The Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy for Artists offers a range of services to facilitate creativity and to help with difficulties that interfere with the lives and work of performing and creative artists.

How to Apply for Treatment

To arrange for treatment you may call the clinic office at 212-873-7070 or write to the address above "Attn: Service for People in the Arts. The Institute will make every attempt to arrange an intake interview as quickly as possible. All therapy is conducted by highly skilled psychiatrists and psychologists whose interpersonal focus includes a profound respect for individual differences and a resolute belief in the human potential for transformation.

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Fees

Fees for therapy are set according to a sliding scale, the type of therapy, and patient need. We also accept many insurance plans.

About the Service

The White Institute offers a range of services to facilitate creativity and to help with difficulties that interfere with the lives and work of performing and creative artists. We believe that problems such as writer's block, stage fright, self-undermining behaviors, the emotional consequences of career changes, and other struggles are often best treated with exploratory psychotherapy. Authentic self-expression and emotional responsiveness, common goals both in artistic work and in therapy, are prerequisites for dealing effectively with inner conflicts and personality issues. This service was developed in view of the unique challenges artists face in their work. The heightened sensitivity so necessary for creating and performing may lead to a more painful experience of the exigencies of everyday life. Public scrutiny of the artist's creative and performing efforts, which are frequently based on intensely personal experiences and material, has a potential for psychological injury. Economic hardship and strained interpersonal relationships may often be part of the price artists pay for the pursuit of their careers. Psychotherapy and psychoanalysis can contribute not only to a greater emotional aliveness in the artist's personal life, but also to the vitality and wholeness of the artistic process.

Staff of the Psychotherapy Services for People in the Arts

Co-Director of the Service:
Sherry Ross, Ph.D.
Helene Kafka, Ph.D.

Clinical Staff:
Joerg Bose, M.D., Donna Brindle, Ph.D.,Olga Cheselka, Ph.D., Rebecca Curtis, Ph.D., Eric Dammann, Ph.D., Joseph A. DeMeyer, Ph.D., Diane Goldkopf, Ph.D., Evelyn Hartman, Ph.D., Lawrence Jacobson, Ph.D., Janet Jeppson, M.D., Helene Kafka, Ph.D., Ellen Tobey Klass, Ph.D., Robert Langan, Ph.D., Barbara Lynn Miller, M.D., Susan Eve Shachner, Ph.D., Sondra E. Wilk, Ph.D., M. Margit Winckler, Ph.D.