Story Consulting
Readers can't always name what's psychologically false in a story — but they feel it. I help authors, screenwriters, and studios get the mind on the page right.
Request a ConsultationWhy a Psychiatrist
I've spent sixteen years in rooms with real trauma, real grief, real addiction, real recovery. I know what dissociation actually looks like in a conversation, how avoidance disguises itself as charm, and why people say the opposite of what they mean at the worst possible moment.
When your character's breakdown, diagnosis, therapy scene, or recovery arc rings false, the reader loses trust in everything else on the page. My job is to make sure that never happens.
Referral Services
Every engagement is confidential and scoped to your project. NDAs welcome — I sign them for a living, effectively.
A psychiatric read of your manuscript — full or partial — focused on the interior lives of your characters. You get a written report plus a call to work through it together.
Scoped per manuscript — inquire for rates
Script coverage from a clinical angle — for features, pilots, and full seasons. I flag what an audience will feel is false before a critic puts it in print.
Per script or ongoing retainer — inquire for rates
Live sessions with your team — building characters from the pathology up, breaking a season around a psychological arc, or pressure-testing a premise before you commit a budget to it.
Half-day, full-day, or retainer — inquire for rates
The Protocol
Send the inquiry form below with a brief description of your project, format, and timeline. I reply within a few business days with fit, scope, and rates.
We agree on scope — a manuscript read, script coverage, or live sessions. NDA signed if needed. Then I do what I do: read closely and diagnose precisely.
You receive written notes plus a working call to go through them. Follow-up questions during your revision are part of the engagement, not an upsell.
Referral Form
Tell me about the story. Every inquiry is read personally and held in confidence.
I read every referral personally. You'll hear from me within a few business days.
Story consulting is a creative and editorial service provided to writers and production teams.
It is not psychotherapy, medical advice, or a doctor–patient relationship.
No paid diagnoses. Ever. — that goes for book reviews. Story consulting is the one thing on this site with an invoice.