I began reading Freud in depth and was introduced to the work of French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan during my first semester in graduate school. I was drawn to Lacan’s contributions to psychoanalysis, especially the fundamental notion that language splits the human subject. Psychoanalysis aims at this part of our being that has been split off yet still exists, and endeavors to create a place for it in the social life of the subject.

Psychoanalytic theory provided for me the cause for an intellectually rigorous pursuit, and a new way of listening and of positioning myself in my work. In pursuit of my interest in Freudian and Lacanian psychoanalysis I became a member of the California Circle of the Freudian School of Quebec, the school of GIFRIC, and studied with that group for several years before entering into formal analytic training at the Lacanian School of Psychoanalysis (LSP).

Currently, in addition to my clinical practice, I facilitate ongoing reading groups focused on primary texts in psychoanalysis, and participate regularly in study groups and consultations regarding various topics pertaining to clinical practice.