How do psychoanalytic psychotherapies work?
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis take as a basic premise that there is something to be gained from talking regularly with someone whose perspective, training, skills, and experience allow for a kind of listening and understanding not typically available in everyday life. The work of this kind of therapy involves exploring and understanding ways we have of thinking and feeling, beliefs/fantasies/fears we aren’t even aware of having, and ways of relating to others, all of which can often be at the root of repetitive difficulties. By understanding oneself in this manner and in the context of the relationship with the therapist/analyst, it is possible to work through a wide variety of specific problems and personal concerns, to gain more satisfaction out of life, and to get relief from emotional pain and troubling symptoms. Issues that might get tackled include depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, relationship problems, self-esteem deficits, career issues, sexual difficulties
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