I am a clinical psychologist and author in New York State

My private psychotherapy practice is based in Sleepy Hollow, NY, where I see adolescents and adults online and in person. I also offer consultation and supervision to other mental health professionals, give talks and workshops at healthcare and educational institutions, and advise private companies.

In addition to my private practice, I am an associate professor of psychology at Fordham University and director of the Fordham Community Mental Health Clinic.

I am the author of The Gaming Mind: A New Psychology of Videogames and the Power of Play (2020), Borderline: The Biography of a Personality Disorder (2024), and the forthcoming Borderline Personality Disorder: A Contemporary Introduction (part of the Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Psychoanalysis series). My writing has appeared in Psyche, Salon, Logic, Kill Screen, and various academic books and journals.

I serve on the board of trustees of the Austen Riggs Center, the executive board of the Westchester County Psychological Association, and the editorial board of the American Psychological Association journal Psychoanalytic Psychology.

I received my B.F.A in playwriting from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and my Ph.D. in clinical psychology from The New School for Social Research, completing my internship training at Columbia University Medical Center. I am a past recipient of the Scholar Award from the Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology, the University in Exile Fellowship from The New School for Social Research, and the John Golden Playwriting Prize.