About Us
Free Association Clinic for Existential Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
Associates
Stephen Mosblech, MA, LMFT
Stephen Mosblech, LMFT works in the Lacanian and Existential psychoanalytic traditions with creatives and innovators throughout California. He holds an MA in Integral Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco. He is a Candidate Psychoanalyst at Lacan School of Psychoanalysis and serves as a Mentor for Division 39, the Psychoanalytic Wing, of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Massachusetts Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology. His approach to therapy integrates two decades of meditation practice, including teaching at Esalen Institute in Big Sur and at retreat and recovery centers in India and Thailand. He maintains an active art practice that spans painting, photography and installation. In 2022 he received a Scholar Award from the APA for his research on unconscious processes. He has published extensively in journals including European Journal of Psychoanalysis, DIVSION/Review, Vestigia, and Critica, the journal of the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California (PINC).
Licensed by State of California – LMFT154069
Licensed by State of Florida (as a telehealth provider) – TPMF1660
Jerzy Kaufmann, PhD
Jerzy is a postdoctoral Psychological Associate in the state of California (Registration #94029045), supervised by Dr. James Norwood (CA License #33379). He completed his graduate training at the New School for Social Research, where he focused on individual psychotherapy with adults across outpatient, community, and university counseling settings. Jerzy’s work is collaborative and interactive, and tailored to each client’s personal challenges and goals. His approach to therapy integrates relational psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and emotion-focused perspectives and principles to help clients to identify words and meaning for their experiences, deepen their self- understanding and -discovery, and feel more authentic and empowered in their relationships – with others, and with themselves. Jerzy offers in-person sessions in Los Angeles and virtual therapy for clients located anywhere in California.
Registered Psychological Associate, California – #94029045
Supervised by Dr. James Norwood– PSYD33379
Alexandra Tsitsiringos, AMFT
Alexandra is an AMFT under #156580, she graduated with an MA in Counseling Psychology from University of San Francisco in May 2025. In the Free Association Clinic for Existential Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis she is supervised by Dr. James Norwood. She completed her psychotherapeutic training working in a clinic focusing on maternal mental health, the mother-infant bond, and child development. During her training Alexandra provided treatment to pregnant women struggling with peripartum and postpartum anxiety, depression, and PTSD and focused on clients with complex trauma histories. Alexandra pulled from a variety of psychotherapeutic methods such as CBT, ACT, IFS, mindfulness, and somatic approaches to enhance mind-body connection. She also heavily relied on attachment theory and how the caregiver-infant relationship influences relationship patterns in adulthood. Alexandra provided client treatment using a humanistic, strengths-based, and trauma-informed approach. When working with children and infants, Alexandra applied child-parent psychotherapy (CPP Principles) and evidence-based techniques relying on research by Alicia Lieberman. Alexandra worked with clients from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds, expanding her knowledge and growth in working with a culturally aware and sensitive approach. She also participated in research projects at Stanford focused on children’s emotional development, expanding her skills in the field.
Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, California – #156580
Supervised by Dr. James Norwood– PSYD33379
Kathleen Hawkins, PhD
Kathleen is a postdoctoral Psychological Associate in the state of California (Registration #94029353), supervised by Dr. James Norwood (CA License #33379). She completed her graduate training at Palo Alto University, where she provided individual, group, and family therapy to individuals of all ages in outpatient, community, school, and hospital settings. Kathleen integrates psychodynamic, gestalt, and dialectical-behavioral modalities to assist clients in developing a more authentic, holistic understanding and acceptance of themselves alongside a more fulfilling manner of engaging with the world and people around them. Kathleen has particular experience working with individuals with ADHD, autism, psychosis, schizophrenia spectrum disorders, and personality disorders.
Registered Psychological Associate, California – #TBD
Supervised by Dr. James Norwood– PSYD3337
Randi Wren, AMFT
Randi Wren is a Marriage and Family Therapist Trainee at the Free Association Clinic for Existential Psychotherapy. Her work is rooted in meaning-making, hope, and the courage to face life’s inevitable transitions. With a background in hospital, hospice, cancer center chaplaincy, and grief counseling, She brings an open, compassionate presence to those navigating grief, illness, caregiving, or a deep search for renewal. She works collaboratively with adults—physicians, caregivers, professionals, and older adults—who seek to understand their emotional worlds and rediscover purpose. Her approach integrates existential, psychodynamic, and narrative orientations, guided by the belief that healing begins in genuine human encounter.
Supervised by Dr. James Norwood– PSYD3337
Jill Chaudhuri, PMHNP
Jill Chaudhuri, PMHNP-BC is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner who is passionate about creating a safe, supportive space where people can find clarity and feel more at home within themselves. Her clinical background spans community mental health, crisis psychiatry, outpatient care, with a foundation in psychotherapy and continued training in relational approaches.She works with adults experiencing a wide range of mental health concerns, including mood and anxiety disorders, trauma, substance use, and periods of transition or emotional overwhelm.Through the framework of integrative psychiatry, Jill integrates medication management, holistic interventions, psychotherapy, and lifestyle-based strategies to promote comprehensive healing that supports the mind, body, and spirit. She believes healing unfolds in relationship and works collaboratively with clients to explore both present concerns and the deeper patterns shaping their lives. Her goal is to offer care that feels human, empowering, and attuned, supporting each client in moving toward growth, connection, and meaningful change.
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, California – NP95031709
Alumni
Clinical Supervisors
Stephen Mosblech, MA, LMFT
Stephen Mosblech, LMFT works in the Lacanian and Existential psychoanalytic traditions with creatives and innovators throughout California. He holds an MA in Integral Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco. He is a Candidate Psychoanalyst at Lacan School of Psychoanalysis and serves as a Mentor for Division 39, the Psychoanalytic Wing, of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Massachusetts Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology. His approach to therapy integrates two decades of meditation practice, including teaching at Esalen Institute in Big Sur and at retreat and recovery centers in India and Thailand. He maintains an active art practice that spans painting, photography and installation. In 2022 he received a Scholar Award from the APA for his research on unconscious processes. He has published extensively in journals including European Journal of Psychoanalysis, DIVSION/Review, Vestigia, and Critica, the journal of the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California (PINC).
Michael Guy Thompson, PhD,
received his psychoanalytic training from R. D. Laing and associates at the Philadelphia Association in London, and served as the organization’s administrator from 1973–1980. He is Personal and Supervising Analyst and Faculty Member, Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California, San Francisco, and previously Adjunct Professor at the California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco, and the California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco. He is the author of numerous journal articles, book chapters, and reviews, as well as six books, The Death of Desire: A Study in Psychopathology (1985), The Truth About Freud’s Technique (1994), The Ethic of Honesty (2004), The Legacy of R. D. Laing: An Appraisal of His Contemporary Relevance (Ed., 2015), The Death of Desire: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness (2017, 2nd edition), an extensively revised and expanded edition of the original, and most recently, Essays in Existential Psychoanalysis: On the Primacy of Authenticity (2024), published by Routledge. Michael is founder and director, New School for Existential Psychoanalysis, and founded Free Association, Inc. in 1988 to further the legacy of R. D. Laing. His current project is a book on the relation between love and happiness: The Heart of the Matter: Essays on the Trials and Tribulations of Love Relationships. He lives in Berkeley, California. www.mguythompson.com
James Norwood, PsyD
graduated from the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) with a doctorate in clinical psychology. His dissertation focused on psychedelic therapies. James has studied existential philosophy and psychoanalysis with Michael Guy Thompson for the past seven years. He has also been a principal organizer for the Gnosis Retreat Center, a project to open an R.D. Laing style house for people experiencing extreme states in the Bay Area of California. He is currently a psychotherapist at the Berkeley Therapy Institute and the Free Association Clinic and has served as adjunct faculty at CIIS. Thus far, he has presented papers at Esalen Institute, CIIS, and other public forums on: Spirituality and Death: What Carlos Castaneda tells us about how to live with death; The Pursuit of Gnosis Retreat Center: How trying to create a home for extreme states supported authenticity; The Romantic-Tragic Vision of Happiness; Altered States and Extreme States: How psychedelics and psychosis can occasion breakdowns and breakthroughs.
