FRECUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

In a psychodynamic process, you will do several things to become more aware of unconscious thoughts and feelings:
Saying whatever comes to mind helps you to move from thoughts you are aware of to related thoughts you're not aware of. It's not so easy to do, but your psychologist will help you to notice when you're not allowing yourself to speak freely.
Talking about your feelings, not just your thoughts, helps you to become more aware of what your feelings are. Just talking about feelings that were hidden can be helpful.
Talking about dreams and fantasies helps unconscious thoughts and feelings come into your mind. Fantasies are not only your wishes and daydreams, they are also the underlying and often unconscious thoughts that you have about yourself and others. Learning about them can help you to think about yourself and others in new ways.

Talking about thoughts and feelings you have about your psychologist –yes, that's not a typo – we want you to talk to your psychologist about the way you feel about him or her. These feelings are called your transference. Although it may not seem natural to talk directly to your psychologist about these feelings, learning about them will help you to better understand the way you think and feel about others and can help to improve your relationships.

Talking about your whole life, particularly about people and events from your childhood, helps you to remember early thoughts and feelings. This is important because feelings you have about people and situations in your current life may relate to feelings that you had when you were younger. Also, developing new ways of thinking about your life and how you came to be the way you are can lead to change in the way your think about yourself and others. As you become aware of your unconscious thoughts and feelings, you will learn about patterns you have that are giving you difficulty, and, over time, you will learn new ways of thinking about yourself, coping with stress, and having relationships.

[Taken from Cabaniss, Deborah L., Sabrina Cherry, Carolyn J. Douglas, & Anna R. Schwartz. 2016. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: a Clinical Manual. Second edition. Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA: John Wiley & Sons Inc. (pp. 457-460)]

A Psychodynamic counseling process can be short term for specific problems like panic attacks, or long term for problems with self-esteem, relationships, and coping with stress. It's taken you a long time to develop these patterns, so they may take a while to change. Long term counseling can last a year or longer. It is an “open ended” process, meaning that it lasts as long as needed to accomplish the goals that you and your psychologist set. At the same time as you are working towards long term goals, you and your psychologist may work on shorter term goals such as dealing with stress in your daily life.

Sessions need to be attended at least once a week. Coming frequently will help you become aware of thoughts and feelings underlying many types of problems. When you come less frequently, you are likely to spend most of your time just reporting on what happened since your last session.

[Taken from Cabaniss, Deborah L., Sabrina Cherry, Carolyn J. Douglas, & Anna R. Schwartz. 2016. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: a Clinical Manual. Second edition. Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA: John Wiley & Sons Inc. (pp. 457-460)]

I am a Psychologist Licensed by the Ministry of Health of Argentina (MP 79810). I am also a Member of the German Association of Psychologists (BDP, Graduiertes Mitglied).

I have worked with patients from every continent for more than twelve years.

I offer a discounted rate for the first session, but I do not offer free sessions. Therapy implies a serious commitment from both patient and therapist, which is reflected in time, frequency and costs.