In Praise of Traditional Marital Roles

Guest Bio: Erica Komisar

Erica Komisar is a clinical social worker, psychoanalyst, parent coach, and author.
With 30 years of experience in private practice, she works to alleviate pain in
individuals who suffer from depression, anxiety, eating, and other compulsive disorders. By
helping them live better lives and have richer, more satisfying relationships, she assists
them in achieving their personal and professional goals and living up to their potential.

A graduate of Georgetown and Columbia Universities and The New York Freudian Society,
Erica is a psychological consultant bringing parenting and work/life workshops to clinics,
schools, corporations, and childcare settings including The Garden House School, Goldman
Sachs, Shearman, and Sterling and SWFS Early Childhood Center.

Erica is also the author of the book Being There: Why Prioritizing Motherhood in the First
Three Years Matters and has appeared on major media networks such as CBS, ABC, FOX,
and NPR. She is a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New
York Daily News, and FOX 5 NY. She is a Contributing Editor to the Institute for Family
Studies. Her upcoming book, Chicken Little The Sky Isn’t Falling: Raising Resilient
Adolescents in the New Age of Anxiety was be released in Fall 2021.

She lives in New York City with her husband, optometrist, and social entrepreneur Dr.
Jordan Kassalow with whom she has three teenage and young adult children.