Philosophy and approach:

Unhappy with yourself and the way life is unfolding? Career, relationships, or creative life not what you want them to be? Anxious? Unmotivated? Sad? Together we can help you understand what's going on and what's getting in your way. In addition to patience, empathy, humor, reliability, and both personal and intellectual curiosity, I bring to my work the training and expertise to work with both individuals and couples around a wide-range of concerns. Areas of special interest include interpersonal conflict, loneliness, creative blocks, eating/body image issues, LGBTQ concerns, habitual procrastination, self-esteem, sexual difficulties, and the particular dilemmas of artists and academics. 

My approach is individualized and interactive with a focus on long-term sustainable change. I take as a basic premise that you are more than a collection of symptoms or a problem to be fixed and believe that all you bring to the table deserves our full attention and exploration.

Psychotherapy and psychoanalysis are uniquely rewarding endeavors. It can be exciting, exhilarating, even fun, to try on unfamiliar perspectives, to eliminate habits and attitudes that no longer serve you, and to learn to know and care about yourself in a very different manner. At the same time, to examine and reveal your inner world, to trust another to share in that process, to make the inherently difficult effort to change—these things require considerable courage and are possible only in an environment of empathy, respect, and confidentiality where the delicate balance between encouraging growth and respecting limits is thoughtfully attended to.

Self-knowledge is good medicine. Therapy takes courage but can help you, like nothing else can, attain a sustainable sense of well-being and a freer and more satisfying life.

A note about credentials:

The letters “LCSW” stand for “Licensed Clinical Social Worker.” In New York State, Licensed Clinical Social Workers have completed a Master's degree in Social Work (MSW), have accrued substantial supervised clinical work experience, and have passed a state-certified licensing exam.

¨The letters stand for Fellow of the International Psychoanalytical Association.” The International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA) is a worldwide accrediting and regulatory body for the practice of psychoanalysis, a form of in-depth long-term psychotherapy. Fellows of the International Psychoanalytical Association have completed a comprehensive IPA-accredited postgraduate program of study. This program requires six or more years of training comprised of at least four years of coursework, a personal psychoanalysis, the successful conduct of a number of supervised psychoanalytic treatments, and the defense of a substantial piece of clinical writing.

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• Swarthmore College -- BA
  
• New York University -- MSW
  
• Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research
  

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• International Psychoanalytical Association
  
• Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research
  

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