Lani

Lani Pawar, MA

Psychoanalyst

“As a licensed psychoanalyst, I work with young adults and mid-career professionals to help them feel calmer, more content, and more connected in their relationships. I specialize in working with adults with anxiety and depression, relationship issues, parenting challenges and women’s issues.”

About Me

I offer a thoughtful space for young adults and mid-career professionals. Here, we can explore the roots of anxiety, depression, and relationship challenges. My approach helps you uncover deeper understanding, leading to lasting calm and contentment. We also navigate parenting and women's issues, strengthening your connections for a more fulfilling life.

Approach

We begin by slowing the conversation to notice patterns beneath anxiety, mood shifts, and relationship cycles. Sessions in my New York City office or via secure online video are conversational yet attentive, with space for reflection between meetings. Using psychoanalytic listening and psychodynamic exploration, I help you trace how past experiences shape current parenting, work, and intimate life, gently challenging unhelpful patterns while respecting pace. People juggling career demands, parenting, or transitions often find this steady, reflective work grounding.
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Basic Information

In-person & Online

Services

Services Offered:

  • Psychoanalysis

    An in-depth therapy that explores unconscious patterns, early experiences, and inner conflicts to produce lasting psychological change, typically involving frequent sessions.

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  • Psychodynamic Therapy

    A therapy that explores how past experiences and unconscious patterns shape current feelings, relationships, and behaviour.

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Works With:

  • Adults
  • Individuals
  • Parents

Area of Expertise

Scope of Practice:

  • Abuse

    Emotional, physical, or sexual mistreatment by another person that causes lasting psychological harm and disrupts a person's sense of safety.

  • Anxiety

    Persistent worry, nervousness, or fear that is disproportionate to the situation and interferes with daily functioning.

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  • Career Issues

    Work-related difficulties such as chronic dissatisfaction, conflict, burnout, uncertainty about direction, or the stress of career change.

  • Mood Disorder

    A category of mental health conditions, including depression and bipolar disorder, in which a person's emotional state is significantly and persistently disrupted.

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  • Stress / Burnout

    The body and mind's response to prolonged or excessive demands. When sustained, it can lead to emotional exhaustion, detachment, and reduced functioning (burnout).

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  • Life Transitions

    Major life changes, such as relocation, retirement, parenthood, or career shifts, that disrupt routine and require psychological adjustment.

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  • Parenting Support

    Guidance for the psychological challenges of raising children, including discipline, communication, co-parenting, and managing the emotional demands of parenthood.

  • Relationship Issues

    Difficulties in romantic relationships, including communication problems, trust breakdowns, conflict patterns, or uncertainty about the relationship's future.

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  • Women's Issues

    Psychological challenges more commonly experienced by women, including gender-based stress, reproductive health concerns, body image, caregiving burden, and societal expectations.

Professional Title:

  • Psychoanalyst

    A therapist trained in psychoanalysis, an in-depth approach that explores unconscious patterns, early experiences, and inner conflicts.

Credentials

Registrations

Office of the Professions

Psychoanalyst

Qualifications

Master of Arts (MA)

Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis

Service Areas

Lani Pawar’s Private Office

In-person & Online

New York, New York

United States

New York City, United States