Many of us will one day find ourselves dealing with experiences we can't handle on our own. We keep running away from emotions like fear and guilt, or from feelings in our bodies. And eventually, we can barely manage our day-to-day lives for all the time we spend running away from everything in the world that makes these problems worse.
With my psychoanalytic approach to talk therapy, I will help you to see what you are running away from, how you do it, and why. As young children, our minds already began to form fixed patterns for coping with painful experiences. As adults, we usually end up following those same old patterns whenever we feel badly, without even knowing that we are doing it. I will help you to understand your patterns, to see why they once served you, and why they now present problems for you. Armed with those insights, you can begin to live the life you really want, with less fear.
I am a licensed psychoanalyst currently in an advanced stage of training at the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR). I hold a doctorate in philosophy with a specialization in language informed by linguistics. My academic background has sensitized me to the importance of words and language in people's emotional suffering and their difficulties in life. Our habitual ways of speaking hold clues that will give us a solid basis for examining the old patterns that are keeping you unhappy.
Often, our most sensitive and difficult experiences are revealed in certain words and fixed ways of speaking that we use again and again. These words might come out of our family histories or other parts of our background. In our sessions, I will give you the space and time in which to speak out loud without being boxed in or judged. Through this work, you can access thoughts, feelings and desires within yourself that might surprise you. When this happens, you will gain a fresh perspective on who you are and who you want to become.
Many of us at some juncture of our lives find ourselves beset by feelings that we cannot bear or understand. We keep running away from anxious, depressive, or perhaps guilty feelings, until we can barely manage our day-to-day lives.
With my psychoanalytic approach to psychotherapy, I will help you to see what you are running away from, how you do it, and why. As young children, our minds already began to form fixed patterns for coping with painful experiences. Even as adults, we usually end up following those same old patterns whenever we feel emotional pain, without even knowing that we are doing so. I will help you to understand your patterns, to see why they once served you, and why they now present problems for you. Armed with those insights, you can begin to live the life you really want, with less fear.
