About
I’m a clinical psychologist in Midtown Manhattan, where I work with adults of all ages. My style in therapy is warm, open-ended, and insight-oriented. I work from a psychodynamic perspective, which means I help patients explore the patterns and emotional dynamics that shape their relationships and sense of self. I also offer supportive strategies to help regulate difficult thoughts and emotions and build resilience in the face of life’s challenges.
In addition to my clinical practice, I supervise advanced psychotherapists at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy and have taught at the New York Institute for Psychotherapy Training in Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence. I’ve presented on topics such as social isolation, healing rituals, Jewish trauma, and child psychotherapy, and my opinions have been featured in The New Yorker, Cosmopolitan, and other publications.
After completing a B.A. from Barnard College and graduate-level work in English literature, I obtained a master’s degree in counseling psychology from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Columbia University. I also completed a four-year postgraduate training program in psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychotherapy at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy.​
Professional Memberships
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​New York State Psychological Association
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American Psychological Association, Division of Psychoanalysis
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Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society
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Psychohistory Forum
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The International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
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Licensure
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New York: 012880
Publications
Hahn, H. (2020). They left it all behind: Trauma, memory, and loss among Eastern European Jewish immigrants and their children. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
Hahn, H. (2015). They left it all behind: Psychological experiences of Jewish immigration and the ambiguity
of loss. In M. O’Loughlin (Ed.), The ethics of remembering and the consequences of forgetting. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
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Wasserman, G., Shilansky, M., and Hahn, H. (1986). A Matter of Degree: Maternal Interaction with Infants of Varying Levels of Retardation. Child Study Journal, 16, (4). Also poster session presented at the American Psychological Association, August, 1986. Washington, D.C.
Professional Presentations
Hahn, H. (2024, June). Social Isolation, Neoliberalism, and Societal Dis-Ease. Joint Conference of the
Association for Psychosocial Studies and the Association for Psychoanalysis, Culture, and Society.
Hahn, H. (2022, October). Community, Isolation, and Psychological Dis-Ease. Annual Conference of the Association for Psychoanalysis, Culture, and Society.
Hahn, H. & Messina, K.E. (2021, May). Healing a Divided America: A Modest Proposal. Annual Conference of the International Psychohistorical Association. Virtual.
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Hahn, H. (2021, March). They left it all behind: Trauma, memory, and loss among Eastern European Jewish immigrants and their children (Meet the Author). Annual Conference of the Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Division 39. Virtual.
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Hahn, H. (2016, October). They left it all behind: Psychological experiences of Jewish immigration and the reverberations of trauma. Listening to Trauma: Insight and Actions. George Washington University.
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Hahn, H. (2006, January). A Cross Cultural Study of Dissociation and Altered States of Consciousness in Healing Rituals. Varieties of Dissociation Conference. Ubud, Bali.
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Hahn, H. (2005, February). A Safe Place to Stand: The Holding Environment with Child Patients and Their Parents. Lecture Series of the Society for the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy. New York, N.Y.
Research
Hahn, H. (1995). If Linus' Blanket Were Lucy's Too: Sex Differences in Transitional Object Use. Dissertation. Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
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Hahn, H. (1989, March). Mothers’ Experiences of Continuity with and Likeness to their Practicing Age Infants: The Effects of Gender. Conference of the Association of Women in Psychology. New York, N.Y.