When and for which reasons do we seek help?

We consider consulting a psychotherapist when something in our lives becomes too disturbing or difficult to manage it on our own, whether due to a particular circumstance or due to emotional/psychological suffering.

Sometimes, we engage in a psychotherapeutic process to get to know ourselves better and to self-actualize. The client/patient-therapist connection that we establish is an essential factor in achieving progress and results through therapy.

Such connection comprises the therapeutic alliance. In this setting, characterized by acceptance and non- judgement, the therapeutic process unfolds, giving clients/patients the opportunity to develop effective adaptive resources for facing their obstacles and for recovering a sense of balance in their daily lives.

I practice psychodynamic/analytical psychotherapy, which focuses on the way the client builds her/his personal mode of functioning in perceiving the world and in relating to others. Attention is given to the experiences that have motivated the client to function this way. Present, past, and cultural factors are intertwined in the phenomenology (inner world) of each person. Personal insight facilitates the process of change. By understanding and integrating our experiences, we develop or discover our internal adaptive resources.

 

The goal is to treat the symptoms and also to learn about their possible causes and purposes in addition to deepening our self-knowledge and self-actualizing forces in the accepting therapeutic setting.

Treatments can be short-term and solution-focused or long-term according to individual need.