How we can work together
We will meet a few times to mutually decide how we can most effectively help you meet your goals. I view these first meetings as a time of exploration and collaboration. You will get a sense of me and how I work, and I will work hard to understand you and the causes of your suffering.
Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis is an intensive treatment, occurring three to five times weekly, for a wide variety of longstanding emotional problems including anxiety, depression, trauma history, work difficulties, troubled relationships, sexual concerns, or problems of self-esteem. Psychoanalysis is also often a treatment of choice for those looking to enhance creativity or discover more meaning and purpose in life. It is based on the belief that individuals are often unaware of factors that determine their patterns of relationships, emotions and behavior. These unconscious factors can sometimes express themselves in the form of specific symptoms or emotional problems. Difficulties such as blocks in creativity or a sense of inner emptiness are also often due to unconscious factors.
Psychoanalysis is a therapeutic partnership focused on helping each patient become aware of underlying sources of his or her difficulties, not just intellectually, but emotionally, in ways that lead to deep and lasting changes in the patient's life. Because the analyst and client meet so often, the therapeutic relationship itself becomes a fulcrum of exploration and change. A consultation can help determine whether psychoanalysis is the appropriate treatment for you.
I sometimes reduce my fee for people interested in psychoanalysis who cannot afford the full fee.
Individual Psychotherapy
I help my clients first clearly see and then work through old limiting ways of relating to themselves and other important people in their lives. This work often involves exploring how their problems developed in the past, and how a more satisfying life can be possible in the future. One aspect of my work involves accessing areas of the mind that are out of conscious awareness and yet exerting tremendous control over day-to-day life. This is a powerful tool to help resolve old patterns, and to develop healthier relationships, ways of working, and untapped capacities for freedom and joy.
I work with individual adults at a minimum of once per week. Many people find that working more frequently in psychoanalysis dramatically increases the potency of the work to change old, stuck patterns in their lives.
I have experience working with people who have a spiritual practice, or who would like to explore spirituality along with psychological growth. The spiritual path is exciting and can alleviate many kinds of suffering, but it can come with its own set of difficulties. I understand the struggle to work with shadow aspects of experience, complicated relationships to teachers and communities, and dry spells in spiritual life.
Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis is an intensive treatment, occurring three to five times weekly, for a wide variety of longstanding emotional problems including anxiety, depression, trauma history, work difficulties, troubled relationships, sexual concerns, or problems of self-esteem. Psychoanalysis is also often a treatment of choice for those looking to enhance creativity or discover more meaning and purpose in life. It is based on the belief that individuals are often unaware of factors that determine their patterns of relationships, emotions and behavior. These unconscious factors can sometimes express themselves in the form of specific symptoms or emotional problems. Difficulties such as blocks in creativity or a sense of inner emptiness are also often due to unconscious factors.
Psychoanalysis is a therapeutic partnership focused on helping each patient become aware of underlying sources of his or her difficulties, not just intellectually, but emotionally, in ways that lead to deep and lasting changes in the patient's life. Because the analyst and client meet so often, the therapeutic relationship itself becomes a fulcrum of exploration and change. A consultation can help determine whether psychoanalysis is the appropriate treatment for you.
I sometimes reduce my fee for people interested in psychoanalysis who cannot afford the full fee.
Individual Psychotherapy
I help my clients first clearly see and then work through old limiting ways of relating to themselves and other important people in their lives. This work often involves exploring how their problems developed in the past, and how a more satisfying life can be possible in the future. One aspect of my work involves accessing areas of the mind that are out of conscious awareness and yet exerting tremendous control over day-to-day life. This is a powerful tool to help resolve old patterns, and to develop healthier relationships, ways of working, and untapped capacities for freedom and joy.
I work with individual adults at a minimum of once per week. Many people find that working more frequently in psychoanalysis dramatically increases the potency of the work to change old, stuck patterns in their lives.
I have experience working with people who have a spiritual practice, or who would like to explore spirituality along with psychological growth. The spiritual path is exciting and can alleviate many kinds of suffering, but it can come with its own set of difficulties. I understand the struggle to work with shadow aspects of experience, complicated relationships to teachers and communities, and dry spells in spiritual life.