About Paul

After a career in finance, including stints in investment banking and mortgage securitization, I decided that I needed a career that was more about people and less about spreadsheets. Psychotherapy is where I wound up, and I feel lucky to do this work. I find being a therapist personally fulfilling and intellectually engaging, and I love having a job I actually enjoy thinking about on the weekends.

My initial academic training was a master’s in Social Work , which I have since complemented with an ever-increasing number of professional training seminars and other courses on a variety of psychotherapeutic topics, professional consultation with my peers, as well as self-study reading of both books and academic papers. I consider my development as a therapist to be ongoing and indefinite; it is one of my favorite aspects of this work.

While I have had success working with clients from all walks of life, I have found that my pre-therapist professional background helps me bring particular value to those working in high-stress corporate jobs. (My understanding of corporate burnout is deeply personal and not abstract.) I’ve successfully worked with a number of attorneys, engineers, corporate salespeople, finance managers, executives, and entrepreneurs on many issues often, but not always, related to work. These issues typically boil down to some sort of anxiety (very often including panic attacks and sleep disturbance), which often comes hand in hand with problematic substance use. I feel that working with these issues represents my greatest clinical strength, and have chosen to focus my practice on them as a result.

For more information about my experience providing therapy and the philosophy behind my approach, click here.