Alexander Lewin

I have a special passion for working with artists and creative professionals as they wrestle with fears, fantasies, depressions, manias, and all the challenges not only of making art but of making a living through art. I also love working with adolescents and folks struggling with addiction and recovery. Finally, I work with couples of all stripes (straight, queer, poly). Helping couples figure out what's going wrong is a unique, and uniquely rewarding, challenge for all parties involved.

I work psychoanalytically (and I'm a candidate in psychoanalytic training at the New Center for Psychoanalysis), which means we excavate past traumas that will help us figure out why you might be repeating behavioral or relational patterns that ultimately don't serve you — so that we can interrupt those patterns and experiment with new ways of responding to stressors, relationships, and the curveballs life throws at us.

I think of my work like this: the client is a river and I help to remove rocks. Together, we will do the difficult work of grieving losses, honoring fears, and understanding traumas. All of which will help you to become more alive to your immediate experience — to flow more freely.