The Deep End
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The Deep End is a collection of longer-form essays on the inner life. These pieces grow out of questions that surface in clinical work and lived experience, exploring themes such as self-criticism, ambition, intimacy, meaning, and the ways people become stuck without fully understanding how.
The writing is informed by psychodynamic thinking but is meant to be readable and reflective rather than technical. These essays are not designed to offer advice or quick solutions. Instead, they aim to describe emotional experience as it unfolds and to give language to what often operates outside awareness.
Alongside these essays, I share A Note from the Deep End, a shorter, more personal reflection published regularly. You can find the sign-up in the footer or on the home page.
New essays appear periodically.
Why High-Achieving Men Feel Broken Inside: A Psychodynamic View
Men and Women Raised in Wealth: Why Success Can Feel Empty
The Psychology of Feeling “Stuck” and How to Move Again
Addiction as a Relationship Problem Within a Disease Model