Dr. Andrew Klafter grew up in upstate NY. He attended college at the State University of NY at Binghamton, and received his medical degree from the SUNY Buffalo College of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Dr. Klafter has also spent time overseas studying philosophy, religious law, and medical ethics.  He completed his residency training in adult psychiatry in Philadelphia, PA, where he also served as Chief Resident. In 2000, Dr. Klafter was recruited to the University of Cincinnati to teach psychodynamic psychiatry to medical students and psychiatric residents. During his eight years as a full time faculty member, he served as the Assistant Training Director in the Department of Psychiatry's residency training program. He also served as Medical Director for the department's outpatient, multi-disciplinary practice. Dr. Klafter completed his full training as a psychoanalyst at the Cincinnati Psychoanalytic Institute (CPI) in 2011, and in 2012 joined the CPI faculty. As a psychoanalyst, he is certified by the American Board of Psychoanalysis and was appointed as a Training and Supervising Analyst by CPI and the American Association for Psychoanalytic Education. At CPI, He serves as the Track Leader for the Analytic Training Program's technique curriculum, and directs the training program in Advanced Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. As a therapist and psychoanalyst, Dr. Klafter specializes in intensive treatments for complex mental disorders, including Narcissistic Personality, Borderline states, and complex developmental trauma. As a general psychiatrist for adults and adolescents, he specializes in the medication treatment for treatment-resistant depression, Bipolar Disorder, and anxiety disorders. He is a six-time winner of the University of Cincinnati's prestigious Golden Apple Award for his lectures and supervision in psychodynamic psychotherapy. He also received the 2024 the American Psychoanalytic Associations Esther Sabshin Teaching Award for his innovative approaches to teaching psychodynamic therapy. He has lectured and published on a variety of psychoanalytic topics. 

In his personal life, Dr. Klafter is an accomplished musician and photographer. He is interested in cinema and popular music, and frequently assigns movies, T.V. shows, and songs to his patients as a way of illustrating the universal nature of the psychological and interpersonal issues that they are dealing with in their lives and discussing in their psychotherapy or psychoanalytic treatments.  Dr. Klafter has lectured nationally and internationally on the relevance of the popular media to psychotherapy and mental health, and the impact of music, television, film, video games, and social media on the development of children and teens.