What problems can psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy help with?
Many problems or difficulties lead people to seeking help and support. The most common difficulties are:
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Relationship problems
- Bereavement and other losses
- Traumatic experiences
- Childhood sexual abuse
- Other difficult early life experiences
- Struggles with life transitions
- Feelings of emptiness and hopelessness
- Struggles at work
- Suicidal feelings
- Sense of loneliness or alienation
People sometimes seek out psychotherapy or psychoanalysis because life has lost its meaning, or they feel stuck in relation to their adult development and relationships.