Embodied Fantasy Therapy
It is a psychodynamic, interpersonal approach. I follow the patient's contact, allowing them to initiate content. I encourage their associative flow of consciousness, creating a holding environment where they can feel comfortable speaking. I help patients to realize feelings and thoughts previously unknown and the reasons for their acting/thinking. I work with a variety of disorders, including mood, personality and cognitive, e.g. depression, anxiety, disassociation (DID), PTSD, bipolarity, autism, depersonalization and ADHD, but what remains the same is my focus on the interpersonal context, whether it is experienced by folks as a continuity of being or as fragmented and discontinuous, how the interpersonal plays out internally for patients (object relations).
The role of fantasy is that it is often a factor for patients, both constructive and destructive, conscious and unconscious, when they interact with others and themselves. Embodying/articulating healthy fantasies and changing/traversing distorted/toxic ones is a goal. Are the fantasies truly our own or ones inculcated in us from social media and other external influences?
Suffering is relieved through cathartic verbalizations, insights implemented practically in relationships and habits, through evidence-based practice. CBT and DBT are utilized when needed in the context of a psychodynamic approach. There is a focus on adolescence and early adulthood, but also other ages, including middle and older adulthood. LGBTQ experience is validated. Embodiment of one's empathy and idiosyncrasies are encouraged, which can include queerness or creativity.
Private Practice, individual Sessions
Dr. Dylan Marks, DSW, MA, MSW, LCSW
I offer individual psychotherapy in person and virtually at 303 Fifth Avenue, Office 1516-7. I help patients to improve their perspective-taking and communication in their different relationships, becoming freer from harsh self-criticism and better able to hold contradictory ideas and disparate intricacies in a middle area between binaries. There is a focus on embodying one’s constructive fantasies by taking responsibility for their subjectivity.
I aid people in their pursuit of a sense of meaning in their lives, repairing and/or accepting relationships. Mindfulness with CBT is utilized for behavioral and perspectival change, as well as EMDR for trauma therapy. Behavioral regulation, changing one's thinking and finding healthier coping approaches, is explored. I work on such goals with children and adolescents and their families (and with adults), helping them to identify their feelings and self-states/conflicts concerning others, gaining a sense of agency.
I accept most major insurance, including Anthem (BCBS), Aetna, Cigna, United Healthcare, Carelon and Medicare, with a sliding scale for out-of-pocket.