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Simon Benarroch

Simon Benarroch

Therapist

Simon is a psychotherapist interested in how we develop and experience authentic agency. Psychoanalytic theory provides his framework for thinking about the multiple ways we act unconsciously on others and ourselves by means of others. He is committed to the view that conscious experience is the end product of mental processes with roots in early life, and that the better we’re able to conceptualize these roots, the better oriented we become to the present and future. He believes there is growing awareness in our society that our ills are systemic in nature, but that little help exists for engaging with them honestly. This has created a hunger for therapeutic partnerships which can enable us to look deeper, and truly integrate elements of our experience that tend to become dissociated. Simon is interested in addiction, both as a term of pathology and as a universal aspect of the human life. He takes a harm-reduction approach to managing chemical dependency. His approach to therapy is non-judgmental, curious, and geared towards bringing about deep, systemic healing.

Simon received his BA in Linguistics from the University of Minnesota in 2015, and his MA in Counseling Psychology from the University of St. Thomas in 2024. He is currently seeking licensure as an LPC/C. He has received training in an approach to OCD treatment which integrates exposure with psychodynamic understanding. Simon also runs film a film discussion group for the Minnesota Psychoanalytic Society and Institute.