We often tell ourselves to “just let it go”—but some patterns don’t budge for a reason. From a psychoanalytic perspective, symptoms like anxiety, perfectionism, or emotional withdrawal can serve as protective responses to deeper pain. This blog explores how understanding the meaning behind these patterns can lead to real change—without abandoning the parts of us that once needed to hold on.

Mindfulness is often praised for its ability to calm the mind—but in therapy, calm isn’t always the goal. In this post, I reflect on Ezra Klein’s conversation with Mark Epstein to explore how repetitive thoughts can carry meaning, not just distress. When mindfulness is used to suppress rather than support emotional insight, we risk reinforcing the very patterns we hope to change. Psychoanalytic therapy invites a different kind of listening.

This post explores how narcissistic relational dynamics—especially with a parent or partner—can quietly undermine a person’s sense of self. It offers a psychoanalytic lens on how these patterns form, the subtle ways they affect identity and relationships, and how depth-oriented therapy can support healing and self-understanding.

The phenomenon where trauma experienced by one generation impact subsequent generations, is a complex and profound process.

In-person therapy offers more than conversation—it fosters a deep, embodied connection that transcends words, rekindling trust, presence, an

The Mind-Body Connection in Integrated Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: Understanding Somatic Symptomatology From headaches to back pain and...

Understanding the basics of depression. Am I depressed? Hopeful news about a highly treatable condition.

Vulnerability can bring you closer to others but not everyone has learned how to do it.