Psychologist • Mentor • Psychoanalyst
Julie Marcuse, Ph.D
Dr. Julie Jarett Marcuse is a licensed psychologist committed to providing a high level of care to her patients. In a comfortable Manhattan office, she sees people privately, and has done so for over 25 years. In addition to her private practice, she is the Director of The Sexual Abuse Service of the William Alanson White Institute, where she also teaches and supervises.
Treatment is Available for:
AnxietyDepression
Low Self Esteem
Intimacy Issues
Sexual Abuse History
Eating Disorders
Relationship Difficulties
Parenting Skills
Thoughts About Therapy
Perhaps you have been thinking about beginning therapy for a long time. While fantasies about it are empowering, doing it takes courage. You may hesitate because of the time and expense involved or because you remember a prior disappointing experience. The hardest part of the decision is knowing who to trust. Can you risk taking a name from a website?
To help make your choice easier, this website has a link to a short video. It is an introduction to the treatment process and to formulating realistic expectations about your relationship with me. In terms of outcome, experience and credentials are necessary, but not sufficient. You need to assess whether there will be a good fit ….meaning… can you picture yourself feeling comfortable talking to me?
From my perspective, the human experience is shaped, and often limited by, aspects of the self that elude consciousness. Nevertheless, they are meaningful and can be understood. Through a collaborative dialogue, actively talking and listening, psycho-dynamically oriented psychotherapy often removes obstacles, allowing insight into these critical, but previously unacknowledged realms. This opens doors to expanding and integrating your sense of self, and to developing a coherent narrative about your life. In the process of doing this, many patients find symptoms diminish; the range of choices seems to widen; goals are closer at hand; and the subjective quality of life improves. It is not unusual for me to hear patients describe a sense of increased resilience, so that, armed with a fuller comprehension of their past, they feel more able to cope with the demands of the present. They also feel less anxious about the challenges of the future.
Julie Marcuse, Ph.D