Licensed Psychoanalyst, New York
Certified Psychoanalyst, NAAP, NY
Certified Clinical Psychologist, JAPAN
Licensed Psychologist, JAPAN
My Approach
My focus is not on the kind of pathology a person has suffered, nor on the symptoms experienced in the wake of a traumatic event. It dose not mean, of course, that I ignore the problems and sufferings a person has, but it means that I approach on the subjective meaning of your suffering and pain in a personal, social, cultural and historical context. In this sense my framework allows me to treat any type of human suffering, developmental and relational issues, emotional and mood disturbances, and traumatic experiences.
As a psychoanalyst, my perspective focuses mostly on looking for, and making sense of the ways that patient and therapist, first, experience the empathetic dialogue and relationship that unfolds between them. Second, it considers the way that therapist and patient, if all goes well, manage to co-create an “at home” feeling. It is in this home that the patient finds another human being who is willing to share the same impermanence and human limitations. In this process, from my perspective, the most significant emphasis is on how and what unfolds between patient and therapist while they make sense together of the fundamental psychological meaning of their having met in this world.