Alex Lewin, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist

I'm a psychoanalytically oriented therapist with a special passion for working with artists and creative professionals. When our avocation becomes our vocation — that is, when we make the decision to leverage our art to furnish our lives — it arouses new fears, fantasies, pressures, and possibilities. It can be a lonely endeavor; asking for help along the way is an act of moral courage. I strive to provide for my clients a safe space in which to explore and express frustrations and longings, traumas and dreams, fears and desires. This is also the raw material of couples therapy — another passion of mine. When couples make the brave decision to seek help, they almost always present with the same complaint: communication has eroded. In my conception, communication isn't the problem; it's a symptom of the problem. Together we will help you understand the moment-to-moment emotional truth of your cycles of conflict so that you can begin to experiment with new ways of reaching one another.

I also have experience with  and tremendous passion for  working with adolescents and with folks struggling with addiction and recovery. Addiction is a lens through which to think about all our mental suffering: we are all addicted to our defenses, whether those defenses be obsessional ruminating, compulsive shopping, insatiable hooking up, or substance abuse.