Our expertise
Our therapists are well attuned to the psychological challenges attendant to the complex and evolving transitions in our culture from high school to college, possibly via “gap years,” and the less widely discussed transition from college to young adult life. Our unique approach integrates rigorous, in-depth, time-tested, even increasingly compelling features of psychoanalysis with the evidence-based knowledge yielded by cutting edge research.
Our approach is broadly psychodynamic, integrating Cognitive Behavioral and Dialectical Behavioral perspectives and techniques uniquely tailored for each individual.
Highly-trained clinicians
Our staff includes doctoral level clinicians who have undergone years of training in classical and contemporary versions of psychoanalysis, while keeping up to date with the latest research and other evidence-based practices. Our team of experts have worked in a variety of inpatient and outpatient hospital settings, college counseling centers, and community mental health centers. The clinicians on the faculty of prominent Clinical Psychology training programs and Psychoanalytic Institutes.
Breadth of experience
The Center for Emerging Adulthood clinicians have in-depth experience working with emerging adults, with a particular sensitivity to the dilemmas of adolescents and young adults as they struggle to find “true self” expression integrated with the many demands for compromise and conformity they face, both externally and internally. Above all, we are sensitive and appreciative of the courage it takes to explore oneself in therapy; we strive to create a welcoming atmosphere that facilitates this difficult but crucial work.
Jillian M. Stile, Ph.D.
Jillian M. Stile, PhD is a Clinical Psychologist and psychoanalyst. She is Instructor of Clinical Psychology in the Psychiatry Department of Columbia University Medical Center at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. She serves as Senior Advisor to the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma, Global Mental Health. She teaches PGY-3 residents at the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center, has taught in the School of Human Studies at Ambedkar University of Delhi, and at William James College in Boston. She was previously Clinical Associate at the New School for Social Research where she supervised clinical psychology doctoral students. In 2024, she founded Sanite International, an NGO whose purpose is to promote healing environments in Haiti and beyond through the work of community psychoanalysis. She also consults with the mental health staff at Salaam Baalak Trust, an NGO that addresses the needs of street children in India and has conducted asylum evaluations for the Weill Cornell Center for Human Rights. In January 2025, Dr. Stile will serve as Chair of Programming for the Association for Psychoanalytic Medicine, the Society of Columbia Psychoanalytic, where she currently co-chairs Movie Night at the Thalia. She is a member of the International Psychoanalytical Association. She has authored articles on the topics of psychoanalysis, culture and identity and has presented internationally. She maintains a private practice in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and New York City.
“Dr. Stile takes my concerns seriously, challenges me when needed, and is always looking out for my welfare. She has helped me through rocky periods, always teaching me constructive ways to cope, ways to understand myself better, and to be my best self. ”
– ZocDoc Patient Review
Taking the first step…
The initial consultation provides the opportunity to find out more about how we could work together, for us to get to know each other, your needs and preferences, and to see if we are a good fit.