Therapy approach
Psychoanalysis is an in-depth therapy that explores unconscious feelings, conflicts, wishes and relationship patterns. Through regular sessions and open conversation, a person can examine how past experiences influence the present, including what emerges in the therapeutic relationship. It is often a longer-term process that values gradual insight and a detailed understanding of the self.
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Frequent, regular sessions with open-ended conversation about thoughts, dreams, memories and the therapeutic relationship.
What it may suit
May suit a wish for in-depth, longer-term exploration of recurring emotional and relationship patterns.
Delivery and fit
It can require substantial time and financial commitment. Frequency, frame, remote arrangements and endings should be discussed clearly.
Evidence and uncertainty
Evidence exists for psychodynamic approaches, but classical psychoanalysis is less extensively studied than shorter, manualised therapies.