The approach
I practice psychodynamic psychotherapy, supported by plain, steady clinical care — and I’m in my third year of psychoanalytic training, which means this way of working is something I keep studying, not something I picked up once. Here is what it actually means when you’re sitting in the room — four movements, in the order they tend to happen.
The work moves in a spiral, not a line — the same material, seen from one turn up, in better light.
The first sessions are about your present tense — what brought you in, what a hard week actually looks like, what you’ve already tried. You set the pace. There’s no intake interrogation and no pressure to arrive at the deep material before you trust the room.
Over time, themes surface. The same fear wearing different costumes. A way of relating that repeats at work, at home, even in the therapy itself. Psychodynamic work pays close attention to these repetitions, because the pattern usually points back to where it was learned.
Most symptoms began as solutions. Vigilance that once kept you safe. Rituals that quiet an unbearable doubt. Withdrawal that protected you from disappointment. When you can see what the pattern was built to do, it stops feeling like a defect and starts becoming a choice.
This isn’t insight for its own sake. As the old logic loosens, new responses become available — in how you handle the intrusive thought, the conflict, the low stretch. The goal is not a person with no difficult feelings. It’s a person with more room to move.
And when depth isn’t the point
Some seasons of life don’t call for archaeology. A diagnosis lands, a marriage strains, a job disappears — and what helps most is a reliable hour with someone who is entirely on your side. Supportive psychotherapy is exactly that: encouragement, perspective, and practical strategies while you navigate what’s in front of you. Many people move between both kinds of work with me over time, as their needs change.
Practicalities
A free 15-minute phone call. You describe what’s going on, ask anything you like, and we decide together whether to book a first session.
Weekly individual sessions, in person at my Lenox Hill office or by secure video anywhere in New York State.
Some people come for a focused stretch of months; others stay for deeper, longer work. We revisit what’s useful as we go — nothing is open-ended by default.
Everything you share is met without judgment. If I’m ever not the right fit, I’ll say so and help you find someone who is.