Emaline Friedman (she/her)

My education is in humanistic, existential, and psychoanalytic approaches to personality maturation. My PhD research focused on Internet Addiction and the way that digital life changes our experiences of ourselves, relationships, and ways we express ourselves. Some notable symptoms of digital culture - that psychotherapy addresses - are alienation, loneliness, increased social comparison, impulsivity, a sense of meaninglessness, and lowered tolerance for frustration and disappointment. As a therapist, I offer a protected space for working through fantasies, dreams, intense affects, and relational and emotional difficulties. Therapy is an opportunity to develop a relationship that supports construction of your individual history and thinking about personal and relationship issues that get pushed to the margins of awareness.

I am constantly in awe of the tenderness, and tenacity, of the human spirit - especially under difficult social and environmental conditions. While therapy addresses self- and relationally-generated obstacles to living fully, external obstacles are ever-present in the clinic. This is why I practice therapy in addition to more overt activism and political participation around universal basic goods, digital and privacy rights, climate justice, and resisting the encroachment of financialization and digital capitalism. I also train and facilitate non-violent communication, in support of our right to education about how to stand for ourselves. I am also a lover of music, dogs, pickleball, and crossword puzzles.