Welcome! Thank you for considering me in your search for a clinical psychologist. Below please find some basic information about me and my practice. Feel free to contact me if you have questions or would like to schedule an appointment. I can also help with referrals to other warm, thoughtful clinicians if the process of finding a psychologist proves daunting.
Thank you for your time, and I look forward to speaking with you!
Best wishes, Jon Detrixhe
(pronounced Dee-trick, pronouns: he/him/his)
Whom I Work With
I work with a variety of people whose active, creative lives have been interrupted by depression, mania, anxiety, mourning, and trauma. I also work with a lot of artists and computer engineers who struggle with the demands of those professions, particularly attention, focus, and procrastination. All ethnicities, genders, and orientations are welcome. I can also be helpful to people going through a gender transition.
How I Work
Psychotherapy with me is a process of guided expression. Thoughts and feelings, dreams and fantasies, desires and fears are given voice – loud, clear, and without judgment. The experience of formulating authentic verbal and emotional expressions can be transformative in and of itself. Also, as patterns in your way of being become clear, you can begin to consider alternatives, find courage to change, and experience what is commonly known as freedom.
I think mental health means developing a Full Self – a progressive version of you that can love hard and work hard, understand complex motivations, and experience feelings, including painful ones, without being overwhelmed. In this process, I draw from extensive, ongoing training in both psychodynamics and cognitive-behavioral work.
About Me
My training began in 2005 at Bellevue’s Psychiatric Emergency Room and continued at renowned New York City hospitals and institutions. I’ve been in private practice in Brooklyn since 2011. Also, I was an adjunct professor in a clinical Ph.D. program for many years and supervised trainees at two college clinics and psychiatry residents at Mt. Sinai Hospital. My publications are in the areas of loneliness, personality disorders, and art.
