Why do some experiences refuse to end?

A relationship is over, yet it continues to occupy our thoughts. Someone shows us extraordinary care, then disappears without explanation. We tell ourselves we should move on, yet something in us remains attached to a question, a feeling, or a memory.

Many people seek therapy because of anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, or emotional pain. Often, however, what brings them is something more elusive: a sense of being caught in a pattern they do not fully understand. They find themselves returning to the same conflicts, drawn to the same kinds of relationships, or struggling with emotions that seem disproportionate to the present moment.

Psychoanalysis is concerned with these mysteries of emotional life. It offers a space to explore not only what happened, but why certain experiences acquire such power and why they continue to shape us long after the event itself has passed.

Through careful attention to thoughts, feelings, dreams, memories, and the relationship that develops in the analytic process, unconscious meanings gradually become more accessible. What once felt confusing, repetitive, or inevitable can begin to be understood differently.

My work focuses on relationship difficulties, anxiety, shame, inhibition, experiences of loss and trauma, identity questions, and the emotional challenges of migration and cultural transition.

Analysis does not provide ready-made answers. It creates the possibility of a deeper encounter with oneself—one that can open new ways of thinking, feeling, and relating.

I offer psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis in person and online.