Biography
Stephen Grosz is a practising psychoanalyst – he has worked with patients for more than forty years.
Born in America, he was educated at the University of California, Berkeley, and at Oxford University, and now lives in London. His Number One Sunday Times bestseller, The Examined Life, has been translated into more than thirty languages.
Love’s Labour was published in September 2025.
New York Times Interview
A Psychoanalyst Lets Us Eavesdrop Stephen Grosz’s books show a new generation the inner workings of psychoanalysis. By Daphne Merkin March 3, 2026 Credit…Gareth McConnell for The New York Times To many of us, what goes on in analysis or psychotherapy remains a well-guarded mystery, and its practitioners mythical creatures, bearers of special wisdom — or, if we are skeptical enough about the profession’s effectiveness, like Wizards of Oz behind the curtain. In his new ...
NPR interview with Ayesha Rascoe
Ayesha Rascoe talks with psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz about his new book, “Love’s Labor: How We Break and Make the Bonds of Love.” ...
In Conversation with Robert Icke
Why is love so difficult? Why do we push it away, sabotage it, or cling to it long after it’s gone? Drawing on over forty years of conversations with patients, renowned psychoanalyst and author Stephen Grosz invites us into the intimate space of the consulting room to explore what gets in the way of falling—and staying—in love. Here he is in conversation with Robert Icke at The Conduit for a searching, deeply human conversation on ...
“How to Fail” Podcast
Love is going to hurt: Stephen talks to Elizabeth Day of “How to Fail” about his most recent book “Love’s Labour” Stephen Grosz is a practising psychoanalyst and a personal hero of mine. He has worked with patients for more than 45 years and his first book, The Examined Life, drew on these experiences. When it was published in 2013, it caused a sensation and went straight to number one in the Sunday Times bestseller ...