For over 25 years I have been helping people from all walks of life with personal and professional issues that interfere with enjoyment of their relationships and success in their occupations. Some of these issues include anxiety, depression, relationship and career issues, and performance anxiety (musicians, public speakers, academics, test takers, social anxiety).
My background is hybrid as my training and experience are in piano performance and in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. Therefore, I offer a broad range of psychological options including evaluations, consultations, coaching for auditions and job interviews, brief treatment in-depth psychotherapy, and psychoanalysis. I also enjoy supervising mental health professionals and collaborating with physicians who see patients dealing with physical and emotional issues.
I have been a frequent presenter at conferences and symposia on the topics of performance anxiety as well as the relationship between music and emotions. I also have collaborated with my husband, classical pianist Louis Nagel, in lecture/recitals.
If you are considering psychological treatment, my approach is to explain and discuss a range of treatment options, including fee, and to help you to make informed choices. Confidentiality and privacy always are of utmost importance.
In the News:
Chaired three presentations at Winter Meetings of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 2012
Psychoanalytic Perspectives On Music: "Inner Landscapes: Martha Graham and Dance" (Presenter: Janet Eilber, Artistic Director, Martha Graham Dance Company)
Symposium on "El Sistema" (teaching music to raise self-esteem in disadvantaged children - Presenters: Michael Slein, Patrick Slevin, Marie Montilla )
"Freud's Last Session" (Presenter: playwright, Mark St. Germain. Discussants Phillip Freeman and Daniel Prezant)
I now have a regular Blog on the Psychology Today website (http://www.psychologytoday.com). You can type my name in the search box to find it. The Blog is titled "Music to My Ears" and my first entry, May 13 2011, was Panic or Pleasure: Performance Anxiety.
May 2011 Washtenaw Jewish News has a wonderful interview with me. Go to their PDF version (12M) and scroll to page 27.