For more than 30 years, I have helped people understand themselves, overcome psychological difficulties, improve relationships, and make meaningful changes in their lives.
I am a licensed clinical psychologist and therapist with an office in Westport, Connecticut. I also provide remote therapy from my Fairfield Connecticut office to clients throughout Connecticut, including Fairfield County and surrounding communities.
My approach integrates cognitive behavioral, psychodynamic, and existential psychotherapy. Rather than applying a single method to everyone, I tailor therapy to the individual and the concerns that bring them to treatment.
I believe effective therapy should do more than relieve symptoms. It should help you understand yourself more deeply, recognize patterns that may be holding you back, and create meaningful, lasting change.
How I Can Help
People seek psychotherapy for many different reasons. I provide psychotherapy to individuals and couples in Westport, Fairfield, and surrounding Fairfied County communities, both in person and remotely. You may be experiencing anxiety, depression, stress, relationship difficulties, grief, or a major life transition. You may also find yourself struggling with recurring patterns that you understand intellectually but have difficulty changing.
Others seek therapy because they have achieved significant professional or personal success but nevertheless feel unhappy, stuck, overwhelmed, or uncertain about what comes next.
Whatever brings you to therapy, I believe the starting point is understanding the individual and the circumstances that have led you here.
Anxiety and Depression
I work with teenagers, young adults, and adults experiencing anxiety, depression, stress, low self-esteem, and other emotional difficulties. Therapy can help you understand the factors contributing to these problems while developing more effective ways of coping and responding.
Relationships and Couples Therapy
Relationship difficulties can involve communication problems, recurring conflicts, loss of trust, intimacy, or fundamental differences in expectations.
In couples therapy, I help partners better understand the patterns that contribute to conflict and develop more productive ways of communicating and relating to one another.
Life Transitions and Personal Growth
Major changes in relationships, careers, family, health, or other circumstances can cause us to reconsider what we want from our lives.
Therapy can provide an opportunity to step back, understand what is happening, and consider what changes might lead to a more satisfying and meaningful life.
Executive Coaching and Professional Issues
In addition to psychotherapy, I have extensive experience as a senior executive, consultant, and executive coach, working with executives and professionals across the corporate and professional worlds, including finance, technology, healthcare, and academia. I have consulted with several Fortune 500 companies and leading university-based medical schools.
I work with executives and other professionals on leadership, career decisions, workplace relationships, communication, confidence, stress, and the challenges of balancing professional achievement with personal fulfillment.
An Integrated Approach to Psychotherapy
I draw upon three major traditions of psychotherapy:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) can help identify and change patterns of thinking and behavior that contribute to emotional difficulties.
Psychodynamic psychotherapy explores how past experiences, relationships, emotions, and recurring patterns can continue to influence our lives.
Existential psychotherapy addresses deeper questions concerning identity, meaning, freedom, responsibility, relationships, and how we want to live.
I don’t believe that one approach is appropriate for everyone. I integrate these perspectives according to the individual and the problems we are working to address.
Experience and Perspective
My professional background includes clinical practice and teaching at Yale School of Medicine, as well as training in existential psychology with Rollo May, one of the most influential figures in American existential psychology. I am the author of Rethinking Cognitive Behavioral, Psychodynamic, and Existential Psychotherapy, published by Routledge in 2025.
Learn more about my background and approach → About Dr. Martin H. Klein
Take the First Step
Choosing a psychologist is a personal decision. A good therapeutic relationship begins with finding someone you feel comfortable talking with and believe you can work with effectively.
I offer a complimentary phone consultation to discuss your concerns, my approach, fees, and whether psychotherapy or executive coaching may be appropriate for you.
Call (203) 915-0601 to schedule a consultation.
or send an email to:
[email protected]
Dr. Martin H. Klein, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist
Westport, Connecticut
Author of Rethinking Cognitive Behavioral, Psychodynamic, and Existential
Therapy: A Philosophical Framework for a Unified Model.
Published by Routledge, 2025.
Click on the book cover to learn more about the book.
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