People seek me out for psychodynamic therapy, psychoanalysis and for psychodynamic supervision (aka consultation). I practice, full-time in Washington, DC (actually, in Chevy Chase, MD, one block from the DC border and the Friendship Heights, red line). Also, I serve on the faculty at Johns Hopkins and at the Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis.Those seeking psychotherapy or psychoanalysis are often aware that their symptoms, or difficulties, are signs of underlying struggles or inner turmoil. Their concerns may include: relationship difficulties, anxiety, sadness, depression, malaise, dissatisfaction, fear of abandonment and intimacy, uncertainty about work and life goals, the imposter syndrome, writer's block, anxiety about becoming a law firm partner, self-doubt around achieving tenure at their university, concerns about identity and interpersonal conflict. Also, some are mental health professionals who, in addition to working on their difficulties, wish to become psychoanalysts. They are aware that a personal psychoanalysis is a requisite to becoming a psychoanalyst.They respect their symptoms because they recognize that their symptoms have meaning and serve a function. Moreover, they appreciate that in some way (as unhappy as they may feel) their symptoms may protect them from pain. They realize that understanding the meaning of their symptoms, and learning about the ways in which their symptoms may protect them, leads to increased self-awareness. While they feel that symptom relief is important, they want more than superficial solutions. They seek the deeper more robust path that psychodynamic therapy and psychoanalysis offers. Their ultimate goal is to develop an owner’s manual to their inner world. Psychodynamic therapy, typically, meets once, twice or three times a week. Sometimes, people recognize that a more in depth approach is warranted. So, they undertake a more intensive treatment, psychoanalysis: which meets four or five times a week. In addition to psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, I provide consultation to clinicians so that they can deepen their understanding of their patients and can help them to make significant changes; I welcome psychoanalysts, candidates and licensed psychiatrists, psychologists and mental health professionals. I greatly enjoy doing psychodynamic therapy, psychoanalysis and clinical consultation. Beyond this, I teach graduate students at Johns Hopkins University and psychoanalytic candidates at the Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis.