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What is psychoanalytic psychotherapy?

Psychoanalytic psychotherapy is an effective treatment for a range of emotional and relationship problems. It is a talking therapy based upon psychoanalytic thinking which seeks to understand the meaning in symptoms and patterns of behaviour. Through the structured relationship with the therapist, the patient can explore the underlying, less conscious causes of psychological distress and gain a greater understanding of the meaning of symptoms and patterns of behaviour. Deep-seated problems may be resolved within the setting of the therapy and the dynamic of the therapeutic relationship.

Who may be helped

Psychoanalytic psychotherapy addresses complex and deep-seated distress, thereby reducing symptoms and alleviating suffering.
Psychotherapy may help those who:

• have problems forming or maintaining relationships
• lack self-confidence and do not fulfil their potential
• feel depressed
• have suffered bereavement or other forms of loss, either recently or in the past
• experience sexual difficulties
• suffer phobias, eating disorders, panic attacks or obsessions

AGIP therapists

AGIP can provide therapists who:

• are able to work in languages other than English
• will work with women who need to bring their new-born babies to sessions
• work from a range of different psychoanalytic orientations
• come from different cultural backgrounds
• who have different sexual orientations