About Me
I am an LCSW licensed to practice psychotherapy in Connecticut, New York, and Florida. I completed psychoanalytic training at the Institute of Psychoanalytic Training and Research and have an additional certificate in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy from the New Hope Guild.
My training and years of clinical experience have afforded me the opportunity to develop my skills as a sensitive, attentive, and empathic listener. This allows me to identify and explore themes and make connections that lead to clarity and insight. Such an expansion of awareness often leads to lasting change. While my treatment style is rooted in psychoanalytic theory, I endeavor to remain flexible and open, adapting and modifying my approach to the needs, difficulties and goals of each person who comes to me seeking help. In addition to my clinical work, I am available for consultation and clinical supervision.
Associations
Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research
International Psychoanalytical Association
American Psychoanalytic Association
Member of cips.usa
Connecticut Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology
Publications
“Trauma and Embodied Memory” in Trauma, Destruction and Transformative Potential: Clinical Perspectives
Rifkin, M. (2016). "Absolute Truth and Unbearable Psychic Pain: Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Concrete Experience" a book review in Psychoanalytic Review
“Chaos in Venice: An Analyst Reflects” in The Round Robin
“Plight of the Imposter: The Embodied Transference and Countertransference in the Analysis of a Woman with a Congenital Deformity” in From Soma to Symbol: Psychosomatic Conditions and Transformative Experience