Mauri-Lynne Heller, Psy.D.

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
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Psychoanalysis Defined
How analytic therapy differ from other types of therapy
How Analysis Helps
How are changes achieved
Dreams and the unconscious
Can psychoanalytic therapy help me
What will my treatment be like
How often do I have to come
How long will it take
What about marital and or family therapy
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How are changes achieved?

 

 

 

During our sessions, you will be free to speak whatever comes to mind with no pressure or direction to talk about a particular “problem.”  This freedom of expression will reveal many important things about you.  By exploring or “analyzing” collaboratively what you say or don’t say and your feelings at those moments, we will come to understand what your difficulties and symptoms mean to you.  We will understand how they protect you from further discomfort and pain but may also keep you stuck. You will understand why you are who you are, and you will grow and change.  With increasing self-awareness, you will begin to acquire an ability to self-analyze, giving you added tools to help you every day.