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Thoughts on therapy
and the inner life

Writing on what brings people to therapy, how the work unfolds, and what I have learned from years of sitting with people in this room.

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When Intelligence Becomes a Weapon Against Yourself

A San Francisco psychotherapist explores how the analytical mind can turn against the self, and what depth-oriented therapy offers people who think their way around their own feeling.

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What the Inner Critic Is Really Protecting

A San Francisco psychotherapist explores the protective function of the inner critic and why understanding what it's defending against matters more than silencing it.

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Depth-Oriented Couples Therapy: What It Is and What It Isn't

A San Francisco psychotherapist explains depth-oriented couples therapy: what distinguishes it from communication-focused approaches, and what couples can expect from the work.

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Why People Who Excel Professionally Often Struggle Most in Relationships

A San Francisco psychotherapist explores why professional effectiveness and relational difficulty so often go together, drawing on attachment theory and object relations.

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The Cost of Being Your Own Harshest Critic

A San Francisco psychotherapist explores the inner critic through a psychodynamic lens: where it comes from, what it protects, and how depth-oriented therapy creates the conditions for a different relationship with it.

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Something Is Shifting: On Hope and Renewal Under Pressure

A depth psychotherapist reflects on the quiet movement toward hope and renewal visible in the consulting room, in himself, and in his closest relationships, despite collective anxiety and ongoing uncertainty.

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What Is Psychodynamic Therapy, and Who Is It For?

A San Francisco psychotherapist explains psychodynamic therapy in plain terms: what it is, what sessions look like, and who tends to benefit most from depth-oriented work.

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What I'm Working On: Trust

A depth psychotherapist explores trust, projection, and the fundamental aloneness underneath our relational patterns.

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