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Seyed Vahid Hosseini | MA

Current Student, Doctor of Psychoanalysis

I am a current student in the Doctoral Program of Psychoanalysis and have worked as a therapist in private practice for the past ten years. I have experience working with children, adolescents, couples, families, and adults. I have worked in private clinics, elementary and high school settings, and in child psychiatry clinics. I was trained as an Intensive Short-term Psychodynamic Therapist (ISTDP) but shifted my focus to psychoanalysis to practice long-term therapy with fewer constraints.

I was drawn to BGSP because of the unique options and degree programs which the school offers for learning psychoanalysis. I chose to begin the doctoral program as I want to become an analyst. I chose to be in a deeper and longer program to learn and to be trained. The most unique aspect of my BGSP training has been the integration of theory and practice. Thus far, the fieldwork seminar has been my favorite class because the instructor helped me to understand the theory during the fieldwork practice with patients.

I currently work as a therapist in DCS and after graduation hope to continue my private practice in my home country and to start a new one here with Americans. Outside of BGSP, I enjoy cafe hopping, going to movies, and attending concerts.

Alumni Profiles

Michael Birnkrant, PsyaD, LMHC

“I look forward to growing a successful independent private practice as a psychoanalyst and to continuing my journey to learn more about the deepest mysteries of the human condition.”
Tracy D. Galloway, MA, Esq

“As a divorce litigator, I am continuously immersed in the profound emotions of clients, opposing counsel, court personnel, and judges.”
Robin Rayford, MALLP

“I have been active on boards and committees that provide opportunities for applied psychotherapeutic and psychoanalytic approaches to mental health awareness and wellness needs.”
Gabriela Pérez-Gil del Valle, MA

“In Mexico City, where I am from, I had been trained as a Humanistic Gestalt and Existential therapist and had been working for quite a while as a psychologist.”
R. Danielle Egan, PsyaD, PhD

“As a professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies at St. Lawrence University, I have written about and taught psychoanalytic ideas for a long time.”
Joon ho Lee, PsyaD, Cert. Psya, NCPsyA

“I came to Boston from South Korea in February 2005 to enroll in the Master’s program [...] BGSP offered just what I was looking for.”
Junichi Torigoe, PsyaD, NCPsyA

“In every class, I practice the BGSP approach to education. I have my students sit in a circle in which they discuss the theme of the class based on their experience of it.”
Claudia Sheftel Luiz, PsyaD, Cert. Psya, EdM

“After training at BGSP, while enjoying a successful private practice and raising two daughters with my husband, I started writing an advice column for The Daily News Transcript called 'Claudia Confidentially.'”
Sarah Smith, PsyaD, LMHC

“I graduated from BGSP's Masters in Psychoanalytic Counseling program in 2010 and went on to earn two years of post-masters experience working as an out-patient clinician for Arbour Counseling and the Boston Institute for Psychotherapy.”
Frederick Stecker, DMin, PsyaD

“Frederick Stecker received his Doctor of Psychoanalysis in the Study of Violence from the BGSP in 2008, and has served on the board of the BGSP for 15 years concluding his last five years service as chair.”