Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapy begins from a simple idea: what causes us to suffer has a history, and that history can be understood. Rather than working on the symptom alone, we look for what sustains it — the feelings that were never put into words, the patterns that took hold, what was learned too early to have been chosen. This is not advice-giving: we will not tell you what to do with your life. It is joint work, in which your own words are the instrument and time is the condition.

For those living with anxiety, depressive symptoms, grief, relational difficulties or a persistent disturbance in how they see themselves. For those who have tried other approaches and feel that what lay underneath was never addressed. And for those who simply want to understand themselves better, which is reason enough and requires no clinical justification.

We begin with a few assessment sessions, in which we establish together what brings you here and whether this is the right approach for you. If it is, we agree a clear framework: frequency, session length and working conditions. If it is not, we say so honestly and help you find what does make sense. Sessions are usually weekly. Some courses of therapy last months and others years — the decision is always yours, and is reviewed with you.

Being part of a medical clinic, psychotherapy works alongside psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry and the medical consultations a person may already have with us, whenever that is useful. There is no border here between body and mind: we are treating the same person.

Confidentiality without exception. Listening that does not judge and is not hurried. Practitioners with accredited training and regular clinical supervision. And honesty about what psychotherapy can and cannot do.