What is it that concerns you?
- Trauma, anxiety, panic attacks
- Depression/loss of motivation
- Problems with sexuality
- Difficulties coping with relationships or work
- Addiction, self-harm
- Lost or confused?
- Or, are you concerned by fundamental questions, for example, what is it to be a man, to be a woman; about having a child, or about losing someone close to you?
Whatever the symptom, analysis begins with a question, "What is it that concerns you?" and invites you to say something about it. What is crucial is not the problem itself but how we are able to respond.
WHAT IS Psychoanalysis ?
Psychoanalysis makes no promise of a quick-fix. It is a particular response to human suffering; one that discerns a value in that suffering. Our symptoms hold the key to vital truths about ourselves and the way that we are living our lives: our loves, our hates, what we cannot bear as well as giving indications of what we want. Accordingly, psychoanalysis dignifies the truth that the symptom bears by listening to what it has to say. And so, the analyst invites the subject to speak about what concerns him/her. In so doing, the subject can begin to work with their suffering rather than against it.
How?
Lacanian Psychoanalysis is not a technique; it is an orientation. It operates within the field of speech and language; a form of conversation but a conversation like no other. The fundamental rule of psychoanalysis is to say what's on your mind, no matter how strange or trivial it may seem.
The analytic operation is oriented by the principles and ethics of psychoanalysis. In listening to you speak, the analyst will take their cue from what you say, intervening as the process indicates.
Who?
Someone who wants to know something about it. Someone who privileges the social link as a key to engaging human suffering.
How Long?
Lacanian psychoanalysis is not a standardised treatment. Taking into account the particularity of details that are specific to you, elements such as session length, frequency of sessions and duration of the treatment give way to a yet-to-be-determined.
How Much?
A price that you can pay. The fee is another key element of the analytic experience, part of the investment that you make in the work; its aims and its consequences.
Our aim is to make treatment affordable to those who seek it.
If you would like to speak to an analyst before deciding what steps to take, call us on 0208 537 2236 or email.
Where?
HERE Analysts are based in locations across London with good transport links nearby.
When?
NOW. There are no waiting lists. CONTACT AN ANALYST to make an appointment for an initial consultation.
