About Me
Recent Publications
Graybow, S. (2023). Identity meets identification: Thinking psychoanalytically about antisemitism. Paper presented at the 2023 International Psychoanalytical Studies Organization conference in Florence, Italy. Paper was awarded 1st Prize in the 2023 IPSO writing contest.
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Graybow, S. & Simpson, G. A. (Eds.). (2021). Dialectics and psychoanalytic social work [Special feature section]. Psychoanalytic Social Work, 28(2), 97-148.
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Graybow, S. & Simpson, G. A. (2021). Holding multiple perspectives in mind: The dialectics of contemporary clinical practice. Psychoanalytic Social Work, 28(2), 97-114.
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I work with adults, seniors, and couples in ongoing, insight-oriented therapy. I completed postgraduate psychotherapy training at the Psychoanalytic Training Institute of the Contemporary Freudian Society. I earned a PhD at the CUNY Graduate Center and an MSW from Columbia University. Besides private practice, I have worked as a clinician at the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Washington Square Institute, and Montefiore Medical Center. Currently, I am on the faculty of the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy program at the Contemporary Freudian Society and the Adult Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy program at the Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. I am qualified to assist with the full range of mental health issues including:
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Anxiety
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Depression
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Relationship Problems
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LGBTQIA+ Issues
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Adjusting to difficult challenges & transitions
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Men's Issues
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Mood Disorders
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Personality Disorders
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Perfectionism
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Performance Problems
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Self-Esteem Problems
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Sexuality & Intimacy
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Insomnia
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Religion, Spirituality, and Interfaith issues
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Trauma, Abuse, and PTSD
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Creative blocks and feeling stuck
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Phobias
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Holocaust trauma (survivors and descendants of survivors)
Professional Memberships
