Psicoanalitica - Laura P. Betancourt

Dr. Betancourt practices psychoanalytical psychotherapy, a contemporary form of psychoanalysis, which is a treatment for emotional discomfort or pain, an avenue for self-discovery and personal growth, and a means toward establishing and enhancing relationships with others and the world at large.

Contemporary psychoanalysis is an interpersonal experience that emphasizes the healing properties of two people collaboratively making sense of life in ways that are meaningful to the patient.

Unlike traditional psychoanalysis which holds the analyst as an authority regarding what is true about the patient, contemporary perspectives emphasize the meaning of the patient´s unique and subjective experiences.

Based on current psychoanalytic studies plus research in child development, memory, neurobiology, and culture, contemporary psychoanalysis is an advanced method for making sense of ourselves and the world around us. Today, psychoanalysis is as strikingly different from Freudian analysis as modern physics is from the work of Newton

Psychoanalysis is a treatment approach based on the observation that individuals are often unaware of many of the factors that determine their emotions and behaviour. These unconscious factors may be the source of considerable distress and unhappiness, sometimes in the form of recognizable symptoms and at other times as troubling personality traits, difficulties in work and/or in love relationships, or disturbances in mood and self-esteem. Because these forces are unconscious, the advice of friends and family, the reading of self-help books, or even the most determined efforts of will, often fail to provide relief.

Psychoanalytic treatment can reveal how these unconscious factors affect current relationships and patterns of behaviour, and help the individual to deal better with the realities of adult life