What is contemporary Psychoanalysis?

Contemporary psychoanalysis is the product of more than one hundred years of evolving theories and clinical approaches intended to help people live psychologically honest, rewarding lives.  Today we rely upon many complementary concepts that began with the brilliant work of Freud in the late 19th c.  They continue changing and growing to this day.

While contemporary psychoanalysis owes a great debt to its ancestral heritage, it has evolved along with the society and history it reflects and in which it is embedded.  Contemporary analysis mirrors the psychological and scientific currents of our own progressive era.  There is no better time to begin psychoanalysis or psychoanalytic psychotherapy.