Elissa K. West

In private practice as an individual psychoanalytic psychotherapist for over 30 years, I've had an emphasis on treating adults over 60, but my practice includes adults of all ages. I also currently lead psychoanalytic psychotherapy groups for older adults. Having completed all the requirements of the training, in October 2023 I'll be receiving my certificate as a Certified Group Psychotherapist. I founded and directed the Older Adult Treatment Service at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy. I've also been a supervisor and on faculty as a seminar/workshop teacher at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy; and a supervisor at the Washington Square Institute. My article, "Being in time: the problem of hope in older adulthood, the last developmental frontier," was published in "Issues in Psychoanalytic Psychology", Volume 37, 2015, and can be downloaded on the website I founded: Aha! (At Home Attention) Psychotherapy At Your Home (ahahomepsychotherapy.com). This website is a directory for homebound people in NYC to locate home-visiting psychotherapists in their zip code. There is an extensive bio about me on that site for anyone interested.