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We may explore: Case formulation through a psychoanalytic lens The therapeutic relationship, including transference and countertransference Relational and attachment patterns Clinical impasses and difficult treatment dynamics Developing greater confidence, curiosity, and clinical judgment The emotional impact of clinical work on the therapist I provide clinical supervision to clinicians located in New York and New Jersey. I also offer clinical case consultation to clinicians and graduate-level students located anywhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6259530fa53752163e2c22fc/eb897aee-4c40-4132-af75-05aa835b5cc3/morgan-harper-nichols-OMXPrCAhxrE-unsplash.jpg Clinical Supervision - Speaking, Webinars, and Podcasts I am available for speaking engagements, continuing education presentations, webinars, trainings, workshops, and podcast conversations for therapists, mental health clinicians, and graduate- or post-graduate-level students. Topics may include: Eating disorders and psychoanalytic psychotherapy Personality patterns, sense of self, and relational dynamics Attachment and developmental trauma Psychoanalytic case formulation Bringing a psychoanalytic framework into clinical treatment The role of psychoanalysis in treatment and care Working with complex emotional and relational patterns in therapy https://www.pamelapolizzi.com/meghan-stanley daily 0.75 2025-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6259530fa53752163e2c22fc/dae76c30-b414-46bf-94ff-24cf9f793761/Meghan_Psychotherapist_NYC.jpg Meghan Stanley, LMSW - LMSW, PSYCHOTHERAPIST Meghan Stanley I specialize in working with people facing a variety of struggles including eating disorders, anxiety, depression, trauma, and other co-occurring disorders. I help patients figure out what’s getting in the way of their healing process, as we work to overcome obstacles, and practice self-compassion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6259530fa53752163e2c22fc/d32562a1-66ac-4286-b915-5991d55c85d3/Pamela-Polizzi-New-York-Therapy-2.jpg https://www.pamelapolizzi.com/therapist-profile-template daily 0.75 2022-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6259530fa53752163e2c22fc/1cfa41db-fdb4-4b8d-b8d2-879a3d0db817/pamela-polizzi-psychotherapy-LCSW.jpg Therapist Profile (TEMPLATE) - LCSW, PSYCHOTHERAPIST, FOUNDER Pamela Polizzi I specialize in working with people struggling with eating disorders, personality disorders, anxiety, depression & life transitions. I also treat individuals struggling with unresolved trauma, specifying relational trauma from their childhood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6259530fa53752163e2c22fc/d32562a1-66ac-4286-b915-5991d55c85d3/Pamela-Polizzi-New-York-Therapy-2.jpg Therapist Profile (TEMPLATE) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.pamelapolizzi.com/pamela-polizzi daily 0.75 2026-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6259530fa53752163e2c22fc/d32562a1-66ac-4286-b915-5991d55c85d3/Pamela-Polizzi-New-York-Therapy-2.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6259530fa53752163e2c22fc/1650021181959-KTGXG7XV00IEA8LKCBZW/arrow-down.png About Pamela Polizzi, LCSW - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6259530fa53752163e2c22fc/1cfa41db-fdb4-4b8d-b8d2-879a3d0db817/pamela-polizzi-psychotherapy-LCSW.jpg About Pamela Polizzi, LCSW - Hi, I’m Pamela. I specialize in working with people navigating eating disorders, anxiety, depression, life transitions, and personality patterns that may be affecting their relationships, work, or sense of self. I also have extensive experience treating individuals healing from unresolved relational or attachment trauma, including the lasting impact early relationships or early environments have had on how they experience themselves and connect with others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6259530fa53752163e2c22fc/5fe18faa-01ed-4741-8e23-0f92ff40f924/nathan-van-egmond-XuttnPd2qNE-unsplash.jpg About Pamela Polizzi, LCSW - Sitting With the Unknown This work is also about not understanding, not knowing, and being in a state of the unknown, sometimes for long periods of time. I imagine this sounds scary and unnecessarily painful to most, I can understand that and have been there. Before the known becomes known, sitting with and containing what you feel and think — seeing that you can survive your thoughts and feelings, that they don't have the power to destroy you — is an important part of this deeply individualized process. Psychoanalytic treatment can offer a newfound sense of internal liberation in the art of being in the unknown. Most of us — and our society more broadly — default to scrambling for any control, certainty, or safety we can get. That's a real experience for many people today, but it doesn't change the reality of life: we can't control anything or anyone other than ourselves. Living that truth is a real challenge, often rooted in the internal narratives or rules we created to protect ourselves early on — especially if our early environments felt unpredictable, physically or emotionally chaotic, and left us feeling unsafe to trust the world around us, or ourselves. https://www.pamelapolizzi.com/legal daily 0.75 2022-04-19 https://www.pamelapolizzi.com/olivia-tjernberg-lmsw daily 0.75 2025-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6259530fa53752163e2c22fc/e8ad9a70-b12b-4865-b329-7c5ff3bd687e/Olivia-Tjernberg-Therapist-NY.jpg Olivia Tjernberg, LMSW - LMSW, PSYCHOTHERAPIST Olivia Tjernberg I specialize in working with people that struggle with mood disorders, personality disorders, and eating disorders. Beyond individual therapy, I also specialize in psychotherapy with couples and families. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6259530fa53752163e2c22fc/d32562a1-66ac-4286-b915-5991d55c85d3/Pamela-Polizzi-New-York-Therapy-2.jpg https://www.pamelapolizzi.com/careers daily 0.75 2024-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6259530fa53752163e2c22fc/1650021181959-KTGXG7XV00IEA8LKCBZW/arrow-down.png Careers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6259530fa53752163e2c22fc/d32562a1-66ac-4286-b915-5991d55c85d3/Pamela-Polizzi-New-York-Therapy-2.jpg Careers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.pamelapolizzi.com/psychoanalytic-psychotherapy daily 0.75 2026-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6259530fa53752163e2c22fc/d32562a1-66ac-4286-b915-5991d55c85d3/Pamela-Polizzi-New-York-Therapy-2.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6259530fa53752163e2c22fc/1650021181959-KTGXG7XV00IEA8LKCBZW/arrow-down.png Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6259530fa53752163e2c22fc/a66a10cc-c9e5-4b2c-a840-b27a7ce12159/Coversations_from_the_couch_blog_psychotherapy_nyc4..jpg Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy - What is Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy? Psychoanalytic psychotherapy is talk therapy that looks beyond the immediate symptom or problem. Of course, we will pay attention to what is painful right now—anxiety, depression, eating concerns, relationship struggles, or feeling lost—but we will also wonder about why these experiences may be showing up in your life. There is usually a reason behind the ways we think, feel, and behave. Sometimes those ways of coping helped us get through something difficult. At another point in life, though, they may begin to feel limiting, painful, or out of our control. In our work together, we will make space to understand those patterns with more care and less judgment. https://www.pamelapolizzi.com/personality-patterns-therapy daily 0.75 2026-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6259530fa53752163e2c22fc/d32562a1-66ac-4286-b915-5991d55c85d3/Pamela-Polizzi-New-York-Therapy-2.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6259530fa53752163e2c22fc/1650021181959-KTGXG7XV00IEA8LKCBZW/arrow-down.png Personality Patterns - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6259530fa53752163e2c22fc/d8ba03b7-24d2-4832-b640-5dbd1be78f2f/Pamela-Polizzi-New-York-Therapy-4.jpg Personality Patterns - What Are Personality Patterns? We all develop patterns in how we feel, cope, connect with others, and understand ourselves. Some patterns may have helped you get through difficult experiences or relationships earlier in life, but may no longer feel sustainable. You may struggle with quickly shifting emotions, intense reactions, self-criticism, fear of abandonment, difficulty trusting others, or feeling unsure of who you are outside of your relationships. You may feel deeply affected by what other people think, need, or feel, and lose touch with your own needs in the process. These experiences are not character flaws, and they are not evidence that you are “too much.” They are important parts of your emotional life that deserve attention, curiosity, and care. https://www.pamelapolizzi.com/relational-attachment-trauma-therapy daily 0.75 2026-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6259530fa53752163e2c22fc/d32562a1-66ac-4286-b915-5991d55c85d3/Pamela-Polizzi-New-York-Therapy-2.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6259530fa53752163e2c22fc/1650021181959-KTGXG7XV00IEA8LKCBZW/arrow-down.png Relational & Attachment Trauma - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6259530fa53752163e2c22fc/ca0260fc-7d93-4d94-ba62-8c62f37e5733/kateryna-hliznitsova-oryY0hf39LA-unsplash.jpg Relational & Attachment Trauma - What is Relational and Attachment Trauma? Trauma does not always come from one clearly defined event. Sometimes, it develops through repeated experiences in relationships: emotional neglect, inconsistency, criticism, control, abandonment, abuse, or the feeling that you had to take care of everyone else before you could take care of yourself. When the people we depend on are unavailable, unpredictable, or unsafe, we learn ways to protect ourselves. You may become overly independent, people-pleasing, guarded, fearful of being left, or uncomfortable with closeness. You may feel intensely connected to someone one moment and suddenly want to pull away the next. These patterns are not character flaws. They are often understandable responses to what you have lived through. https://www.pamelapolizzi.com/anxiety-therapy daily 0.75 2026-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6259530fa53752163e2c22fc/d32562a1-66ac-4286-b915-5991d55c85d3/Pamela-Polizzi-New-York-Therapy-2.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6259530fa53752163e2c22fc/1650021181959-KTGXG7XV00IEA8LKCBZW/arrow-down.png Anxiety - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6259530fa53752163e2c22fc/68f4816f-194b-4f60-a9f9-f40b5a3d35db/Pamela-Polizzi-New-York-Therapy-9.jpg Anxiety - What is Anxiety? Anxiety can show up in many different ways. Sometimes it is loud and obvious: panic attacks, obsessive thoughts, physical discomfort, or fear that makes it hard to leave your home or be around others. Other times, anxiety is more constant and familiar. You may overthink every conversation, feel responsible for everything, struggle to make decisions, or find yourself planning for every possible outcome. You may have become so used to living in a state of fear or vigilance that calm feels unfamiliar. This does not mean your anxiety does not have a purpose. Often, anxiety has been trying to protect you. It may be helping you feel more prepared, more in control, or less vulnerable to feelings that are harder to face. https://www.pamelapolizzi.com/depression-therapy daily 0.75 2026-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6259530fa53752163e2c22fc/1787436923350-RE75V6F4KQJ3KUIW0VVK/suhyeon-choi-tgcWzSKauUY-unsplash.jpg Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618497259178-6XJGK9GR6YAVBQL5L519/20140301_Trade-151_012-2.jpg Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694583486-2PQT0LQ193RL7MCB6DX4/20140228_Trade+151_0046.jpg Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694644871-IC85FNH781UNZSZEGHDR/Aro+Ha_0428.jpg Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6259530fa53752163e2c22fc/d32562a1-66ac-4286-b915-5991d55c85d3/Pamela-Polizzi-New-York-Therapy-2.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6259530fa53752163e2c22fc/1650021181959-KTGXG7XV00IEA8LKCBZW/arrow-down.png Depression - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6259530fa53752163e2c22fc/537406f6-516f-441d-b60f-5663a725336e/Pamela-Polizzi-New-York-Eating-Disorder-Therapy-.jpg Depression - What is Depression? Depression does not look the same for everyone. For some people, it is a familiar sadness or heaviness. For others, it looks more like emptiness, withdrawal, anger, exhaustion, self-criticism, or a loss of interest in life. Sometimes depression develops after an obvious loss, change, or painful event. Other times, it can feel as though it has arrived without a clear reason. In psychoanalytic psychotherapy, we can become curious about what may be happening beneath the surface—what the depression may be expressing, protecting, or making difficult to feel. This does not mean that depression is something you are choosing or that you should simply think your way out of it. It means that your experience deserves care, attention, and understanding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6259530fa53752163e2c22fc/d4f21573-0457-4527-8189-aec566dec1ca/susan-wilkinson-VSHpoNkwdjI-unsplash.jpg Depression - Part of life is learning to allow ourselves to mourn. Yet mourning is not always recognized in our culture as valuable or productive. It can feel painful, slow, and lonely—especially when it seems like everyone else has moved on, or when you feel you have to carry the loss by yourself. But making room for grief can be an important part of growth and maturity—not because the loss was good or needed to happen, but because you can begin to understand its meaning and carry it differently. In therapy, I will not rush you to move on. Together, we can make room to think about what has changed, what has been lost, and how these experiences may be living within you. In psychoanalytic treatment, mourning is not a detour from the work; it is often an important part of it. 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They don't have a specific "look" — anyone, at any size, can experience an issue with food and their body. This may involve restricting food, binge eating, purging, compulsive exercise, rigid food rules, body checking, or feeling consumed by thoughts about food, weight, and appearance. These patterns are about much more than food. They are often issues of anxiety and the need for constant control, in a world that feels very chaotic — a way of managing emotions that are too difficult to feel directly. Emotions are what help us navigate the world, but when they can't be felt, they get played out in the body instead. These patterns may have helped you feel safer, more in control, or less vulnerable to feelings that are difficult to sit with. 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Some are visible to other people, while others happen quietly inside: a shift in how you see yourself, a change in your priorities, or the realization that a relationship, role, or life path no longer feels right. These moments can bring up old fears, unresolved losses, questions about identity, or patterns in relationships that may have felt manageable before. You may find yourself feeling more anxious, depressed, irritable, overwhelmed, or unsure of what you want. Even when you have done everything possible to prepare—emotionally, practically, or physically—for a planned transition, it can still feel more difficult than you expected. Our unconscious minds can be pesky; change may stir up old feelings, fears, or losses that you did not realize were there—or that you thought had already been resolved. This does not mean you are doing the transition wrong. 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Psychoanalysis is an in-depth form of psychoanalytic treatment that usually involves meeting multiple times each week. The increased frequency gives us more space to notice what comes up over time: thoughts that seem random, feelings that are difficult to name, dreams, memories, reactions, and the ways you experience the relationship between us. This is not about forcing insight or digging for something dramatic. It is about allowing your thoughts and feelings to unfold, then becoming curious about what they might mean. Psychoanalysis takes time and patience. There is no way around that. 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Our work makes room for both your present concerns and the experiences, relationships, and emotional patterns that may have shaped you. We will not rush past what feels painful, but we also will not get lost in it. Alongside deeper exploration, we can work on practical ways to help you feel more grounded, present, and able to manage the day-to-day parts of your life. You are more than your symptoms. There is a reason behind every behavior, and no one is “too sick” or “not sick enough” to seek therapy.