Melissa Daum
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in New York, Psychoanalyst in training
Available for new clients
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About me
I'm a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in the West Village. I earned my Masters of Arts in Counseling with an Emphasis in Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, a Jungian-oriented training program. I'm currently a Psychoanalytic Candidate at the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis (NPAP) in New York City.
My clinical work as a therapist at Monte Nido Manhattan, an eating disorder partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient program, has given me specialized experience working eating issues and body image preoccupations. I currently work with many young adults who are actively struggling with eating disorders, and others who are no longer symptomatic but would like to understand more about their history with these issues.
I also have a special connection with artists, writers, and others in similar creative industries. I attended the Maryland Institute College of Art where I earned my BFA, and I later returned to teach undergraduate courses on psychopathology, dream analysis, and theories of inquiry. I frequently work with individuals dealing with creative blocks, resistance to starting their work, and the uncertainties that come with the creative process.
I speak:
English
Location:
Washington Place 119, 10014 New York City, United States
Approach
Treatment Approaches
Psychodynamic therapyRecommended for those looking to explore their emotions deeply and understand how past experiences shape their present life.
My therapeutic work is deeply informed by psychoanalysis and its emphasis on not merely alleviating symptoms, but discovering the deeply rooted, often unconscious mechanisms at work that generate our patterns — patterns that have gotten us where we are today, yet also may prevent us from moving forward.
By participating in talk therapy, we may discover that the way you’ve been telling your story, both to yourself and others, is only one version. I am interested in listening closely to your thoughts, habits, dreams, desires, avoidances, and symptoms, and together we may hear something else entirely. Therapy can be a space where you become curious about these stories too, the way they coexist and even conflict, allowing a more integrated experience to take hold. Change at this level can be profoundly long lasting and creatively fulfilling.
Cost
Individual Session
US$220
Insurances
ReimbursementPrivate Pay
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