About Dr. Maya Klein
I am a clinical psychologist and certified psychoanalyst, licensed in California, Oregon, and Idaho. For more than twenty years, I have worked with adults, adolescents, and children whose emotional lives are complex—people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship difficulties, and longstanding patterns that are hard to understand or shift.
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This work is well suited for people seeking something deeper and more thoughtful than short-term therapy can offer. They are looking for a clinician who takes their internal experience seriously and works with care and precision. My practice is grounded in psychoanalytic training and a commitment to helping people understand the emotional and developmental forces that shape their inner world and their relationships.
This is deliberate, in-depth psychological work aimed at helping people live with greater clarity, steadiness, and direction.
My Approach
My approach is rooted in psychoanalysis, a rigorous and developmentally informed method for understanding emotional life. Psychoanalysis attends to how early experiences, internal conflicts, and relational patterns shape a person’s inner world over time—often outside of conscious awareness.​
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Rather than focusing on symptom management alone, this approach seeks to understand why difficulties arise and why certain patterns persist. Psychoanalytic work offers a structured framework for making sense of emotional experience and for addressing psychological conflicts at their roots.​
Background & Clinical Experience
I hold dual Ph.D. degrees in Clinical and Industrial–Organizational Psychology and completed postdoctoral training in both Child and Adult Psychoanalysis at the San Diego Psychoanalytic Center. I have been in private practice for over fifteen years and also teach and supervise through the Oregon Psychoanalytic Center and the Department of Psychiatry at Oregon Health & Science University.
Earlier in my career, I worked in clinical, educational, and medical settings where psychological complexity was central to the work. This included serving as Lead Clinician in an intensive outpatient eating-disorder program, developing treatment approaches for veterans and others affected by severe trauma, and conducting comprehensive psychological and neuropsychological evaluations. These experiences continue to inform the depth, rigor, and steadiness I bring to treatment.