American Tributaries

Episode 13 - Leslie Phillips of New York talks Psychoanalysis

May 26, 2022 Michael Whidden Season 1 Episode 13
American Tributaries
Episode 13 - Leslie Phillips of New York talks Psychoanalysis
Show Notes

Leslie Phillips has been a psychoanalyst in the New York metropolitan area for more than twenty years and currently has her own practice in Westchester County. Leslie and host Michael Whidden have been good friends since their high school days when, even back then, it was readily apparent she had a unique aptitude for the subject matter.

Leslie covers a broad array of topics relating to her field (as well as her one detour living abroad), including....
*the various types of professionals who treat mental health
*video sessions and how they have been incorporated into her practice
*social media and how it impacts her practice and our society
*her experience volunteering in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 in NYC
*her six months on a kibbutz in Israel
*considerations for when a patient is in a strong-enough place to end treatment

Leslie finds hope in seeing people work to change themselves and to make the world around them a better place.