I am a psychoanalyst, licensed in the State of New York. I have been in private practice in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis in Manhattan since 1982. Over the years I have worked with a wide variety of people, from artists and writers to professionals and business leaders, from college students and educators to stay at home moms and dads and everything in between. I have a Master’s degree in philosophy and psychology and a Doctorate in philosophy from the University of Bern, Switzerland, where I grew up. I came to New York in 1976 to pursue psychoanalytic training. I completed six years of postdoctoral training in dynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis and in 1982 obtained a certificate in psychoanalysis from the Training Institute of the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis, NPAP.
In 1984 I became a senior member, training and control analyst and faculty member at the Training Institute of NPAP, where I have been a supervisor and have taught a course in psychoanalytic self psychology for the past 30 years. In 2012 I became a member of the board of trustees of NPAP, and in 2016 I was elected to be the president of the Training Institute of NPAP for a term of 4 years. I am on the editorial board of the The Psychoanalytic Review. In 1984 I also became a founding member of the Society for the Advancement of Self Psychology, SASP, and in 1987 a co-founder of the Training and Research Institute in Intersubjective Self Psychology, TRISP, where I am on the Board of Directors and have been a senior faculty member, training analyst, supervisor and control analyst.
I am a co-editor and contributing author to Intersubjective Self Psychology, A Primer, Routledge (2019) which is the foundational text that describes the psychodynamic approach in my clinical practice. This approach puts patients' hopes and what we need in order to realize our ambitions and ideals at the center of clinical work.
I also have an active supervision practice and run supervision groups. I have trained and supervised dozens of analysts who have gone on to become successful psychoanalysts and psychodynamic psychotherapists.
