I'm a psychotherapist who offers psychoanalysis and counseling for adults, children, adolescents and couples. My office is in South Pasadena, five blocks from the Gold Line. I work to help my clients understand better what lies beneath difficulties in their relationships, whether with a partner, their children or others with whom they wish to build a stronger connection.
In the words of Gregory Bateson, "sometimes it takes two to know one." During the current pandemic, I offer therapy via a private video-conferencing platform or via telephone. Although gesture and rhythm is sometime lost online, I have found that video often provides a face-to-face intimacy, coupled with the protective distance afforded by the screen, that often allows for deeper reflection.
In the words of Gregory Bateson, "sometimes it takes two to know one." During the current pandemic, I offer therapy via a private video-conferencing platform or via telephone. Although gesture and rhythm is sometime lost online, I have found that video often provides a face-to-face intimacy, coupled with the protective distance afforded by the screen, that often allows for deeper reflection.
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I have also written in my field for The International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self-Psychology, Psychoanalytic Dialogues, and Psychoanalytic Inquiry. I am an associate editor for Psychoanalytic Inquiry and an associate book editor for Psychoanlaysis: Self in Context.
In my work with clients, I am guided by my training, by the work of psychoanalysts and therapists who have contributed to this field, but I am mostly guided by the client's unique story.A great deal of the power of therapy to relieve distress lies in the ability of the therapist to experience the difficult states of others - states that may feel at times unsharable - and help others put words to them and find a new context.
In my work with clients, I am guided by my training, by the work of psychoanalysts and therapists who have contributed to this field, but I am mostly guided by the client's unique story.A great deal of the power of therapy to relieve distress lies in the ability of the therapist to experience the difficult states of others - states that may feel at times unsharable - and help others put words to them and find a new context.
My aim is to provide a safe, warm, intelligent place from which to range freely through one's life, a "secure base" that opens the way for curiosity not just about the painful things, but about the joyful ones too. Therapy helps in so far as it allows for unique, seemingly unshareable experiences to be shared -- for the unspoken to be spoken.
We rarely understand why we fall in love, so it should come as no surprise when we don't understand why we have fallen out of love. We tend to have the same fight again and again and not quite understand why. Or we turn away from what bothers us in our partner, not thinking too hard about it, but feeling a loss of love as well.
Most psychological troubles entail difficulties with people. Sometimes we deny a need for others and withdraw in depression. Other times we distort how we are perceived by others and lash out in anger that leaves us depleted, guilt-ridden and alone. Many of the issues that give rise to these interpersonal difficulties can be conceptualized themselves as having emerged out of interactions with significant others, such as with early caregivers.
A child is typically brought into therapy by a parent worried about his behavior. Whether the child is experiencing social difficulties, separation anxiety at school or impulsivity following a trauma such as a divorce, the behavior can be looked at as a call for extra support. Often the parent can use the help of a caring, neutral observer, one who has seen a lot of children with problems and can offer access to a wider perspective.
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