Chad Gillette, LICSW(He/Him/His)

Chad Gillette works with high-functioning, thoughtful people who sense that something underneath their success hasn't been reached. They've often tried other approaches — and found them useful, but not quite sufficient. What they're looking for is something more substantial: work that goes to the root.

Chad's practice is psychoanalytic and depth-oriented. Rather than symptom management, Chad is interested in the underlying structures that keep producing the same patterns — in relationships, in work, in a person's sense of themselves. This is serious, long-term work, and he finds it genuinely interesting.

Chad trained at Columbia, Harvard Divinity School, Boston College, and the Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis, where he completed full psychoanalytic training. He has been practicing as a psychotherapist since 2006, with two decades of experience working with adults — professionals, meaning-seekers, and people who are ready to go deeper than they have before.

Alongside his clinical training, Chad has spent 30 years in Buddhist study and practice, including five 100-day silent, cloistered meditation retreats. This isn't a modality he applies to clients; it's a fundamental part of how he understands mind, suffering, attention, and transformation, and it shapes the work at every level.

Chad is a father of three and a lifelong athlete — warmer and more grounded than people expect from an analyst.

He sees clients in person in Northampton, MA, and via telehealth throughout Massachusetts and Connecticut.