Psychoanalysis in California, Santa Cruz

What is a Psychoanalysis

Application of psychoanalysis allows activate the unconscious, and extract it from the depths of the psyche. At the core of psychoanalysis lie psychodynamic personality theory, according to which the senses and mind of an individual are due to by internal factors, the interaction of the conscious with the unconscious.

Psychoanalyst - is primarily a doctor. He is trying to alleviate the suffering of the patient and relieves it from unnecessary doubts unwarranted feelings of guilt, inner torment, erroneous judgments and misspending impulses. Psychoanalysis aims to reshape the patient's personality, not just to comfort him.

Psychoanalysis - a method of scientific observation of the person and its study, especially in the area that deals with the desires, impulses and motives. The observations and ideas produced by of psychoanalysis, could be used in an attempt to predict human behavior and the outcome of interpersonal relationships, such as the relationships between spouses, parents and children.

What action has Psychoanalysis?

Between directions of psychoanalysis, there are differences and even contradictions, but in general they are quite similar. Freud's psychoanalysis is trying to find the causes of disease in the unconscious by the analysis of dreams, childhood memories, free association. Over time, from separate parts a picture emerges of the subconscious man, reasons for its internal conflicts. The task of the psychoanalyst to help the patient become aware of them.

An important aspect of of psychoanalysis is the resistance of the patient's treatment. According to the nature and intensity of resistance the doctor can understand, which unconscious conflicts the patient most of all wants to oust into the subconscious.  In order for the patient to fully is revealed, he has to trust his psychoanalyst, between them should be established a spiritual connection.

Psychoanalysts help to understand with your problem without adding anything (views, opinions, estimates, statements, exhortations, etc.). Only on the basis of your personal cases and representations, figuring by asking questions, pointing to contradictions and analogies present and past behavior, clarifying and distinguishing between fantasy and reality, he sums you to understanding yourself, and what is happening, and what to do with it. You yourself realize the reason, make decisions independently, which increases your self-confidence and self-esteem.

 In some cases is used Psychoanalysis?

When deciding to see a Psychoanalysis, you should understood that mental problems are formed over the years, so if you are not doing a restoring order in your own mind for decades, then on correction of the situation take time.

Reason for the appeal to the Psychoanalyst could be:

• Low self-esteem, loss of self, the problem of choice, the meaning of life, age crisis, frustration, apathy;
• Difficulties in building relationships: love, friendship, work, parent-child;
• Hard partings (divorce), loss, prolonged mourning;
• Teenage rebellion, Suicide attempts;
• Frequent disease in the absence of a medical diagnosis;
• Depression, fear, anxiety, panic attacks;
• Excessive aggressiveness, irritability, hatred, despair, indifference;
• Dependence (a love, games, alcohol, tobacco, etc.);
• Gender identity disorders, frigidity / impotence (lack of medical diagnosis);
• Aspiration to understand themselves, their feelings and desires, building successful business relationships;
• Many psychosomatic illnesses: headaches, hypertension, infertility, bulimia, anorexia, asthma, gastritis, and others.