Erica Komisar is a psychoanalyst, parent coach, and author. With 30 years of experience in private practice, she helps individuals live better lives, have richer, more satisfying relationships, and achieve their personal and professional goals.

A graduate of Georgetown and Columbia Universities and The New York Freudian Society, Erica is a psychological consultant bringing parenting and work/life workshops to clinics, schools, corporations, and childcare settings including The Garden House School and Goldman Sachs.

Erica is also the author of the book Being There: Why Prioritizing Motherhood in the First Three Years Matters and has appeared on major media networks such as CBS, ABC, FOX, and NPR. She is a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Daily News, and FOX 5 NY. Her upcoming book, Chicken Little The Sky Isn’t Falling: Raising Resilient Adolescents in the New Age of Anxiety will be released in Fall 2021.

She lives in New York City with her husband Dr. Jordan Kassalow, an optometrist and social entrepreneur, with whom she has three teenage and young adult children.