I am a New York State Licensed Psychoanalyst and completed a six-year postdoctoral training program at the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis (NPAP). My academic background includes a PhD in Organizational Behavior and degrees in management and pure mathematics. I have a lifelong interest in human behavior, interpersonal relations, and our inner emotional lives. I conducted my clinical training at the Theodor Reik Clinical Center in Manhattan.

Prior to becoming a therapist, I worked in the corporate world and also taught organizational psychology as a college professor. I've held roles at firms including Chase, CIBC World Markets, Credit Suisse/UBS, Dow Jones, The College Board, Kaplan TestPrep, and consulted for the NYC Department of Education's iLearn Program. I also developed the Critical Thinking Program for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. My goal is to help you better understand your story, relationships, and emotional states and strengthen your core sense of self.

For those more familiar with psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, my approach is based on a modern expansion of Heinz Kohut's Self Psychology by clinicians including George Atwood, Robert Stolorow, Christopher Bollas, Thomas Ogden, Steven Mitchell, George Hagman, and Peter Zimmermann (Intersubjective Self Psychology). In combination with cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness techniques, I have found this approach to be very effective.