My approach
I am a New York State licensed psychotherapist trained at the Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. My work is psychodynamic and relational, with attention to the ways earlier experiences continue to influence present feelings, expectations, and choices.
We all develop ways of managing the environments in which we grow up. Some of those strategies continue to serve us. Others become rigid, costly, or disconnected from the lives we now want. Therapy allows us to understand those patterns without treating them as personal failures.
I try to listen without rushing to judgment or reducing an experience to “good” or “bad.” That does not mean therapy is passive. I ask questions, make observations, and help us stay with what may be difficult to think about alone.
What it may feel like to work with me
My style is engaged, thoughtful, and direct. I value warmth, curiosity, humor when it is useful, and the kind of honesty that develops through trust. I adapt my approach because people differ in how they process emotion, use insight, and respond to structure.
I specialize in individual psychotherapy for adults of all ages. My office is located in Midtown Manhattan.