Suffering can bring out our deepest vulnerabilities. It tends to make us feel like strangers to ourselves, or even behave in ways that are at odds with our explicit goals. In other words, suffering and hardship expose the parts of our respective psychologies that operate unconsciously— the parts of our minds outside of awareness that need the most care and attention.

Psychoanalytic psychotherapy is a style of treatment that focuses on problems like these. Whether the problem you’ve identified is a long-standing pattern or something that emerged recently, psychotherapy offers a way in and a step towards change. By exploring your relational, cultural, and familial history together, we can bring the unconscious components of your suffering into fuller awareness, helping you regain a sense of agency, control, and empowerment over your life.