Lauren Struck
Licensed Psychoanalyst, Executive CoachSupporting individuals and couples to explore the unconscious forces at work in their personal and professional lives that interfere with their ideal love and work.
Services
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Individuals
Psychotherapy
Psychodynamic psychotherapy explores the unconscious thoughts and feelings that rule conscious behavior.
Psychotherapy is recommended when long-standing, persistent issues such as depression, grief, unfulfilling relationships, questions of identity, and challenging family dynamics interfere with life in a significant way. Psychotherapy is best suited to address ongoing general dissatisfaction with life and a better option for those seeking a deeper experience of their psychic life.Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis, also known as depth psychology and familiarly referred to as “the talking cure”, involves multiple sessions per week. Through free association and the analysis of dreams, the individual and the analyst dive below the symptom on the surface to explore the original wound and the resulting factors that drive their emotions and behavior - the unconscious.
Psychoanalysis explores how these unconscious factors - developed through early experiences - affect current relationships and patterns of behavior, thought, and emotion. Through this deep work, the individual and the analyst build a trusting relationship that enables the patient to see the truth of their inner life and its impact on their observable life.Executive Coaching
Psychodynamic executive coaching helps individuals understand the unconscious forces at work in their lives and in their organizations to identify the factors that are enabling and hindering professional success.
With a focus on personal development and growth within the professional context - reflection exercises, experiential assignments, and creative modalities will deepen your understanding of yourself in order to unlock your full potential at work. -
Couples
Psychodynamic Couple Therapy
Psychodynamic couple therapy treats the relationship as the patient - a unique entity distinct from each individual member of the couple - to understand the unconscious patterns, past experiences, unacknowledged beliefs about familial roles, and fantasies that contribute to relationship challenges.
Couple therapy helps partners identify and understand the hidden conflicts, anxieties, and repetitive negative cycles that fuel persistent fights and disappointments. By identifying and acknowledging these unconscious factors, individuals gain insight into their own and their partner’s reflexive responses, accept the truth of underlying relationship dynamics, and change ingrained patterns of communication for more fulfilling interactions.
About
Lauren Struck is a Licensed Psychoanalyst and a Certified Executive Coach supporting individuals and couples experiencing anxiety, depression, unfulfilling relationships, parenting challenges, and professional obstacles.
Prior to becoming a psychoanalyst, Lauren earned her MBA from Stanford University and spent her early career working across management consulting, product management, and early stage startup operations. As a C-suite executive and working parent, Lauren personally understands the challenges, opportunities, and trade-offs leaders encounter both at work and in their personal lives and is uniquely experienced to help high-achieving individuals and couples tease out the unconscious factors that impede them both personally and professionally.
Lauren is licensed to practice psychotherapy in New York State. She completed psychoanalytic training at the Institute for Expressive Analysis and the Couples Therapy Training and Education Program at the William Alanson White Institute. She holds a Certificate in Coaching for Leadership from the Tavistock Institute in London. She sees clients both in-person and virtually.
