J., Cantz, P., Exline, J. J., & Grubs, J.
Cross Cultural Reflections on the Feminine “Other”: Hebraism and Hellenism Redux
2011
Psychology and the Other Conference – Cambridge, MA
Author(s):
Cantz, P. & Kaplan, K. J.
Suicide Prevention and Life Promotion: A Biblical Way of Dealing with Life’s Darkest Times
2011
SAMHSA Panel on Suicide Prevention – Alexandria, VA
Author(s):
Kaplan, K. J. & Cantz, P.
Approaching Self-Authenticity: A Psychodynamic Inquiry into the Spiritually Evocative Potential of Music
2011
APA Division 32: Society for Humanistic Psychology – Chicago, IL
Author(s):
Cantz, P.
The Slaughter of Isaac: Oedipal Themes in the Akedah Narrative Revisited
2010
Myth, Literature and the Unconscious Conference – University of Essex,
Colchester, England
Colchester, England
Author(s):
Cantz, P.
Publications
L’Dor v’Dor: The Intergenerational Style of Hebraic “Immortality”
2022
In D. Leichty (Ed.), Facing up to Mortality: Interfaith and Interreligious Explorations
(pp. 59–72). Lexington
(pp. 59–72). Lexington
Author(s):
Cantz, P.
Apocalyptic exceptionalism and existential particularity: The rise in popularity of dystopian myths and our immortal other
2018
In E. Severson & D. Goodman (Eds.), Memories and Monsters: Psychology,
Trauma and Narrative. Routledge (Chapter 1)
Trauma and Narrative. Routledge (Chapter 1)
Author(s):
Cantz, P.
Biblical Psychotherapy: Reclaiming Biblical Scripture for Positive Psychology and Suicide Prevention
2017
Lexington
Author(s):
Kaplan, K. J. and Cantz, P.
Utilizing biblical narratives for positive psychology and suicide prevention: An evidence-supported approach
2017
Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 8, 654–678
Author(s):
Cantz, P. and Kaplan, K. J.
The Pastime Past Time: The Uniqueness of Baseball as an American Sport – A Psycho-Biblical Analysis
2016
International Journal of Science, Culture, and Sport, 4, 367–380
Author(s):
Cantz, P., Kaplan, D. L., and Kaplan, K. J.
Suspicious circumcisions: A psychoanalytic exploration of the connection between Antisemitism and Misogyny
2015
Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 18, 354–367
Author(s):
Cantz, P.
Israel – “occupier” or “occupied”?: The psycho-political projection of Christian and post-Christian supersessionism
2014
Israel Affairs, 1, 40–61
Author(s):
Kaplan, K. J. and Cantz, P.
A psycho-biblical response to death anxiety: Separation and individuation dynamics in the Babel narrative
2013
Journal of Psychology and Theology, 41, 327–339
Author(s):
Cantz, P. and Castle, M.
Cross Cultural Reflections on the Feminine “Other”: Hebraism and Hellenism Redux
2013
Pastoral Psychology, 62, 485–496
Author(s):
Cantz, P. and Kaplan, K. J.
A psychodynamic inquiry into the spiritually-evocative potential of music
2013
International Forum of Psychoanalysis, 22, 69–81
Author(s):
Cantz, P.
The slaughter of Isaac: Oedipal themes in the akedah narrative revisited
2013
In Myth, Literature & the Unconscious (Eds. Leon Burnett, Sanja Bahun Robert).
London: Karnac
London: Karnac
Author(s):
Cantz, P.
Foreword
2013
In K. J. Kaplan, Living Biblically: Ten Guides for Fulfillment and Happiness.
Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock
Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock
Author(s):
Cantz, P.
Towards a biblical psychoanalysis: A second look at the first book
2012
Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 15, 779–797
Author(s):
Cantz, P.
Individuation and attachment in Israel and Thailand: Secular versus religious Jews and Buddhists
2012
The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 22, 93–105
Author(s):
Kaplan, K. J., Dolev, S., Galatzer, T., and Cantz, P.