Dana Wehle

I am a psychotherapist and psychoanalyst in private practice. I draw upon my training in trauma, psychoanalysis and fine arts to encourage subjective creation of meaning, improved interpersonal relations and the setting/meeting of educational/career/personal goals. I work with adults in individual, couple and group modalities, currently offering an ongoing group on creativity and trauma. I specialize in the impact of childhood sexual abuse, undue influence, domestic violence, tragic loss, rape or sexual assault, in addition to issues related to anxiety, depression, dissociation, betrayal, trust, grieving, intimacy/sexuality, life transition, multi-culturalism, faith and race. Using psycho-dynamic, cognitive, and mindfulness approaches that emphasize a co-constructed and safe therapeutic environment, common themes that emerge are fear of uncertainty, confrontation, emotional exposure, and isolation. I offer techniques to regulate flooding emotions, and through use of play and attention