About Seth
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I’m an advisor to executives and organizations, board-certified clinical psychologist, and psychoanalyst.
My perspective has been shaped across clinical, operational, and leadership roles, including at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School and the Austen Riggs Center, where I serve as Associate Director of the Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP). In that role, I help lead a future-oriented clinical program embedded within a century-old institution, balancing the demands of innovation, clinical excellence, and organizational change. I also coach leaders at Stanford GSB’s Leading Change and Organizational Renewal (LCOR) program, where I bring clinical expertise into direct conversation with organizational strategy at the highest levels.
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 the public eye, 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. I also developed and lead the Austen Riggs IOP measurement-based care initiative, using empirical data to support program improvement and lasting clinical change.
Each of these roles has required the same discipline I bring to my consulting work: balancing theory with practical judgment, immediate demands with longer-term development, and meaningful data with human complexity.