Psychoanalytic Therapists in Chelsea, New York, NY

My clinical approach is informed by the theories of Freud and Lacan. I specialize in psychoanalysis for those seeking to realize deep personal changes. I also offer psychoanalytic psychotherapy to work through targeted issues that require immediate attention. We work together in a collaborative work-play process utilizing free-association and dream interpretation to get to the deeper, unconscious roots of your problems. This results in continual benefits beyond just temporary symptom relief: often fundamental shifts in your psychic economy.

I can help you find your way through whatever is troubling you. You may be struggling with your personal or professional relationships, or with entrenched patterns that hold you back from achieving desired goals or dreams. In our work together, I will be dedicated to helping you better understand yourself and challenge old behaviors to enable you to make the emotional and practical changes you seek. My presence is felt in my warmth, openness and emotionally available style of connecting. I pay close attention to the re-enactment of embedded patterns that emerge and help you re-work them.

I am dedicated to listening closely and on multiple levels to the people I work with. I want to understand how you think, experience the world, and feel. Whether you struggle with anxiety, depression, relationship conflict, or trauma, we will work together to understand the purpose these symptoms serve. Through exploration, we will strive to gain greater understanding and acceptance, allowing you greater personal freedom, creativity, and clarity around your sense of self, purpose, and belonging.

Through careful listening and an empathic, honest approach I can help you feel better about yourself and your life. You may feel stuck in a job or relationship. You may want more from life but not know how to get it. You may be struggling with with the difficulties of parenthood or marriage. I can help with artistic, creative, or intellectual struggles, body issues, sexual problems, substance issues, imbalances of life and work, impulse control, past trauma, or even just a general lack of inspiration or motivation in life.

There are many reasons for seeking professional help. A person may feel that he or she has trouble in personal or professional relationships. Sometimes it is possible to identify a troubling pattern, such as easily getting angry or repeatedly finding oneself with a partner who doesn't commit. A person may also seek help because of feeling anxious, depressed, or lonely. Feeling anxious all the time, too alone, or without motivation is uncomfortable. Some individuals use substances, sex or other behaviors to manage these internal states.

Life moves quickly, and therapy can help you to slow down and reflect on your experience in ways that open up new possibilities. In this process, even the most troubling symptoms contain important potential energy. As a therapist I work to strike a balance between creating space for reflection and participating actively in the process, including, when needed, telling you what I really think. But most of all, I have respect for the particular difficulties that you face and for the ways in which you have lived with them.

Do you sometimes find yourself in uncomfortable or painful interactions with others? Do you find yourself conflicted about decisions? Perhaps your difficulties are intense and active, infused with a sense of dread or anger. Or maybe it might be more like a deadness in the form of numbing or repetitive patterns from which you wish to awaken and/or relax into a life of homeostasis.

Welcome to my practice. Reaching out and seeking help is a brave first step. I fully understand and appreciate how difficult seeking help is. For 19 years, I have been helping adults and adolescents face life difficulties. At times, these difficulties stem from life circumstances and at times they come from within but they almost always feel overwhelming. The good news, is that help is just a phone call away. I have helped people struggling with depression, anxiety, work and school difficulties, marital and relationships issues.

I have been in practice for over 25 years and find my work very rewarding. I believe that therapy can help people feel more confident about their place in the world--more confident that the balance of goodness within themselves will allow them to go forward with their lives. I feel respect and gratitude towards my patients; their readiness to explore their areas of vulnerability has helped me to understand similar vulnerabilities within myself. I have learned from many sources; in this sense my approach is eclectic. It is important to tailor frequency and duration of treatment for each patient.

Your life is made up of many stories, and the ones you stay connected to and focus on can impact the way you feel. At CoreStory, we work to help you articulate your narratives to better understand your emotions, your relationships and your life. In the City, life can be hectic, with competing demands at work, home and in relationships often leaving people feel depleted, tired, sad, or stuck. We aim to provide a consistent space each week to tell your story and to help you make progress towards personal, family and career goals with a focus on sustaining wellness.

Necesitas cambiar para seguir adelante? Searching and in need for a breakthrough? La Terapia ayuda evaluar opciones y explorar tu ser integralmente. Psychotherapy is an exploration of your whole self; mind/body/emotions. Gives new insights on vital and difficult areas of life that sometimes present much like depression, anxiety or other vulnerabilities. My positive attitude and focus on wellness helps you go through tough challenges to get ready for important decisions. My therapy helps people to work on issues around substance use/recovery, grief and loses, chronic health, relationships and sexuality, LGBTQ affirmation and trauma.

If you are unhappy about your relationships; conflicted in work, studies or vocational choice; or are managing your anxieties through behaviors like binge-eating or substance abuse, then I can help you understand how self-defeating patterns arise, and give you tools to change them. I am experienced in both psychoanalytic and behavioral approaches to treatment and believe in adapting these to fit the individual, in order to create a strong alliance that will build confidence in your ability to change. It is never too late to start making a significant difference in your life, even at an advanced age.

I am a caring psychoanalyst with 20+ years of experience. Starting therapy may feel overwhelming but the experience can transform your life. Are there things you're doing to sabotage yourself? Do you get caught in the same patterns? How can you get the most out of your relationships? I believe therapy is a dynamic, two person process which takes place in an environment of safety and honesty. With insight, humor and warmth, I create a safe space for you to explore your feelings, relationships, ambitions, memories, and dreams. With awareness, acceptance and compassion, I believe that change is possible.

I have been a psychotherapist for more than 20 years, counseling individuals and couples with a variety of psychiatric conditions and life transitions. I see the therapeutic relationship as a collaborative process and create an environment where you can begin to critically think about your life choices while exploring relationship patterns. I will help you achieve both clarity and resolution with respect to life transitions and relationships by asking precise questions. Together we will focus on issues regarding empowerment, liberation and healing. You will reflect, act, and reflect again on your emotional and social life.

Pregnancy is a time of transformation as changes take place in the future mother’s body, relationship with her partner, social and work life and environment. Parents have to adjust to their rapidly changing world and to a new little human whose survival depends on them. They often feel inadequate because they are not quite sure what they are supposed to do in this new role, and having a baby can be a very challenging and isolating experience. Some parents experience anxiety and depression as well as difficulty bonding with their baby.

As a psychotherapist and psychoanalyst I work with adults, young adults and adolescents around issues of depression, anxiety, loss and trauma. My practice includes those who are at the edge of major life changes and those who feel themselves outside the norm. I work with survivors and children of survivors of trauma, whether inter-familial or war-related, as well as those who find themselves living in multiple worlds (cultural, socioeconomic, racial, ethnic, religious, etc.). Areas of focus include adoption, immigration, and identity.

If you are moving through a difficult transition or wanting to tend to the deeper psychological aspects of past traumatic situations or persistent addictions, my work can help you. My training is based in a psychoanalytic perspective coupled with mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and a genuine appreciation for sexual, cultural, and spiritual diversity.

Do feelings of depression, anxiety and low self-esteem take the joy out of life? Are you ready to fine-tune or overhaul your career or relationships? If so, I invite you to consider contacting me to set up a consultation.This is the first step in a collaborative process designed to help create the life you envision. Employing curiosity instead of judgment, we will tap into the wisdom and strengths you already possess. Throughout the journey, we will explore and work toward understanding where you are, how you got there and your would like to be.

I specialize in individual and couples therapy, particularly for people negotiating midlife crises and transitions. I can help you to understand yourself and other people better, and to find meaning for yourself in midlife and beyond. I give a regular talk at NYU School of Medicine on coping effectively with midlife challenges. I've also published a recent journal article on midlife issues in the Psychoanalytic Review, Oct. 2019: "Generativity and Its Viscissitudes." For couples work, broadly speaking, I have experience working with nonconventional relationships, and am queer, kink, and CNM/poly friendly.