Limerence Consulting
I'm a psychoanalytically-trained psychotherapist who specializes in limerence and offers both consulting and education to help you understand this intense experience.
Whether you're just discovering that what you're experiencing has a name, or you're already familiar with the term limerence but struggling to find a therapist who understands it, I can help. Through consulting sessions, I provide the language, insights, and strategies you need to cope.
What Consulting Is (and Isn't)
I also offer a personalized understanding of your specific limerence patterns, helping you learn to derail limerence before it derails you. This isn't therapy, but rather focused guidance to help you make sense of what you're going through and develop ways to manage it.
I'm currently working in-person and via Zoom. My office is in the Flatiron area of Manhattan (10010).
Click here to make an appointment.
Your race, ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression/fluidity, and spirituality are all valued and respected here.
My Articles
If you'd like to deepen your understanding of limerence, I've written extensively on the topic. These articles explore the psychological underpinnings:
Limerence: The agony and the ecstasy of our earliest addictionLimerence as a Resistance to Intimacy
Limerence and Splitting
Exploring the Origins of Limerence as Self-Soothing
Limerence: A Psychic Retreat
How Your Limerence is Fueled by Shame and Self-Abandonment
Limerence and the Repetition Compulsion
Podcast: Click here to listen to The Intense Mind Podcast with Imi Lo to learn how unconscious mechanisms drive this intense experience, from the early attachment patterns that set the stage to the role of fantasy and emotional regulation. We'll explore why some of us are more prone to limerence than others, how early experiences shape our romantic patterns, and most importantly - what we can actually do about it.