Karen Weiser(She/Her/Hers)

Dr. Karen Weiser is an LGBTQIA+ affirming Licensed Psychoanalyst in private practice in Manhattan’s Tribeca / City Hall area who welcomes adults (18+) with difficulties across the mental health spectrum. She works with a diverse group of people with a range of issues, including anxiety, depression, CPTSD, grief, sexuality, trauma, life changes, and self-esteem. Many people distract themselves from overwhelming feelings in order not to feel, or get caught in loops of worry and feel quite stuck, like time is passing them by. Sometimes people struggle with deeper existential questions and feel drawn to therapy without knowing why. Some of her patients have experienced large traumatic events, but some have not and can't understand why they feel sad or empty much of the time. She focuses on helping her patients learn how to better regulate their emotions so that they can feel less overwhelmed and find more self-acceptance as they delve deeper into their narratives about themselves and their histories. Karen often works with people who have intergenerational trauma in their families, and who have suffered from depression and anxiety for a long time, but she also welcomes people new to therapy.

Karen's orientation is in relational psychoanalysis, which focuses on recognizing and shifting unconscious and attachment dynamics, which underlie all relationships, including the ones we have with ourselves. She takes a collaborative approach and often incorporates mindfulness and a focus on the body, as well as other therapeutic modes. She is interactive and responsive, asks questions, and encourages feedback.

After earning a PhD in English and an MFA in poetry, she left academia and completed advanced training in psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy in New York City.