Meet Aaron Balick

Aaron Balick, PhD. is a psychotherapist, speaker, consultant, and author of the seminal text The Psychodynamics of Social Networking, which brought him international recognition as an authority on the psychology of social media and technology. Drawing on more than twenty years of clinical and academic experience, Aaron is a leading voice in the public understanding of psychology and how it can be directly applied to benefit individuals, business, and society.

Aaron is committed to popularising ideas from psychology in ways that are engaging, entertaining, and accessible to audiences worldwide. He is a mental health writer with appearances in a variety of media including contributions in Wired Magazine, Newsweek, BBC Online and The Guardian. He was a regular voice as the longest serving “agony uncle” on BBC Radio 1 phone-in show, and has offered his expertise across a variety of radio and television productions.

As an honorary senior lecturer at the Department for Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies at the University of Essex, Aaron actively participates in academic research. He runs a private psychotherapy practice in London and psychological consultancy worldwide. Aaron’s most recent book, The Little Book of Calm provides the definitive guide to taming your anxieties, facing your fears, and living free.