My Approach
My clinical practice is dedicated to psychoanalytic psychotherapy, which seeks to illuminate how unconscious processes shape our relationships, inner life, and experience of self. At the heart of this work lies the architecture of suffering: the entrenched patterns that fracture identity, the pain that resists words, and the silence that threatens dissolution into an internal abyss.
To encounter what has long been buried or disavowed can be a frightening experience in its own right. In this sense, therapy is about confrontation more than it is for comfort. By returning again and again to that which resists change—through tension, repetition, and silence—the unconscious comes alive and begins to speak. Attending closely to what emerges in this space may open the way to new possibilities of being that otherwise remain inaccessible. Though demanding, this process can bring about profound transformation over time.
The therapeutic relationship itself is a central ingredient. A bond built on safety and trust makes it possible to face experiences that might otherwise feel unbearable to hold alone. The ways in which feelings, conflicts, and patterns unfold between therapist and patient often echo the very struggles evident in other parts of life. By working through these dynamics together—both in moments of closeness and in tension—the relationship becomes a living laboratory where new ways of relating and experiencing oneself can gradually take root.
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Personality and Emotional Experience
A focus of my practice is working with people whose struggles centre on the fabric of personality itself and how we experience ourselves, our emotions, and our relationships. For some, this takes the form of borderline personality organization, which is characterized by overwhelming emotions, a fragile or shifting sense of self, and relationships that swing between closeness and distance. Feelings of emptiness, despair, or fears of abandonment can feel especially acute.
For others, challenges are shaped by different personality styles: depressive, anxious-avoidant, obsessive-compulsive, histrionic, schizoid-schizotypal, paranoid, narcissistic, or antisocial-psychopathic patterns. These ways of being are rooted in long-standing strategies that once offered protection, but later become maladaptive in certain ways and bring pain through self-criticism, perfectionism, withdrawal, or struggles with trust and connection. They also reflect important capacities, such as sensitivity, determination, and creativity.
In treatment, these dynamics often emerge vividly in the therapeutic relationship. By exploring both the protective and the costly aspects, it becomes possible to foster a more stable and cohesive sense of identity, to hold emotions without being overwhelmed, and to create relationships that feel more secure and fulfilling. Over time, what once felt chaotic or constraining can give way to greater freedom, authenticity, and self-acceptance.
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Somatic Presentations
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I also support those living with chronic illness, where physical pain and emotional distress are inseparably bound, as if the body and mind conspire to give form to what cannot yet be spoken. Somatic symptoms can be understood as expressions of conflict, loss, or trauma. Attending to the interplay between body and mind makes it possible to trace how unarticulated feelings, unconscious fantasies, or relational wounds may become inscribed in physical experience. This work does not negate the reality of physical illness or pain; rather, giving language and meaning to what the body has carried can relieve suffering, deepen self-understanding, and allow new ways of living in one’s body to emerge.
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Beginning therapy is a meaningful step, often taken in the midst of uncertainty, pain, or longing for change. If the struggles described here resonate with you, I welcome you to reach out. Together, we can create a space where what feels most difficult may be thought, felt, and gradually transformed.
