About Us
ABOUT JIM:
Dr. James Mannes has been in practice for 30 years. He was first licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist, continuing on to receive his Ph.D. in Psychoanalysis from The Psychoanalytic Center of California. Dr. Mannes is currently a Training and Supervising Analyst for Newport Psychoanalytic Institute. Students that Jim has mentored describe him as “deeply present, intense, and a master at bringing theory to life.”
In the clinical hour, Jim uses the personal relationship as the window to the client’s inner life. He relates in a gentle, yet actively engaged manner, listening for the subtle communications that reveal the unconscious processes that are impeding the client’s life. He provides a refuge and model to help the client face the “emotional work” necessary for a meaningful life.
Dr. Mannes has advanced training in narcissism and addictions, believing these issues to be not only key developmental derailments of individuals, but of our current culture as a whole. He also specializes in the emotional lives of men, particularly how men tend to live outside of the self and often fail to occupy his own inner world.
ABOUT KRISTI:
Dr. Kristi Walsh received her Ph.D. in Psychoanalysis from Newport Psychoanalytic Institute where she is currently a Training and Supervising Analyst. In her dissertation, Kristi studied the mind/body connection in psychosomatic disorders, and consequently is keenly attuned to the ways in which the body holds the overflow of emotional elements that the client’s psyche cannot process.
Dr. Walsh also specializes in attachment issues that arise from early developmental neglect and trauma. She sees eating disorders, anxiety disorders and personality disorders as symptomatic of disruption that occurred in early childhood. In her relationship with the client, she lifts to the surface the nature of these deprivations, providing the emotional space to grieve what was not, as well as learn how to provide for oneself that which was missed. Dr. Walsh has been in practice for 30 years.