Location
Offers online therapy
During the pandemic I am practicing remotely (with rare exceptions), using audiovisual platforms or phone only with some existing patients.
About
I regard empathy, responsiveness, and respect for the patient as core therapeutic values. While I tailor treatment to the individual, as a psychoanalyst I place special importance on gaining insight about unconscious contributors to current difficulties. I also appreciate the importance of clarifying and resolving here-and-now problems. When appropriate I prescribe medications or work short-term. My style is collaborative rather than authoritarian. For many years I have taught psychotherapy and psychoanalysis to trainees in these fields. I also teach professional ethics. I have published in the major journals in my field and am a training and supervising psychoanalyst.
As both psychiatrist and psychoanalyst I vary treatment according my patients' psychologies and needs. Some (but not all) benefit from medication added to therapy. Sometimes couples work is helpful; sometimes more intensive analytic treatment is indicated. I work with a wide variety of relationship, self-esteem, mood, and situational problems.
My office is in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, via remote sessions primarily during the pandemic. I serve on the faculties of Jefferson Medical College and the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia. I am able to make some fee adjustments when necessary and facilitate out-of-network insurance reimbursements.
Call or Email Franklin George Maleson for a free 15 minute consultation now - (215) 821-9941
Finances
- Cost per Session: $220 - $300
- Sliding Scale: Yes
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Out of Network
Verify your health insurance coverage when you arrange your first visit.
Qualifications
- Years in Practice: 54 Years
- License: Pennsylvania / MD008951E
- School: Jefferson Medical College (now Sidney Kimmel College Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University)
- Year Graduated: 1965
- Board Certification: Am. Bd. of Psych. & Neuro
Additional Credentials
- Certificate: American Psychoanalytic Association / Board Certif., Psychoanalysis
- Certificate Date: 1984
- Certificate: Philadelphia Association for Psychoanalysis / Graduate, Adult Psychoanalysis
- Certificate Date: 1980
Location
Offers online therapy
Specialties
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Relationship Issues
Issues
- ADHD
- Divorce
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Life Coaching
- Parenting
- Self -esteem issues
- Self Esteem
- Trauma and PTSD
Mental Health
- Personality Disorders
Client Focus
Age
- Adults
- Teen
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Medication when indicated
- Psychoanalytic
- Psychodynamic
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
Modality
- Individuals
- Couples
Last Modified: 27 Dec 2022
(215) 821-9941