Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis seeks to liberate the individual from personal and relational pain by exploring the forces that unconsciously determine many instances of such pain. This form of therapy differs from others in a number of significant ways: meetings are more frequent (2, 3 even 5 times per week), the subject matter more elusive (childhood history, dreams and fantasies), and the relationship with the therapist both more intense and more often the topic of mutual exploration. Psychotropic medicine may or may not be employed, but generally plays a minor role, because the goal of analysis is not so much to suppress symptoms as to understand them, and because, as their meanings become clear, symptoms tend spontaneously to resolve. Psychoanalysis requires significant commitments of time, money and emotional engagement, but leads at length to a new sense of freedom, responsibility, depth and meaningfulness in life.To inquire about treatment, call Dr mann at 617-864-1707, or email dm@mannpsych.com.