Susan Obrecht, LCSW
59 West 12th Street, Suite 1-E
New York, NY 10011
212-627-2527

sobrecht@aol.com
www.susanobrecht.com

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I am a licensed clinical social worker and psychoanalyst with 25 years of private practice experience.
I offer individual and couples treatment to address:

• Depression/Anxiety
• Writer’s Block
• Professional Challenges of Performing Artists
• Career Transitions
• Fertility Issues
• Parenting Demands
• Loss/Bereavement

Faculty, Supervisor, Training Analyst

Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis
National Institute for the Psychotherapies

Course Instructor

• What to do with Dreams. Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy’s GLAP program, October 2013.
• Dreams, Contemporary Theory. National Institute for the Psychotherapies, Winter Term 2013.
• Dream Analysis. Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis, Spring Term 2014.

Workshops

A diverse array of topics offered including: cultivating “Optimal Flow”; using dreams to evaluate mood disorders; claiming the space to write; and processing career transitions;  at NYU’s Faculty/Staff Assistance Program, The Write Idea, and Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis.

Symposium Chair

The Immigrant in the Consulting Room, National Institute for the Psychotherapies, May 10, 2014.

Publication

“On the Road Again: Alternatives for Maintaining Psychotherapeutic Continuity with Actors,”
    Medical Problems of Performing Artists, September 1992.

Education

B.A. The Johns Hopkins University, 1978.
M.S.W. Columbia University, 1982.
Certificate in Psychoanalysis, Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis, 1990.
Certificate in Psychoanalytic Supervision, Manhattan Institute, 1996.
Certificate in Eating Disorders, Addictions and Compulsions,
    William Alanson White Institute, 2007.

Consultation

Please feel free to phone me at my office (212) 627-2527 to discuss a consultation for therapy or private supervision.