Diane Gottfried, PhD

• Adults who are struggling with depression and …anxiety and have histories of
• childhood trauma, including sexual and physical abuse and domestic violence.
• People who have experienced adult-onset trauma, such as post-9/11, combat
• trauma, sexual assaults and accidents.
• Young adults who are managing the stress of major life transitions, such as
• entering college, navigating life in NYC, or establishing and maintaining
• boundaries with family.
• People who are processing issues of identity, especially sexual and gender
• identity, internalized bigotry (racism, sexism, homophobia), acculturation,
• migration and social class.

        I have worked with individuals struggling with a range of issues including:

• workplace stress
• severe mental illness
• recovery from addiction
• coping with a mentally ill or substance addicted family member
• managing fertility issues
• medical illnesses, both chronic (HIV+ diagnosis) and potentially terminal (cancer)
• grief, both recent and unresolved

        SPECIALTIES

•  Depression and anxiety
•  Grief and loss, both recent and unresolved
•  Medical Issues
• Trauma (PTSD and Complex-PTSD)

        THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES

•  Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
•  Psychoanalysis
•  AF-EMDR