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Old Sep 01, 2010, 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by sunrise View Post
Traditional psychoanalysis involves meeting with the analyst 3-5 times a week, doesn't it? I wonder if any insurance would pay for that these days? (Not that my insurance evens pays for once every two weeks, but just curious...) I am highly analytical, too analytical in fact. So for me, psychoanalysis would probably be the opposite of what I need. I tend to get in my head too much and I need to learn to be more in my feelings and heart. It's too easy for me to step into analytic mode. I need therapy that draws me out of that. So I'm not sure that liking to analyze things is a good indicator of psychoanalysis being a good fit...
My understanding of analysis is that its goal is to bring to conscious awareness the unconscious processes. So I wonder whether being an analytical thinker or not has any bearing on the psychoanalytic process.
Anyone in psychoanalytic treatment care to weigh in on this?