Psychoanalysis
What is psychoanalytic treatment? Psychoanalysis is a specialized type of intensive psychotherapy that involves an honest commitment to discover “truth in the inward parts”. It offers a unique method of thinking and working therapeutically. It provides a comprehensive method of exploring the influences of unconscious mental processes on everyday life and its contribution to emotional difficulties. It can be very instrumental in developing a mature mind that is as free as possible from unsatisfying or painful patterns of living.
In this type of therapy, you will work in close collaboration with your analyst. You and Dr. Veurink will pay close attention to the interactions of your internal thought life and your interpersonal (i.e. relational) experience. The treatment will focus on both past and present experience – especially the present. It will also focus on your experience of both your mind and body. We will work to understand your subjective experience of shared reality as well as your private thoughts and dreams – including those thoughts that you may initially be unaware of. This in-depth exploration can set in motion an insightful process of personal transformation that often provides great relief from mental anguish; albeit not usually immediately.
