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Name: Dr. Leslie Shasha
Profession: Clinical Psychologist
License Number: New York State License # 013273
Location: New York
Education
Study groups in Gestalt, psychoanalytic and family therapy.
1999-2001 Ackerman Family Institute, New York
1993 Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Adelphi University, New York.
1982 BA in Psychology, Wesleyan University.
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Professional experience
2002 to present Private Practice: Individual, couple, family and child psychotherapy.
1995-2000 Mental Health Consultant, Columbia University, Head Start , New York.
1993-1995 Clinical Psychologist, Metropolitan Center for Mental Health.
Outpatient treatment mainly with Hispanic population.
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Clinical interests
Clinical interests include intimacy difficulties in couples, parenthood, blended families, child and family therapy. I am also very interested in the impact of immigration on couples and families.
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Practice information
I am presently working in private practice individually with adults, children, couples and families.
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Personal relationship status
I have been married for 23 years, and have three sons, ages 18, 15, and 11years old.
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Love-Life biography
I believe that in order to be of help to others, I must also rely on my own personal experience. I’ve been married for 23 years and it has been both a rewarding and challenging experience. I met my husband in Buenos Aires, Argentina while I was on vacation. It was love at first sight! We were married five months later. He moved to New York, and we were faced with a life together that we were unprepared for. We did not really know each other. Among the many obstacles we faced, one of them was the influence of both our families of origin and how they played an important role in our marriage. We had to learn to ward off these influences, although well meaning, they were not helpful. Another factor we tackled, especially for my husband who was a new immigrant, was getting adjusted not only to married life but to a new country. (I had already gone through the process six years prior).
My dealings with divorce are not solely professionally based. When I was twelve years old, my parents got divorced. Although their divorce has always been very amicable, I am aware of the scars it left. I have struggled with intimacy issues; feeling too close, feeling too far apart; trust issues, communication failures, etc. With the help of psychotherapy and my own self-analysis, I now know that the basis for any successful relationship is positive communication, the ability to trust each other, and the ability to compromise. Being able to take risks by disclosing ones’ thoughts and feelings to each other, although daunting for some, can be a very rewarding and fulfilling experience. Communication is very important because sometimes we unconsciously project our own feelings onto our partner creating misunderstandings.
We may all have different backgrounds, different histories, different families, but for those of us who are interested in understanding more about our love-lives, the first step is to become aware of what we bring into our relationships with our loved ones. The more aware and self-reflective we can be, the richer our lives can become.
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