Psychoanalyst
Josh Wolf-Powers
Psychotherapy and psychoanalysis for people who are curious about their inner life — especially the parts that are hardest to say out loud.
Union Square, New York City.
In person.
Psychoanalyst
Josh Wolf-Powers
Psychotherapy and psychoanalysis for people who are curious about their inner life — especially the parts that are hardest to say out loud.
Union Square, New York City.
In person.
My approach
Who I am, and how I work.
An honest description of the clinical approach - no jargon, just a clear account of what it means to do this work together.
Read more ->Essays
Brief reflections on difficult emotions—emotions like shame, anger, fear, grief, and more.
Explore ->Contact
When you're ready.
How to reach me, and a description of what the first consultation looks like—so you know what to expect.
Get in touch ->A psychoanalytic approach to change
I believe you are powerful—that you can change your circumstances and experience. I will work closely with you, trying to understand what it’s like to be you, so your life can be more like you want it to be—and so you can understand better how, and why, it is as it is. I’m particularly interested in internal conflicts and in the unconscious: those things we don’t know or understand about ourselves, and about who, why, or how we are.
Read more about my approach ->Today’s essay
Frequency
Frequency
“Most people, when they seek therapy, have in mind a weekly visit to a therapist who will, they hope, help them work their way through one or more thorny problems that have proven resistant to solution. This may be anxiety, or depression, or relationship or career problems, or compulsive behavior, or addiction, or one or more of any number of other challenges. I work with some people in this way, meeting once a week, discussing both the events of the week and the specific problem or problems that brought them to me.”
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