Therapy in NY & CT

With Dr. Mark Spergel

Dr.

Mark Spergel

My name is Dr. Mark Spergel, and I am a licensed psychoanalyst with over 15 years of experience seeing adults, adolescents, and couples in my Manhattan office on East 29th Street, and more recently in Stamford, Connecticut, as well.

I have also worked in higher education for 30 years, as well as in the arts and as a corporate consultant. I have been published in each of these fields.

I am an active member of numerous professional associations, including: 

  • National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis (NPAP)
  • National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis (NAAP)
  • Division 39 of the American Psychological Association (APA)
  • The NeuroPsychoanalysis Foundation

 

How may I help you?

My approach to therapy is primarily psychoanalytic / psychodynamic, but it draws on multiple theoretical approaches, depending on the needs of the client. Individuals usually seek treatment because something in their lives isn’t working for them. When familiar coping strategies are no longer enough, a trained therapist can help.

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Psychodynamic Therapy

Helping adults, adolescents, and couples regain control of their lives.

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Over 15 Years Experience

Licensed psychoanalyst and member of multiple professional associations.

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Free Consultation

Plus adjustable fees, based on your financial circumstances.

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Two Convenient Locations

I have offices in both New York, NY and Stamford, CT

Free Consultation

Resources

Whether you are in crisis or simply dissatisfied with some aspect of your life and want to feel more comfortable in your own skin, therapy can help by uncovering unconscious patterns and finding new ways to address unsettling internal states and interpersonal conflicts. These can include:

  • Difficulties with coworkers and supervisors
  • Family or romantic relationships
  • Identity issues
  • Unwanted dependencies
  • Loss and loneliness
  • Inertia, anxiety, and depression
  • Suicidal ideation, rage, and compulsive behaviors
  • Other self-destructive patterns

This kind of therapy generally takes some time because the difficulties are often deep-rooted, but individuals usually begin to feel some relief early on, if not right away.

I work in partnership with several prescribing physicians, but only when medication seems advisable.

Should you desire to find out more about psychodynamic therapy and my approach to treatment, please peruse the following resources:

People seek therapy for many different reasons. These are some of the ways
people describe why they seek therapy.  Your reasons may seem similar
or different.  But whatever your reasons are, we’ll want to try
to help you with them.

“Psychotherapy” is a general term that includes many different ways of helping people with their issues and problems. Sometimes psychotherapy goes under the name of “counseling,” “mental health” services or treatment, or just plain “therapy.” On this website we most often use the word “therapy.”

Psychoanalysis is a special form of psychotherapy in which you and your therapist work together intensively on struggles about how you feel, how you view yourself, how you relate to others and how you live your life.

Empirical evidence supports the efficacy of psychodynamic
therapy. Effect sizes for psychodynamic therapy are as
large as those reported for other therapies that have been
actively promoted as “empirically supported” and “evidence based.”

Psychodynamic therapy has been caricatured as navel-gazing,
but studies show powerful benefts

Cheap and effective, CBT became the dominant form of therapy, consigning Freud to psychology’s dingy basement. But new studies have cast doubt on its supremacy – and shown dramatic results for psychoanalysis. Is it time to get back on the couch?

Contact Me

I am happy to meet with you for an initial consultation, free of charge. Thereafter, fees may be adjusted based on your ability to pay. I am an in-network insurance provider under ComPsych; otherwise, I am an out-of-network provider for insurers that offer partial or full out-of-network reimbursement. It is best to check your policy and coverage.

Individual sessions generally last 45 minutes; couple sessions usually last a full hour. Session frequency can range from one to four times a week.

I have offices in two locations, one in New York City, the other in Stamford, Connecticut

Mark Spergel