How long do you need to go for psychoanalysis?

How long do you need to go for psychoanalysis?

This question arises for almost any person who plans to see a psychoanalyst; often this question appears along with the question “How soon will I see changes?” Psychoanalysis is based on a subjective approach, and this approach also extends to the duration of meetings. This means that how long you spend seeing a specialist will depend on how long it takes you to resolve the request. All unconscious processes are formed throughout life. Imagine how much information you have received over all the years you have lived, how many emotions you have experienced and how many traumatic situations you have experienced.

Any event in your life affects the unconscious, and subsequently the unconscious determines your actions, decisions, thoughts. As for changes, there is now a lot of advertising on the Internet that you can solve the problem in one go or by taking a week-long course. There is a possibility that this will actually work, as well as a high probability that after some time everything will return to its previous places. Often at such events there is very superficial work. Of course, small changes may be noticeable after the first three meetings with a psychoanalyst. But in order to change something in the unconscious, longer work will be required, since most of the events that structure the unconscious occur at an early age.

To get to those memories that have an impact on your life, you need to go down into the very depths of the unconscious through a chain of associations. There must also be a discharge of the affect that is associated with this memory and it must be rewritten. This is a truly difficult process that requires time and emotional effort. And the result of such work will remain with you for many years. If you want to see global change through psychoanalysis, you should expect long-term work. These could be meetings once or twice a week. You can determine the mode that is comfortable for you.