Psychoanalyst

The Approach

Dedicated to a compassionate, deep, symbolically oriented approach, I integrate a grounded training in psychoanalysis with expressive and spiritual work. I have over 30 years of experience with a specialty in trauma, and the integration of spiritual work with psychoanalysis.

My favorite consultant is your unconscious — the real source of information about you. The communication from this layer of your being is symbolic communication.

As an Expressive Psychoanalyst, I have many techniques at my disposal: psychoanalysis; dream work; art therapy; sand tray; yoga; astrology; and familiarity with Eastern and Western mystical traditions. These are in the service of you in your quest to evolve and heal.

I have had the honor to teach many students, here and abroad. My core subject is how to work with and understand symbols and metaphor to aid people's healing. For 26 years I taught at three universities in New York City: Pratt Institute of Design, the New School for Social Research, and the School of Visual Arts, as well as the Institute for Expressive Analysis.

I have also taught for the Korean Expressive Arts Therapy Association and Mjungi University in Seoul, South Korea, as well as lecturing internationally.

The classes I teach are: Art Diagnosis, Symbolism in Art Therapy, Alchemy, Dream Interpretation, and Symbolization and Creativity.

Also see: www.claudiabader.com  ·  www.ieanyc.org