Eric Sherman L.C.S.W.

About

Eric Sherman, L.C.S.W., is a psychotherapist, psychoanalyst, teacher and supervisor in private practice in New York City and in Montclair, New Jersey.

He is the author of Notes from the Margins: The Gay Analyst's Subjectivity in the Treatment Setting and 365 Amazing Days in Sports. He has written about relationships, sex and sexuality, and the therapeutic process for professional journals and popular magazines like Ladies' Home Journal, Men's Health, Cosmopolitan and Reader's Digest.

Eric is a Faculty Member and Supervisor at The National Institute for the Psychotherapies, and the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center, both in New York, and the Center for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis of New Jersey. He is a member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy and was a founding editor of the journal Psychoanalytic Perspectives.

Books by Eric Sherman L.C.S.W.

Recent Posts

Therapy for Tough Guys

What psychoanalysis with a real-life Tony Soprano looks like.

What Do Cuomo and Trump Have in Common?

Do you take pleasure in the scandal du jour? You're not alone. Why schadenfreude is alive and well in the age of the pandemic.

Harvey Weinstein's Unexpected Victims

How childhood survivors of sexual abuse can be retraumatized by each new revelation of sexual harassment.

Gay Rights and Gays Wronged

First, North Carolina voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage. The next day, President Obama made history supporting the right of gay couples to say two simple words North Carolinians (and those in most other states) will not allow: "I do."

Are you a perfectionist?

Sexual Abuse: New Statistics, New Hope

Surviving the Holidays

Learning from Penn State: The Legacy of Childhood Sexual Abuse

Contentment: What You Can't Find in a Pill

Stop Making the Same Mistakes

The underlying reasons you may be repeating the same self-defeating patterns -- and how to get unstuck.