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After a career of writing for magazines including The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, New York, and Harper’s, I decided to fulfill a lifelong interest in clinical work and returned to school to receive a Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling at New York University. I conducted my advanced clinical internship at St. Francis College, in Brooklyn, and Park Slope Therapy. I treat clients with a wide range of issues, including anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship conflicts. I see both couples and individuals, as well as teenagers and adolescents.
The son of a therapist, I began my career at The Atlantic, where I published my first feature article, on electroconvulsive therapy, and have since written on subjects including obsessive-compulsive disorder, cognitive-behavior therapy, autism, the psychological consequences of climate change, and contemporary masculinity. I am also the author of two books—Muses, Madmen, and Prophets, about the history and science of hearing voices, and Monkey Mind, a critically acclaimed memoir of my experiences with anxiety—and I am at work on a third, for Simon & Schuster, about the negative emotions.