What does the Psychoanalytic Therapy Patient do?
The psychoanalytic patient is a partner with her therapist in a unique exploration of her life. Just as no two human beings are alike, no two treatments are alike. There are no specific topics. The patient can say anything she wants to say, but she doesn’t have to talk about anything she would rather not discuss. Dreams, fantasies, sexual thoughts, angry thoughts, and feelings about herself and others are shared in a comfortable manner. Over the course of time, the patient is helped by the therapist to tell the emotionally significant story of her life, permitting unconscious motives, fears, and memories to become integrated into current life.
