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Services Provided
Psychotherapy
Focuses on alleviating symptoms and helping navigate through specific life challenges, such as divorce, managing career crises, or adjusting to significant life situations.
Psychoanalysis
3 to 5 sessions weekly over a prolonged period, possibly months or even years. The primary goal of psychoanalysis is to explore the deep-seated roots of psychological symptoms.
Mental health evaluation for immigration cases
VAWA
Waiver
Hardship
Asylum
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Consulting
Unique and insightful perspective on issues related to leadership, relationships, behavior, and relational organizational dynamics.
License | Certification | Registration
NY 001188 - NJ 48PA00005300 - VT 0980133630 - UK MBACP387671
20 years of clinical experience
I work with my clients to uncover the unconscious conflicts that may be holding them back from living their best life. By utilizing a therapeutic approach rooted in psychoanalysis and psychodynamic perspectives, my goal is to help patients understand how their early relationships and experiences are shaping their present-day thoughts and behaviors. I believe that examining the unconscious, understanding how one's experiences have affected life, and finding new meanings for conflicted thought processes is the key to dealing with emotional pain and mental conflicts.
Couples Therapy
My approach to couples therapy is focused on the constructions of object relations from childhood and how this affects and influences relationships and behavioral patterns. This approach is structured in 20 sessions and 5 levels of clinical work.
Recent publications
About Dr. Marcelo Gomes
Psychotherapist and psychoanalyst with 20 years of clinical experience and over 10 years as a training and supervising analyst. Currently in private practice in NYC. Dean of Education and director of psychoanalytic training at Blanton- Peale Institute in NYC, where he also teaches diagnosis and clinical courses. He is a Clinical supervisor at Blanton- Peale Counseling Center, an NYS OMH clinic offering over 30000 sessions a year.
He has held various academic positions, including teaching psychology and philosophy at Brazilian universities. He also served as director of a graduate program in education at a public college and as president of a public university, both in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He also served as director of a public mental health service with 5 large units in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, serving over 3000 patients.
Gomes is a published author, and his recent publications include: Liquid Modernity and Imagistic Production: Reflections on Social Media and Free Associations and Projective Identification, Empathy and Analytic Work. Forthcoming publications in 2026 include: Unrepresented States and the Need for a Transformational Psychoanalysis, to be published by the Journal of the Portuguese Psychoanalytic Society, and Religion as a Source of Trauma, to be published by the Journal International Forum of Psychoanalysis, a Routledge/Taylor and Francis Journal of the IFPS - International Federation of Psychoanalytic Societies.
Gomes has developed the clinical method PTT- RT - Psychodynamic Transformative Therapy for Religious Trauma that is now a clinical certification offered by Blanton-Peale Graduate Institute. He is publishing a book of about 300 pages on the topic, to be released in June. He is an international lecturer, having presented at conferences at the Freud Museum in London, UK, Russia, Brazil, Austria, South Korea, and Portugal. He holds a Doctorate in Theology from Boston University and a PhD in Psychotherapy Science from Sigmund Freud University, Vienna, Austria. He is a licensed psychoanalyst in New York, a State Certified Psychoanalyst in New Jersey, and a Registered Psychotherapist in the United Kingdom.
Academic and clinical training
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Ph.D. in Psychotherapy Science, Sigmund Freud University, Vienna - Austria.
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Doctor of Ministry Degree, Boston University, Boston - USA.
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Postgraduate Degree in Mental Health, Iguaçú University, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil.
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Psychoanalytic Advanced Certificate, Academia Paulista de Psicanálise
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Psychoanalytic Training Certificate, Escola de Psicanálise do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil.
Memberships & Affiliations
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APsA - American Psychoanalytic Association - IPA Component.
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Psychoanalytic Institute of New England - PINE
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Blanton-Peale Graduate Institute.
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NAAP - National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis.
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BACP - British Association for Counseling and Psychotherapy.
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Ap - Associação Portuguesa de Psicanálise e Psicoterapia Psicanalítica (Portugal)
What other mental health professionals say about Dr. Gomes
"I am pleased to endorse Dr. Marcelo Gomes, an experienced psychoanalyst and psychotherapist with a remarkable track record of helping patients achieve a profound personal growth through a compassionate approach that fosters trust and openness."
Dr. Leonardo Batista, MD, FAPA
Psychiatrist
Tauton, MA
"Dr. Gomes is a caring and dedicated individual, two of the most important characteristics in an analyst. He is also a wonderful human being, which is probably the most important characteristic an analyst can have. I recommend him wholeheartedly."
Dr. Fernanda Sofio, PhD, FIPA
Clinical Psychologist & Psychoanalyst
Princenton, NJ
"Dr. Gomes is a psychotherapist committed to the personal growth of his patients. He has published in refereed journals and is the director of a psychoanalytic program in NYC. In addition, he's speaks various languages and is attune to cultural differences."
Dr. Francisco Danielsen, PhD, FIPA
Psychoanalyst & Psychotherapist
New York City, NY