Psychotherapy Face to Face & Online
In sessions, Emma works from a Psychoanalytically informed perspective, helping clients to explore their deepest, often unconscious motivations that influence thoughts and behaviour. This is a person-centred form of talk therapy that encourages free association to uncover the root causes of challenges,not just the symptoms.
Through this profound journey, clients move toward understanding the origin of hidden patterns, fostering insight and enabling lasting change in their lives.
Key Focus Areas of Psychoanalysis:
Examines unconscious motivations influencing thoughts and behaviour.
Provides a unique opportunity for deep self-reflection and insight.
Fosters personal transformation by uncovering the root causes of challenges.
What is Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy?
Psychoanalysis is a, form of talk therapy dedicated to uncovering the powerful, often-hidden forces that shape our emotional lives, relationships, and suffering. Its core premise is that the root of our most persistent problems does not lie in our conscious thoughts, but in the unconscious mind.
Unlike therapies that focus on modifying surface behaviour or managing immediate symptoms, psychoanalysis aims for structural change. The method uses free association—inviting the client to speak everything that comes to mind without censorship—to bypass the individual's usual psychological defences.
The goal is to bring the unconscious into the light of consciousness. This process illuminates the deeply buried memories, conflicts, and desires often stemming from early life experiences, that fuel our current patterns of behaviour, repetitive struggles (known as the compulsion to repeat), and emotional pain. By giving voice and symbolic representation to these repressed forces, the individual gains the self-knowledge necessary to break painful cycles and achieve genuine psychic freedom.