The psychoanalytic approach is grounded in the understanding that much of human emotional life is unconscious. Many of the difficulties we encounter in life have developed over time, often without our awareness of how they were formed or sustained.

In psychoanalysis, space is created to explore, together with a psychoanalyst, how present thoughts, feelings, and relational patterns are connected to earlier experiences — and how these have been interpreted, misunderstood, or left unreflected.

The analysand lies on a couch and is encouraged to free associate, putting into words whatever comes into awareness, without censoring or structuring in advance. The analyst’s task is to listen, follow, and facilitate reflection, allowing connections and patterns to gradually become visible. Through this process, a deeper understanding of one’s own vulnerability, inner conflicts, and of how one has become who one is can emerge.

Psychoanalysis is an intensive and long-term form of treatment, focused on deep and lasting psychological change. At its core, psychoanalysis seeks to create the conditions for increased self-understanding and inner freedom over time.