Psychoanalytic
Psychoanalytic therapy, or psychoanalysis, is based on the work of Sigmund Freud and is one of the most well-known therapeutic practices. A psychoanalytic approach to therapy looks at how the unconscious mind influences a person’s behaviors, thoughts and feelings. Psychoanalytic therapy is founded on the belief that a person’s problems can be related to repressed conflicts, for example unresolved childhood issues or a suppressed trauma. The goal of psychoanalytic therapy is to bring unconscious conflicts into the conscious mind, so that the client can face and deal with them. Some of the most common problems treated with psychoanalysis include anxiety, depression, fears and phobias, compulsions, obsessions, relationship problems and sexual dysfunctions.
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Sarah Bond (she/her)
Clinical Psychologist
PsyD
I offer therapy informed by psychoanalytic schools of thought, with a focus on the ways unconscious motives outside of our awareness shape our sense of self, relationships, and worldview. I am interested in learning more about your past, so we can track the impact on your current sense of self. This kind of therapy asks us to expand our ability to tolerate uncertainty, and to be generous and hospitable toward all parts of self, even those we would rather avoid.
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Amal Ortiz (she/her)
Clinical Social Work Associate
MSW
I am in a multi-year psychoanalytic psychotherapy training. Using a psychoanalytic lens, I help clients uncover and understand the unconscious patterns that shape their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
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Kasey Serdar (She/Her)
Clinical Psychologist
Ph.D.
I have completed extensive postgraduate training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy through the Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis (WBCP). I also have experience training and supervising other mental health professionals and offer supervision and consultation to professionals interested in psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
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Kelly Reams MSW, BCD Psychoanalyst (She/her)
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Lcsw, bcd
I completed a six year psychoanalytic training program at the Oregon Psychoanalytic Institute in 2004 and see adults in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. I also use this analytic understanding to inform individual psychotherapy, play therapy, couples counseling, consultation.
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Quinn Bailey (he/him)
Professional Counselor Associate
MA
I practice with a contemporary and integrative clinical approach that is guided by a psychoanalytic model of the self, desire and drive, etc. In particular, the Freudian analyst, Jacques Lacan, is a major influence on my theoretical approach. I have spent years studying his work and continue still. I also draw heavily on the work of Lacanian theorists such as Slavoj Zizek, Mari Ruti, Alenka Zupancic, and Todd McGowan.
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Simeon Roane (he/him/his)
Professional Counselor Associate
MA, Level 1 Restoration Therapist
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Sara Todd (she/they)
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
LCSW
After graduate school, I completed two years of advanced clinical training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy with the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis in 2015. Prior to that, I participated in the fellowship program with the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute (2010-2011) and the fellowship program with the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis (2011-2013).
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Kat Canada (they/them)
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
LCSW, LICSW
I have advanced training in interpersonal psychoanalytic psychotherapy through the William Alanson White Institute, and my ongoing engagement with contemporary/relational psychoanalytic theory supports my practice.
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