Suzanne E. Bloore, MD

Child, Adolescent & Adult Psychiatry

Confidential, Personalized Treatment in Harvard Square

I am a double board-certified child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist with over a decade of experience in providing psychodynamic psychotherapy and medication management for challenges with emotion regulation, depression, anxiety, ADHD, bipolar disorder, work and relationship problems, and life transitions. My approach is grounded in the findings of contemporary infant mental health and attachment research, which emphasizes neuroplasticity and the role of relationships in changing the brain.

I understand that finding a therapist is difficult. I believe that different psychotherapy modalities have more in common than we may initially appreciate. People usually seek therapy for overwhelming worry, sadness, anger, emptiness, or simply a feeling of being stuck. This suffering can feel like having no "emotional skin," or a limited ability to be with and cope with strong emotions. Oftentimes, people look for therapy because of trouble feeling good about their behavior and their capacity for close relationships.

Therapy helps people to function with more skillful coping and problem solving in everyday life. With time, therapy also addresses the habitual ways of thinking about ourselves and our relationships. Many of these feelings and patterns of thinking were established early in life and are therefore outside of our awareness. Learning about these underlying beliefs mobilizes a powerful force for change.

Talk therapy creates new ways of thinking and behaving, within the context of a safe relationship, so that change actually happens. This profound process reactivates development. This learning changes the brain.

As a former staff psychiatrist at the nation's top psychiatric hospital, McLean Hospital / Harvard Medical School, I have expertise in working with individuals and families who are seeking compassionate, confidential, evidence-based, and nuanced treatment for their emotional pain and suffering. I have extensive experience working with college students, graduate and medical students, professors, physicians and healthcare professionals, executives, lawyers, writers, artists, government officials, and business and biotech leaders. I invite you to reach out and take this first step toward healing.