Dr. Dana L. Sinopoli, Psy.D.

Ph: 484-483-3047
Email: [email protected]
Office: Medical Towers
                255 S. 17th Street
                Suite 1709
                Philadelphia, PA 19102

I am a licensed psychologist and psychoanalyst and have been in private practice since 2013. My training and clinical experience has included a wide range of presentations, acuity and demographics, and my work continues to be guided by the notion that as humans, we desire to be listened to and understood in depth. 

My involvement with psychoanalytic communities in Chicago, Connecticut, and Philadelphia continually informs my understanding that what we call symptoms, even in their unwanted, disruptive, and painful forms, mean something important about oneself and one's history and are worth taking a closer look at. My training in relational psychoanalysis has also fostered a strong understanding that what happens in the room between my patients and myself is indelibly important and an inlet for understanding aspects of one's mind, history, and relationships.
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I have a particular interest in the roles that gender expectations and assumptions play in psychological wellness and have found that conversations about gender and cultural identity can be quite fruitful, particularly with regard to sex and sexuality, desire, conflicted feelings about relationships, and anxiety about "making it" or "having it all."

I approach therapy from a relational perspective, which means that our work is about facilitating greater self-awareness through mutual curiosity and collaborative and co-constructed attunement. I see one of the goals of this work as helping my patients have more of what they want in their lives. Figuring out what "the good life" looks like is a unique and individual process and therapy is an opportunity to sort through what is and is not working. 

​Last but not least, my dog Ellie comes to the office most days so meeting in person could also include a dog that sometimes snores in the background.