I became a therapist to help clients struggling with depression or loss, feelings of inauthenticity or psychic deadness, or anxieties around identity and intimacy. I am committed to working with you to address those feelings about yourself and ways of relating to others that cause distress and unhappiness. Aside from my psychoanalytic training, I draw on my own personal experiences to understand what it might feel like to be sad or lonely or to be overwhelmed by grief or feelings of powerlessness or to be marginalized based on who you are. I aim to provide a safe space as we collaborate to address your specific concerns.

I am a Ph.D and a licensed psychoanalyst in private practice on the Upper West Side, Manhattan. I have also enjoyed an academic career as a professor of sociology. I bring to my therapeutic practice a keen interest in the way social forces, whether class and race or rigid norms of “normality” impact on one’s personal life in subtle and sometimes dramatic ways.

LOCATION/CONTACT

235 West 75 Street, Suite 407, New York, NY 10023
Nearest Subway: 72 St (1,2,3)
Phone: (518) 527-8355
Email: sjs3490@gmail.com

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