Hi! I’m Dr. Alison Feit, but on this website I go by Freudina.

Like Sigmund Freud? Exactly! Freud was the founding father of psychoanalysis, a method of understanding the complex roots of psychological distress as well as treating it. Over the past 20 years, advanced neuroimaging techniques (such as fMRIS, PET scans, and EEGs) have backed up the theoretical ideas that Freud posited more than 100 years ago. However, in today’s context, it’s important to integrate these psychoanalytic principles with modern psychological treatment modalities.

This is what makes my website unique: it incorporates the very best of psychoanalysis, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and mindfulness into one program. 

I’ve had a long and unique journey through the field of psychology: along with my BA from Yale, my MA from Harvard, and my PhD from the Derner Institute, I trained at Cambridge Hospital-Harvard Medical School and held a 4-year psychoanalysis fellowship at the William Alanson White Institute in New York. Studying psychoanalysis, I learned to uncover the underlying problems at the root of psychological crises, and through my cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness work, I learned to provide patients with more immediate relief for painful experiences.

There’s  lots of psychoanalysts working on fixing long-term problems and lots of cognitive-behavioral psychologists working on short-term problems, but at Freudina.com, I want to synthesize these into one approach. If you come down with a fever, you should take an aspirin to feel better in the moment, but you should also treat the underlying infection with antibiotics so the fever won’t return. I feel the same way about psychological distress - I strive for short-term relief and long-term solutions. 

I’ve used this approach throughout my work in many contexts. It’s taken me far - I’ve worked with mental health professionals in China, educators in India, social workers in a displaced persons camp in Ethiopia, the Jewish community in Turkey, and even former KGB agents in Siberia and Ukraine. In the US, I’ve worked with religious and political leaders to address trauma and discrimination in their communities, and consulted privately with businesses. I’ve also taught my approach in a handful of places: at the Stony Brook Business School, the State University of New York, the St. Louis Psychoanalytic Institute, and the Chinese American Psychoanalytic Association.

Now, in our globally troubled moment, I want to make my uniquely successful psychological approach available to you at Freudina.com. You are the best person to understand your personal history and pain, and it’s my hope that my courses, coaching, and podcast will provide you with the tools you need to create a meaningful life.