About Seth
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I’m an advisor to executives and organizations, board-certified clinical psychologist, and psychoanalyst.
Alongside my own consulting practice, I am also affiliated with Upstart Logic, a Silicon Valley-based executive development and organizational consulting firm, and coach global leaders at Stanford GSB’s Leading Change and Organizational Renewal (LCOR) program.
I completed my clinical internship at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School and advanced psychoanalytic training at the Austen Riggs Center, where I serve as Associate Director of the Online Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP). In this role, I help lead a future-oriented treatment program embedded within a century-old institution, adapting a tradition of deep clinical learning for a more complex and rapidly changing world.
Earlier in my career, I was a recording artist and touring musician with the band Wild Light. Building something from the ground up, performing in public, and managing intense creative partnerships proved to be a master class in entrepreneurship. It gave me a lasting understanding of leadership, collaboration, and professional endurance.
My peer-reviewed research has received awards from the American Psychological Association and the Society for Personality Assessment, and I’ve served as an expert witness in civil and criminal cases involving posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). I also developed the Austen Riggs IOP measurement-based care initiative, using empirical data to support program improvement and promote lasting clinical change.
Across these roles, I have had to balance theory with practical judgment, immediate demands with longer-term planning, and meaningful data with human complexity. That is the same discipline I bring to my consulting work.