Psychiatry, Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis

Philosophy

My practice is based on the premise that almost everyone who crosses the therapist’s threshold is looking for a second chance: a chance to live a richer, less restricted life. Second chances depend on the therapist’s ability to show the patient that present life is colored by the past. By understanding how the past echoes into the present, we gain new choices — opportunities to grow, move forward, and resolve conflicts that hold us back.

Psychoanalytic work is surprisingly cost-effective. Like other forms of education, it has the potential to change one’s life radically. Relationships deepen; work and professional goals become broader and achievable. Psychiatric symptoms are often very costly, sometimes involving years of medical bills, diminished work productivity and disappearance from closest relationships.

Psychoanalysis means that we strive not just to reduce symptoms of suffering, but to get to their root causes, and then work to improve one’s sense of self and relationships. This process takes time and commitment, but the changes are usually long-lasting and for the better. I custom tailor a treatment plan that takes into account each individual’s strengths and goals. I believe in combining high quality treatment with the virtues of old-fashioned care – the kind where we take as much time as we need, without an insurance company rushing us or interfering with our treatment plan.