Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

A more immediate style of therapy to help solve pressing problems and issues, while maintaining an insight-oriented perspective.

Psychoanalysis

A slower, intensive treatment to explore connections between experiences and the unconscious, help solve problems, study patterns, and make connections between past and present.

Consulting

Guidance and support for other mental health professionals who want to deepen their work or get help with clinical roadblocks.

Uncovering your truth leads to real growth.

But in this impossibly complex historical moment, it can be tempting to put life on pause. To zone out of everything real. It is so easy, so compelling to get lost on your phone, in an instagram story, or in YouTube shorts. We are living in a time where it’s commonplace to burn out from trying to carry on as if our lives are “normal” during times that feel surreal. Many people have become numb to life and have lost a sense of who they are and what they are living for.

Issues you may have managed decently before – with relationships, self-identity, or work – may feel less bearable in a post-Trump, post-COVID world. (Is there even a post-Trump, post-COVID world?)

There can be so much to untangle, but you don’t have to do it by yourself. You can get help but you do have to reach for it. You do have to take that step forward.

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I’m Dr. Hannah Nystrom, a licensed clinical psychologist and certified psychoanalyst in the Bay Area.

If you are at a place in your life where you want to slow things down and explore your experiences, we may be a good fit to work together.

I offer psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis for people who want insight-oriented, deeply immersive therapy, either individually or as couples. I also provide consultation to those psychotherapists who may benefit from my 25+ years of experience in the field.

I can help you find meaningful personal growth by working with you to get a real, grounded sense of who you are in the world, and sort through what you need. Maybe COVID has reawakened things from past therapy work and you want to revisit things at a deeper level. Or perhaps you feel like you’re finally coming up for air and are searching for a new way to live your life.

As an experienced professional, I can guide you in this work so you can connect more fully with your experiences and with yourself. This work can help you become more intentional and feel more authentic as you move forward in your life.

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