Psychoanalytic Therapy
The purpose of psychoanalytic therapy is to bring out people’s subconscious or unconscious minds and explore how these buried thoughts lead to psychological problems. The founder of psychoanalytic theory, Sigmund Freud, believed the unconscious mind plays an imperative role in one’s personality. The conscious mind is aware of perceptions, sensations, wishes, and memories at any given moment, and it is the aspect of rational mental processing. And the unconscious mind is like a reservoir to store our primitive desires, drives, instincts, memories, and emotions associated with trauma (feelings of anxiety, conflict, shame, embarrassment, or pain).
Psychoanalytic therapy can be applied to treat:
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Emotional trauma
- Emotional struggle
- Personality disorder
- A neurotic personality
- Self-destructive behaviors like taking drugs, engaging in sexual activities, binge eating, etc.
- Relationship issues
The frequency of psychoanalytic therapy should be at least once a week, and the total treatment time lasts from months to years. [5]
