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June 23, 2026
Attorney Therapist in New York
I work with lawyers and legal professionals who have been functioning at a high level for years: meeting expectations, advancing their career, and holding it together, while privately carrying something that hasn't resolved. They may be burned out in a way that vacations don't fix, caught in relationship patterns they can't seem to shift, or living with a persistent sense that something important has been lost along the way. Some are navigating the particular exhaustion that comes from years of subordinating their interior life to professional demands. Others are beginning to ask harder questions: who am I outside of what I do, and what do I actually want? They come to therapy not in crisis but because managing alone isn't enough anymore.
I am a licensed psychotherapist and former corporate attorney with a JD from Columbia Law School. My work is psychodynamic, trauma-informed, and relational. I focus on understanding the deeper patterns shaping how you experience yourself and others, rather than primarily managing symptoms. I specialize in burnout, complex trauma, relationship patterns, grief, and major life transitions. I work with individuals and couples, and I offer a particular depth of understanding of legal culture (billable hour pressure, the performance-based identity, the normalization of emotional suppression) that most therapists simply don't have. You won't need to translate your professional world for me.
If you're a lawyer who recognizes something of yourself here, I'd welcome the chance to connect. Starting therapy can feel like an unfamiliar kind of vulnerability, especially for people accustomed to being the ones with answers. There's no preparation required and no obligation. A consultation is simply a conversation, a chance to get a sense of how I work and whether this feels like the right fit.
I am out-of-network with all insurance plans and provide superbills upon request for clients seeking reimbursement through their insurance provider.
The issues I work with most often share a common thread: patterns that developed in response to early experiences, relational environments, or prolonged stress, and that continue to shape how you experience yourself and others long after the original circumstances have changed. This includes complex trauma, attachment wounds, burnout, and the particular ways anxiety, depression, and grief show up in people who have been managing well on the outside. My work doesn't follow a fixed treatment protocol. Rather than a structured plan with predetermined milestones, we work together to understand what's underneath your presenting concerns. What's driving the patterns, where they came from, and how they might shift. Progress tends to be gradual and nonlinear, but the changes that emerge from this kind of depth work tend to be durable rather than symptomatic.
My approach is psychodynamic and relational at its core, meaning we focus on understanding the deeper patterns shaping how you experience yourself and others, rather than primarily managing symptoms. I pay close attention to how early experiences, including trauma, continue to influence present-day relationships and sense of self. I integrate Internal Family Systems (IFS) and somatic approaches to support emotional access and regulation, and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) with couples. This is depth-oriented work without a fixed agenda. Sessions are collaborative, following what feels most alive or most pressing for you rather than a predetermined protocol.
