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.
Dishcast with Andrew Sullivan
Stephen Grosz talks to Andrew Sullivan about Love And Psychoanalysis on “The Weekly Dish” ...
The Psychoanalytic Quarterly The Psychoanalytic Quarterly
Rodrigo Barahona talks to Stephen Grosz For the Quarterly’s upcoming October 2026 issue, our Book Review Editor Rodrigo Barahona interviewed writer and analyst Stephen Grosz about his newest book Love’s Labor: How We Break and Make the Bonds of Love. The Quarterly will publish a review of Stephen’s book written by Sarah Ackerman in October 2026 ...
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.” ...