Do you have unhelpful patterns in your life that keep repeating? Relationships that feel stuck? Choices you’ve outgrown? Our Psychodynamic Psychotherapist Dervla Shannahan works with you to unlock these for a better future.
Initial Consultations also available Saturday mornings
How does Psychodynamic Psychotherapy work?
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy traces how the past shapes your present in order to better define the future you want.
It helps by bringing unconscious patterns into awareness.
Rather than managing symptoms, it addresses the root causes.
All of this helps you to relate more authentically in the present and to break intergenerational patterns passed down through your family.
By understanding how the past shapes your present, you are freer to define your own future.
What Can it Help With?
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy can help with a whole range of conditions. These include:
Relationship difficulties
Attachment issues
Intimacy problems
Life transitions (divorce, career shifts, relocation, diagnoses)
Processing childhood experiences
Anxiety, depression, OCD
Personality disorders
Low self-esteem, self-worth
Grief and loss
Trauma
Identity questions
Conflict resolution
How many sessions will I need?
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy works best when sessions become part of your weekly rhythm, something you can rely on and plan around.
They are usually once or twice weekly.
How many sessions you need will be based on your treatment plan and how deeply you want to go. You can work this out with your therapist.
If you are curious about how therapy may help you, Dervla always recommends an initial consultation to explore whether her approach resonates with you.
