My own background in the arts has allowed me to work successfully with artists and creative individuals from all the different disciplines, including theatre, fine art, music and dance. It has also helped inform my approach to therapy: as a creative collaboration aimed at making connections to past experiences and recognizing patterns that can often keep us from moving forward and leading a more fulfilling life.
Some people have expressed concern that therapy might intrude on their creativity or lessen the intensity of the creating process. My experience, however, is to the contrary. Psychodynamic therapy is not meant to repress or suppress passions, but in fact its aim is to clear the way for more direct access to those feelings, and to give them a broader channel for expression. One of the gifts of therapy is that there’s no “wrong answer” or “wrong feeling.” The freedom that can come from “saying whatever is on your mind” can be quite expansive, and a person's creativity is likely to increase as their naturally inclined passions have a chance to come to fruition through thought, feeling and action.
Joseph E. Kruft, MFA, LP, NCPsyA
Phone: 212-714-7084
In Greenwich Village on 6th Avenue between 8th and 9th Streets
Trains: A,B,C,D,E,F,V to West 4th Street
1,9 to Christopher Street 6 to Astor Place N,R to 8th Street PATH to 9th Street In Long Island City on Hunter Street
Trains: E,R,V to Queens Plaza
N,W,7 to Queensboro Plaza G to Court Square
