Richard A. Grossman, Ph.D.

Psychologist

  Brookline, Massachusetts

(on the Boston line)
617-277-4449

 

 

 

        Professional Services:

bulletPsychotherapy/counseling for individuals and couples addressing  marital/relationship difficulties, poor relationship choices, problems with closeness and intimacy, depression, anxiety, and general life dissatisfaction.  
bullet Supervision and consultation for psychotherapists.

 

 

        Psychotherapy and Writing

bullet Between 1980 and 1987, Dr. Richard Grossman taught and supervised in the internship and postdoctoral psychotherapy programs at Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School where he was on staff.  Featured in New England Psychologist, his work has also appeared in Boston Magazine, The Boston Globe, Cosmopolitan (UK), The Brookline Tab, and other magazines and web sites. In addition, the forum that he founded and moderates, The Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board (see link below), has over 100,000 posts on a wide variety of psychological and relationship topics. Since 1985 he has maintained a private practice in Brookline, Massachusetts, specializing in adult psychotherapy and couples counseling.   Dr. Grossman writes:

"My main task is not to 'fix' you, but to 'find' you:  the 'you' that existed before the pain of life, especially unfulfilled relationships with family and significant others, forced you to put up barriers, to limit people’s access, or to choose people who could make little or no contact.  I am here to rediscover your unique, original  self, to understand the compromises made to protect this self for the sake of emotional survival, and to encourage relationships where these compromises are no longer necessary.  In my essay site: 'Voicelessness and Emotional Survival' (see below), I describe my philosophy:  at the root of much emotional suffering is a core self, unseen, unheard, and unloved, a condition I call "voicelessness."    Voicelessness leaves people in a bind--they desperately need to find their place in the world, yet their experience with significant others has taught them this is impossible.  Often they spend a lifetime trying to compensate using relationships, career, and other strivings.  But feelings of dread, shame, and despair, linger, and then appear full force when failure or losses occur.  Solving the problem of voicelessness requires a therapeutic relationship where one's core self, human and imperfect, is finally seen, heard, and valued."

          

 

Voicelessness and Emotional Survival: The Essays

 

A collection of articles including:

"Vulnerability: the roots of compassion"   (Response to 9/11--guest column reprinted from The Brookline TAB)  

"Giving Your Child 'Voice" (guest column reprinted at The Natural Child Project and PlanetPsych.com)

"Voice Lessons: Littleton, Colorado" (guest column reprinted from The Brookline TAB, and excerpted in Massachusetts Psychologist)

"Voicelessness: Narcissism"

"Why Do Some People Choose One Bad Relationship After Another?"

"Voicelessness: Depression"

"Why Can't Some People Maintain Intimate Relationships?"

Therapy on the High Seas: A Search for Self

....plus more essays on relationships, parenting, therapy, couples counseling, and other mental health topics.

 

Voicelessness and Emotional Survival: The Message Board  

 

Including:

The Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board

Members' Stories

What Helps?

The Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Reading List

 

Curriculum Vitae


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