Psychoanalytic psychotherapy is an offspring of psychoanalysis, conceived by Sigmund Freud. It’s difference to psychoanalysis proper is partly in terms of the setting, with 1 - 2 weekly session where patient and therapist face each other rather than lying on the couch.

Due to this, psychoanalytic psychotherapy is suited for different pathologies and struggles, such as:

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• Anxiety and panic attacks

• Trauma, experiences of (sexual) abuse

• Compulsive behaviour and obsessive-compulsive disorder

• Depression and mood disorders

• Personality disorders

• Eating disorders

• Exhaustion, burnout, stress

• Problems with sleep

• Psychosomatic complaints

• Addictive behaviour and substance abuse

• Sexual dysfunctions

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The focal point of the method is the therapeutic relationship, which is used to redress unconscious, biographical conflicts and pathological personality developments in the “here and now”. By way of working-through and gaining a new understanding in the therapeutic encounter long-lasting changes and an improved quality of life are brought about.