Therapy for Creative Professionals
Are You a Creative Professional?
What This Is…
Being a creative isn't just what you do — for most artists, writers, filmmakers, actors and musicians, it's who you are. That fusion can be a source of tremendous meaning. It can also intensify all the feeling that come with a creative career. Therapy is a place to untangle the person from the work — not to create distance from your art, but to give you somewhere solid to stand inside of it.
Who this is for…
You might be in the right place if:
You're only as good as your last project, at least in your own mind
A bad review, a rejection, or a slow season sends you into a tailspin that feels disproportionate
You've made real compromises to sustain your career and you're not sure what they've cost you
You struggle to rest without feeling like you're falling behind or losing your edge
The commercial side of your work — the pitching, the self-promotion, the algorithm — feels corrosive in ways that are hard to articulate
You've built something real, and you're still waiting to feel like enough
You're afraid that if you look too closely at yourself, you'll lose whatever it is that makes the work good
What we work on…
We'll look at where your identity and your output became so fused — often this starts long before the career did. Using a psychodynamic approach, we explore the early experiences that shaped how you measure your worth, and how those equations are running quietly in the background of your creative life now. We'll also look at the specific pressures of working in a creative industry: the rejection that's structural and constant, the tension between artistic integrity and financial survival, the particular exhaustion of making your inner life into a product. The work isn't about becoming more productive. It's about building a self that can hold your ambition without being consumed by it.
How to get started…
Working together starts with a complimentary consultation call that lasts about fifteen minutes. It helps me to hear briefly what’s bringing you into therapy at this time. I can then answer any questions you may have and share more about how I work. From there you might decide to schedule a session. The best way to tell if we are a fit is to have a session or few. My wish is for you to find the best therapist for your needs, whether that’s me or someone else and we can discover that together by beginning the process and seeing what unfolds.