Michael Alcee Ph.D.

About

Michael Alcee, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist, TEDx speaker, podcast host, and author who specializes in using his background in music, literature, and the arts to showcase the transformative power of psychotherapy. He is the 2019 winner of the American Psychological Association Schillinger Memorial prize for his essay on the link between jazz and psychoanalysis: "Reading the Changes: Freud's Improvisational Art." He currently works in private practice and as Mental Health Educator at Manhattan School of Music. To learn more about him, check out his website at michaelalcee.com. You can also learn more about his work helping inspire other psychologists to write the book and do the TEDxTalk they've always dreamed of sharing at psychwriters.com.

Books by Michael Alcee Ph.D.

Recent Posts

A Broken Heart at the Center of OCD

A Personal Perspective: There's so much focus on the worried mind of OCD. What about healing the broken heart?

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Living Like a Tortured Poet

A new movie based on a novel by John Green has a new twist on OCD.

Why ERP May Not Be Enough for Some OCD Sufferers

ERP is effective for many with OCD. For others, though, it can feel restrictive or isolating.

Don't Be the Grinch!

Does your OCD anxiety spike during the holidays? The Grinch is here to help!

Tapping the Hidden Potential Inside OCD

A Personal Perspective: How can Adam Grant's newest book help OCD sufferers? In more ways than you think.

How to Talk With the Other Side

A Personal Perspective: When the world is divided, how can we talk to each other?

The Generous Heart and Creative Mind Within OCD

Why can't anyone understand what's going on in an OCD mind? Here's hope for a new way in.

Shouldn’t We Treat the Heart of OCD, Too?

A Personal Perspective: It's OCD Awareness Week. Why aren't we talking about that big heart of yours?

Losing Your Mind as a Parent?

A Personal Perspective: Reclaim your sanity as a parent. Spoiler: Lose your mind and parent from the heart.

Why the Anxiety? Befriend Your OCD and Get Back to Yourself

A Personal Perspective: Having OCD is like being in a perpetual Law and Order episode. Here's how you can befriend the culprit so you can get back to yourself.