Psychoanalysis

In-Depth Journey into Your Mind 

You have heard of this treatment. It’s the one on the couch like in the Sopranos series.

But you have no idea how it works in the world today. Surely only crazy people need to see someone multiple times a week?

Then again… when psychoanalysis was suggested as a way to delve into your inner pain, you thought about it for days.

Could this make a difference in your life?

You already feel more understood in this psychotherapy than ever before.

Could more frequently help you with relief of your crippling avoidance of work tasks?

Would it improve your ability to be more engaged in your relationships? 

Contemporary Treatment with a Historical Perspective

Everyone has heard of Freud.

You already know that psychoanalysis is a theory of the mind that embracing complexity and understanding below the surface. But you didn’t think anyone today found this type of treatment beneficial.

You considered it “old school.”

But the dreams you have been having have been intriguing: “I am on a journey, and there is a house with doors open and doors closed. There are some halls I do not want to go down.” What is that about?

Could it be that using the couch and increasing the frequency while you talk to me can help you understand what is symbolically behind closed doors in your mind? 

Will talking more frequently teach you about  the psychological forces outside of your awareness?

Psychoanalysis as Change toward Better Ways of Coping

Psychoanalytic treatment can help you become aware of and change lifelong ways of coping, including putting an end to self-destructive behavior. 

It can give you more control in your life.

By listening to your stories, your fantasies, and your dreams, as well as discerning how you interact with others, we will gain a unique perspective that friends and relatives might be unable to see.

We would also pay attention for the ways in which these patterns occur between you and me. 

While more frequent sessions deepen and intensify the treatment, frequency of sessions is worked out between us. Through this treatment modality, we can discover paths toward the emotional freedom necessary to make substantive, long-lasting changes, and heal from past traumas.

Successful Treatment Through a Relationship

The psychoanalytic relationship is a powerful way to uncover that which is not remembered or known.

It can allow someone to understand their own mind and to forge a path toward emotional freedom. 

In our work together, it can facilitate and identify motivated patterns of behavior outside of awareness. When early trauma or other factors disrupt emotional experience, all of us can be affected in profound ways without our knowledge. 

However, in psychoanalysis,  we can use the analytic relationship; our collaborative work together with dreams, stories, fantasies and interactions; as well as the frequency of the sessions to facilitate this self-knowledge.   

Truly a contemporary treatment, it utilizes your current thoughts and feelings to understand your past and make way for your future.