Questions About Working With Me

Emotional difficulties, unhelpful ways of thinking, behavior you struggle to change, or problems in any of your relationships—with partners, friends, family, or colleagues. You can also bring the less explainable: a persistent uneasiness, a reaction that surprises you, or the sense that something is wrong without knowing quite what. You do not need to identify the underlying problem before coming. Understanding it is part of our work.

Of course. When there is no pressing problem demanding all your attention, you may have more room to examine how you live and what you would like to change. Psychoanalysis works with the emotional processes and established expectations that organize your experience, including those you rarely notice. You can work on the foundations while the upstairs is still perfectly habitable. There is no requirement to wait for something to collapse.

No. Nothing else is expected. I am LGBTQ+ affirming, kink-aware, sex-positive, weight-inclusive, and neurodivergent-informed. You do not need to share my tastes, politics, or way of living to work with me. Nor does working together require constant agreement. You should be able to question me, and I should be able to consider your experience without confusing my preferences with your needs.

Very simply, we talk. You tell me what is on your mind, and I help us examine it. We may stay with a recent event, follow an unexpected association, or return to something that keeps appearing in different forms. I ask questions and offer interpretations; together, we consider whether they make sense of your experience. You do not have to prepare a speech or produce something profound every week.

Yes. That is part of my job. I am an engaged, conversational analyst: I ask questions, explain ideas, and tell you what I think may be happening. You can disagree, correct me, or ask how I reached an interpretation. Sometimes we need a little silence to think or feel something, but you will not be talking to a ceremonially expressionless face for an hour.

Then we can begin there. Difficulty finding words can tell us something important, particularly when a subject carries feelings you have not yet been able to recognize or express. Sometimes you simply need more time, or need to feel more comfortable with me. If you are afraid of being judged or of what might happen once you say something aloud, we can talk about that fear before you share the details. You decide what to disclose and when. We can examine what makes speaking difficult without forcing it. You do not have to make yourself articulate before you can be understood.

Neuropsychoanalysis brings psychoanalytic ideas into conversation with contemporary neuroscience, allowing us to question and revise explanations in light of research on the brain and emotional life. Freud and the analysts who followed him developed theories from clinical observation, with far fewer means of testing their proposed mechanisms than we have today. Their ideas deserve examination, not preservation out of loyalty.

In our sessions, this training informs how I understand feelings, needs, and the expectations you have learned through experience. We still work through conversation. The science helps me ask better questions; it does not let me read your brain or declare an interpretation correct simply because it sounds scientific.

Usually once a week, although some people come more often. We agree on a rhythm that suits the work and your circumstances.

Psychoanalysis is long-term work. We examine the underlying factors that sustain your difficulties and return to them as they appear in your life; recognizing something intellectually is often only the beginning of changing it. Ten sessions are generally an opening stretch. Most people who work with me stay for a couple of years, and some return later for another period of analysis. We discuss the duration as we go, rather than requiring you to commit to several years at the outset. This does not mean that nothing changes until years have passed: useful shifts can happen earlier, while other difficulties take more sustained work. Your priorities may also change as we understand more of what is happening.

We talk about it regularly. My usual approach is conversational rather than questionnaire-based: we consider what has changed in your life, how you respond to familiar situations, and whether the difficulties that brought you are becoming more manageable or better understood. We also discuss what remains stuck. If the work feels unhelpful, repetitive, or unclear, I want to hear that. It belongs in the conversation.

Tell me, and we can talk about it as we would anything else. You are free to stop. I usually recommend giving the ending some time, particularly if we are in the middle of emotionally demanding work, so we can consider what has opened up, what remains unresolved, and what you may need afterward.

In my experience, the work often has a rhythm: an initial period of exploration develops into more intensive work, followed by a period of consolidation. That can be a useful point to consider a break or an ending. It is something we recognize together, rather than a timetable you must follow. A break may be temporary, or you may feel that you have done the work you wanted to do.

I work online in English and offer appointments from morning through evening in Central European time, with the seasonal daylight-saving change. That gives us a reasonable chance of finding a suitable time across different time zones. Tell me where you are when you inquire so we can confirm availability and whether I can offer the work in your location.

I do not accept insurance; sessions are paid for privately. Individual sessions are available singly or in packages of four, and group sessions in packages of four. Request an appointment or ask about group availability, and I’ll reply by email within 24 hours. We arrange appointments by email, and payment can be made through Wise, PayPal, or Stripe. You can contact me about scheduling or other practical matters between sessions. The analytic work takes place in our scheduled sessions.

Payment must be received at least 24 hours before your session. If payment has not arrived by that deadline, the appointment is canceled and the time is released, with no fee owed. For paid appointments, cancellations with less than 24 hours’ notice and missed sessions are charged in full. See the payment and cancellation policy.

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I treat what you share as confidential, and I never record our sessions. Before we begin, I explain confidentiality, how your information is handled, and any applicable legal or professional exceptions. You should know what privacy you can expect before deciding what to share.

The introductory session is more structured than our regular sessions. I ask about what has brought you, what you would like from psychoanalysis, and the background that helps me understand your situation. Your motivation may be a specific difficulty or a broader wish to understand yourself and improve your life. You can ask questions about me and the work, too.

If you have tried therapy before and found it unhelpful, tell me about that experience. We can discuss what you hoped for, what happened, and what seemed missing, without assuming that your previous therapy was superficial or that the difficulty was yours. An unhelpful experience does not establish that no approach can help; it gives us something important to consider when deciding whether to work together.

The 50-minute intake session costs €175 and is required before individual work or joining a group. It is charged separately from session packages. See the full price list. You do not have to decide immediately whether to continue.