TALK TO SHARI
Psychoanalyst for individuals, couples & groups
Why therapy?
A practical reason to consider psychotherapy is because you think you may benefit from it, along with a few examples below:
Your family, friend, coworker or spouse/partner suggested it
Your relationships are currently strained
Your anxiety is negatively impacting your behavior
You constantly feel lonely
You are considering changing your career goals
About Shari
My approach is attentive to the intersections of culture, sexuality, family history, and the unconscious. I believe meaningful psychological work requires space not only for suffering, but also for contradiction, desire, imagination, and the possibility of transformation.
Alongside psychoanalytic thought, I maintain a deep interest in ancestral knowledge, spirituality, and the symbolic languages through which people attempt to understand their inner worlds. These perspectives invite curiosity about the relationship between psychic life, cultural inheritance, and the search for meaning.
Alongside my clinical practice and scholarly writing, I teach Dreams I at the National Institute for the Psychotherapies (NIP), where I completed my psychoanalytic training. I also serve on the faculty of the Stephen Mitchell Relational Study Center, teaching in its OYP and Relational Theory in Clinical Practice programs. Previously, I taught Self & Other: Race, Culture & Psychoanalysis at Union Theological Seminary.
Together, we can become curious about what has been difficult to know, feel, or articulate.
Call
718.866.3549
Email
shari@talktoshari.com
Downtown Brooklyn/Fort Greene, NY 11201
718-866-3549
In-person & virtual sessions available
Out of network insurance options available
PUBLICATIONS
My writing explores the intersections of psychoanalysis, cultural inheritance, dreams and the complexities of human relationships. Across scholarly publications and personal essays, I engage questions of belonging, intergenerational experience, and the ways our histories shape our psychic lives
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
‘The Psychoanalytic Space’
Psychoanalytic Inquiry
August 2026
‘My Mother’s Haiti, Redux’
Psychoanalytic Dialogues
Volume 35, 2025 – Issue 3; June 2025
‘A Haitian, a Korean and a Mixed-Race Black Brit Walk into a Bar’
Psychoanalytic Dialogues
Volume 35, 2025 – Issue 3; June 2025
‘My Mother’s Haiti’
ROOM: A Sketchbook for Analytic Action
February 2024
‘New Voices: ‘The Mere Existence of ‘et al.’
Division 39, APA, ‘The Psychoanalytic Activist’
IX Psychoanalysis for Social Responsibility Online Newsletter
May 2021
‘The Triple Entendre’
Psychoanalytic Dialogues
Volume 31, 2021 – Issue 1; March 2021
NIP: Educator’s Award Recipient
June 2020
‘The Parable of the Sower’
Division 39 Candidates Outreach Committee Essay Contest Runner Up for 2020
November 2020
Personal Essay – ‘The Parable of the Sower’
NIP Newsletter Issue 1, Volume 5
November 2020
PAST SPEAKING EVENTS
My speaking engagements reflect an ongoing dialogue with psychoanalytic theory, clinical practice, and the cultural and relational dimensions of human experience. Through conferences, panel discussions, and conversations with colleagues, I explore questions of subjectivity, belonging, and the evolving possibilities of psychoanalytic thought