About Dr. Liz Margoshes

Prior to becoming a psychologist, I obtained a bachelor's degree in music from Vassar College and then completed graduate courses in music therapy at Michigan State University. I worked as a music therapist for several years before obtaining my Ph.D. in clinical psychology from The New School for Social Research.

In 1996 I received a certificate in psychoanalytic group psychotherapy from the The Postgraduate Center for Mental Health.

Since the beginning of my career I've enjoyed working with creative people. In addition to the practice of psychotherapy, I've taught courses including "The Psychology of Creativity" and "Staying Creative" at the New School, N.Y.U., and Pace University. I created and hosted the "Dinner Theatre of the Mind" series of panel discussions on subjects including "Beauty" and "Consciousness" at HERE Performance Space, and "Downtown at the New School," a series of interviews with writers and performance artists such as Quentin Crisp, Lisa Kron, and Reno.

I've been an active online psychologist since 1991, when I became the host of the Psychology Conference and the Love Conference on ECHO (echonyc.com), a New York City-based online community.

I have also written a self-help book entitled Finishing School: how to overcome work blocks to get your projects done and out into the world. If you'd like to learn more about the book, please go to (finishingschool.org) .

In addition to my career as a psychologist, I've enjoyed an active writing and artistic life. In 1996 I wrote a column entitled "Kids' Diary" for the webzine Metrobeat, and from 1996-8 my relationship advice column "Ask Dr. Lovelady" was published by the pioneering webzine word.com.

I'm currently working on a graphic memoir, Growing In My Gray. It can be found at (GrowingInMyGray.com)

I also love to sing and play the piano and guitar. You can hear me performing one of my more depressing songs, "Assisted Living," (here). A more uplifting music video I made, "Cat Videos," is (here).

My favorite activity is hanging out at home with my partner and our two cats, Carl and Torwald, and texting with our grownup son, his partner and their two cats, Bob and Rosie.