Stephen Grosz
Author & Psychoanalyst
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    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 the mysteries of the heart—and the lifelong work of loving and being loved.

    Stephen Grosz and Robert Icke at The Conduit

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    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 To many of us, what goes on […]

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    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.”

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    “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 […]

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    New York Times Interview

    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 ...
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    Marie Battle Singer Fund

    Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, is establishing a Fund in memory of Dr Marie Battle Singer,  Britain’s first Black psychoanalyst and one of the earliest Research Fellows at Clare Hall.

    To read more about the fund, click here.

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