Undergraduate & Graduate Students

  • Surviving higher education—whether in undergraduate, doctoral, law, or medical programs—can destabilize your sense of self. You may find yourself trapped in:

    • A debilitating fear of failure or letting others down

    • Relationships that constantly feel unstable or intense fears of abandonment away from home

    • Pervasive self-doubt, identity confusion, and difficulty making independent choices

  • From a psychodynamic perspective, these academic and relationship struggles do not happen in a vacuum. They are frequently shaped by an early upbringing of unpredictable affection, early loss, or intense psychological control.

    An unpredictable or overly controlling childhood makes the jump to independent adult life feel threatening. Academic pressure gets tangled up with a deeper anxiety about your independence, your self-worth, and your capacity to handle life on your own.

  • Academic transitions should not cost you your mental health. Using evidence-based medication, psychotherapy, or a combination of both, we collaboratively work to:

    • Regulate attachment anxiety and manage the stress of being far from home

    • Safely untangle your personal identity and values from family or academic expectations

    • Process unresolved patterns of loss to help you build a stable, independent path forward

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