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About My Clients
Clients often tell me that they are struggling with who they are and who they want to be. They get stuck doing the same familiar things and getting the same painful outcomes: dating the same type of partner; getting into the same arguments; working the same job, feeling that same isolation, that same lack of connection, that same ambient-anxiety. I work with patients .I work with patients to understand and decalcify these patterns as well as the deep mental structures that sustain them.
My Background and Approach
I don’t believe that any one person can be reduced to a single treatment method. You were not designed by therapists to be an ideal CBT client – you are you and sometimes CBT will work, and sometimes depth work is what you need, and sometimes it will be something else entirely. For that reason, I have trained widely and approach therapy integratively: I have trained in psychodynamic psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), family systems, and trauma-informed care; I have worked in schools, hospitals, and private practice with teens, adults, couples, and families; and I continue to teach, attend conferences, and research and write on issues in the field. In addition to my clinical training at NYU, I have a background in academic philosophy from several schools in Europe. The result is an evidence-based approach to therapy that balances addressing the immediate distress of today with an understanding of how your developmental history informs and often supports that distress.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
Effective therapy is not just about symptom reduction or diagnosis, it is about identifying who you are, who you want to be, and then working together to get there.