Through my experiences working in academic settings, I have developed a focus on treating individuals who, despite being high-achieving or high-functioning, often find themselves struggling with fuller emotional expression and challenges in close relationships. Many times, there is underlying trauma in such individuals’ histories. Sometimes, people have had a lifelong inkling about it that has eluded words. Other times, it only becomes apparent after an individual has been in treatment for some time. I enjoy offering recognition to people with such experiences.
Examples of specific issues include (but are not limited to):
- Building inner cohesion and self-worth following traumatogenic experiences
- Navigating relationships with family of origin, partners, friends and community, as well as one’s relationship to the social surround and environment
- Working through sources of conflict about the various identities that one inhabits
- Working through deeper dynamics that drive self-criticism and perfectionism
- Expanding one’s capacity to respond to life transitions, losses and changes
- Strengthening one’s relationship to creativity, meaning and vitality
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Inna Goldberg, LICSW 