“I don’t know what’s wrong…I just feel like there should be more to life.”

 “I feel like I always mess up my relationships.”

“Sometimes I just don’t know who I am.”

“I have habits that are ruining my life, but I can’t stop them.”

“My partner and I fight all the time.”

These are just a few of the statements I hear from patients at the beginning of therapy.  The reasons for seeking treatment are different for everyone.  I listen with the goal of understanding each person as a unique individual.  Understanding, empathy, and collaboration are the cornerstones of my work.

 BIOGRAPHY

A winding road brought me to my career as a psychologist.  After many challenging and enriching years studying art and music, culminating with a Masters in Vocal Performance from Manhattan School of Music, I realized that my passion for artistic expression was not enough to drive a professional career.  After working in the corporate sector in information technology, I decided to pursue a career in psychology.  I found my professional home in this field, which allowed me to experience the creativity and self-expression I had found in the arts, but also exercised my analytic bent. I went on to earn a doctorate from Long Island University in Brooklyn, NY in 2000.  I subsequently completed psychoanalytic studies at New York University in 2010, and then received formal training in hypnotherapy through the American Society for Clinical Hypnosis.  I find that my diverse life experiences, in combination with over twenty years of education and training,  have exposed me to so many perspectives, professions, and life situations, that I am at home speaking to individuals from all walks of life.  This is the best part of my work: with every session I continue down the winding road, finding new landscapes in every conversation.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

• ·         Developmental Trauma
• ·         Poor Self-Esteem
• ·         Infertility
• ·         Couples Therapy and Relationship Difficulties
• ·         Hypnotherapy
• ·         Depression
• ·         Anxiety
• ·         Self-Actualization

PHILOSOPHY:

I believe that a collaborative engagement in therapy, in which the therapist and patient are partners in the journey to healing, is crucial.  My goal is to understand my patients’ perspectives, because it is only through deep resonance with their emotions and experiences that I can help them to understand themselves.  Once this understanding is communicated, we work together to find the best path from where they are to where they want to be.

Dr. Tiemann is also a published author who has written on the topics of racism, multi-cultural psychology, and developmental trauma.