I am a clinical psychologist and psychotherapy researcher in New York City.
Most people come to therapy because something in their life isn't working the way they want — a relationship that keeps hitting the same wall, anxiety or panic that won't let up, a sense of being stuck in patterns that feel both familiar and frustrating. Others come not because of a specific crisis, but because there is something about themselves that feels missing, closed off, or hard to understand — a wish to know themselves more fully. Often these difficulties are connected to feelings, conflicts, and ways of relating to others that operate partly outside our awareness, shaped by earlier experiences that continue to exert their influence on the present.
My work as a therapist is grounded in psychodynamic psychotherapy — an approach that takes these deeper patterns seriously and works to bring them into view, not as an intellectual exercise, but because understanding yourself more honestly tends to open up the possibility of living differently. I also draw on cognitive-behavioral approaches when they serve a patient's needs.
I am also an active psychotherapy researcher, affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. My research focuses on how psychotherapy works and for whom — questions that inform how I think about each patient I see.
I am licensed in New York State and am currently accepting new patients for once or twice a week individual psychotherapy. I offer sessions in person in Manhattan and via telehealth, on a private-pay basis. I can provide documentation for out-of-network insurance reimbursement.
To inquire about treatment or availability, I can be reached at 347-391-4189 or at jack.keefe@gmail.com (with the caveat that email is not a fully confidential medium).