Alexan­der Kriss is a clin­i­cal psy­chol­o­gist and author. He runs a pri­vate psy­chother­a­py prac­tice in New York City, where he com­bines psy­cho­an­a­lyt­ic and exis­ten­tial approach­es to treat ado­les­cents and adults deal­ing with a wide range of issues, includ­ing anx­i­ety, depres­sion, bor­der­line per­son­al­i­ty dis­or­der, and videogame addic­tion (though he’s not a fan of that term).