Blair Casdin

I am a certified psychoanalyst and psychotherapist with over 20 years experience in mental health. In my private practice, adults and couples come in with a diverse range of issues. My goal is to work with you to identify what blocks you from achieving your goals, and ultimately derive more satisfaction from your life. My approach blends compassion with directness. I am an active therapist, both when I am listening intently to your story, piecing together its meanings, and giving you feedback.

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After receiving my MSW from New York University’s School of Social Work in 1996, I began my career in California at Stanford Hospital’s Department of Psychiatry and Kaiser Permanente’s Department of Psychiatry. In these programs I developed and ran groups, and provided individual, couples, and family counseling. Prior to opening my private practice in New York, I worked as a clinician and supervisor at the Jewish Board of Family & Children’s Services Bronx Clinic, providing individual and group therapy to adults with mental illness. I received a Certificate from the William Alanson White Institute’s Intensive Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program in 2011, and completed a course in couples counseling at the Ackerman Institute in 2013. In 2016, I graduated from the 5-year certificate program in psychoanalysis at the Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis

I currently serve as co-chair of the colloquium committee of the Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis, and am the founder of the blog Analysis Now. I am on faculty at 2 psychoanalytic institutes where I teach and supervise. I run a group supervision for early and mid-career psychotherapists. 

Memberships include the Women's Mental Health Consortium, the New York State Society for Clinical Social Work, and the International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy.