What is the difference between psychotherapy and psychoanalysis?
In psychotherapy, your therapist is usually more interactive and you are sitting up facing the therapist. Psychoanalysis is a more intensive process. You might attend 3-4 sessions a week. You may lay on a couch while your psychoanalyst is seated in a chair behind you. Psychotherapy is a good treatment for most types of problems. You may want to try psychoanalysis if your problems are long-standing and deep-seated, if you are stuck in distressing patterns in your relationships, or if you have tried several psychotherapists and have not experienced significant improvement.
