Marjorie Schuman, PhD

At the heart of our work is a focus on deepening your understanding of your emotional life. Through exploring your relationship with others, you cultivate self-awareness, and by exploring your relationship with yourself, you cultivate more harmonious relationships with others. Self-intimacy, or feeling connected to all parts of ourselves, is crucial for being sufficiently intimate with others. It involves embracing all parts of our experiences, even those that we may dislike or that make us feel uncomfortable, ashamed, or vulnerable.

About Dr. Marjorie Schuman

Dr. Marjorie Schuman is a licensed psychologist in private practice, specializing in psychodynamic and relational psychotherapy. With a lifelong commitment to exploring personal problems and helping others, Dr. Schuman has spent over three decades studying and practicing both psychoanalysis and Buddhist insight meditation. These practices come together in the self-reflective awareness practice she calls "Inquiring Deeply, " the core of which is self-reflection.

Dr. Schuman's credentials include a PhD from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, postdoctoral work at the Department of Psychiatry at UCLA, licensure as a Clinical Psychologist in California (PSY5593), certification as a Psychoanalyst and Faculty at the Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies, and training in Buddhist meditation at Spirit Rock Meditation Center.

Services Offered

Dr. Schuman's work is at the leading edge of understanding how the process of inquiry can be used to explore our deep questions and illuminate how the experience of Self and Other is involved in emotional pain and relational suffering. Her services include:

• Psychodynamic and Relational Psychotherapy: By digging down to the interpersonal roots of what is bothering you, psychotherapy helps you gain insight into the psychological and relational forces that have shaped who you are.
• "Inquiring Deeply" Webinar: This webinar explores how the experience of Self and Other is involved in emotional pain and relational suffering.
• "Inquiring Deeply" NewsLetter: This bimonthly publication offers probing commentary about meditation and psychotherapy.
• Mindfulness-Informed Psychotherapy: Dr. Schuman combines her expertise in psychotherapy with mindfulness techniques to help you cultivate self-awareness and emotional regulation skills.
• Teaching and Clinical Consultation: With a focus on Inquiring Deeply and mindfulness-informed psychotherapy, Dr. Schuman offers teaching and clinical consultation services for professionals and trainees.

Conclusion

Thank you for considering the practice of Dr. Marjorie Schuman. Our work focuses on deepening your understanding of your emotional life and cultivating self-awareness and intimacy. Whether you are seeking psychotherapy, teaching, clinical consultation, or resources to further your understanding of mindfulness and meditation, Dr. Schuman is dedicated to helping you explore your deep questions and illuminate your emotional pain and relational suffering.