Struggling with anxiety, low mood, relationship difficulties, or self-doubt?
When the same difficulties keep returning, psychoanalysis can help to explore why.
Psychoanalytic therapy in Sydney and online.
Struggling with anxiety, low mood, relationship difficulties, or self-doubt?
When the same difficulties keep returning, psychoanalysis can help to explore why.
Psychoanalytic therapy in Sydney and online.
WHAT MAY BE BRINGING YOU HERE
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Anxiety and life pressure
You feel overwhelmed, constantly worried, or unable to switch off.
02
Relationship problems
You keep having the same conflicts, feel disconnected, or struggle to make things work.
03
Feeling stuck
You want things to change, but keep ending up in the same place.
04
Self-doubt
You question yourself, your decisions, or whether you’re good enough.
05
Something doesn’t feel right
Life may look fine, but you still feel unhappy, dissatisfied, or unsettled.
What keeps happening may have something to say.
PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY IN SYDNEY
You may know what is going on. But do you know why it keeps affecting you?
You may understand your difficulties, know what you want to change, or even recognise the patterns you keep repeating. Yet somehow, you cannot move beyond what keeps returning, affecting your relationships, your sense of self, your bodily experience, and the way you live your life.
Through my psychoanalytic work, we explore how your experience of life, unconscious processes, and desires shape the ways you feel, respond, and relate to others.
In my work, I can help you make sense of these experiences, recognise your own resources, and develop greater confidence in yourself and the choices you make. Ultimately, this can enable you to open up new possibilities for moving beyond what has been limiting you.
You do not need to know exactly what to say. You can simply begin with what is on your mind.
What if, in what troubles you, there is also something you cannot quite give up?
ABOUT THE PRACTICE
Fernando Rocha
Psychoanalytic Therapist & Counsellor
PACFA Certified Practising Counsellor
ACA Member (level 2)
I work with adults who find themselves caught in patterns they understand intellectually but struggle to change.
My work is grounded in psychoanalysis and informed by a longstanding engagement with Freud and Lacan.
A DIFFERENT WAY FORWARD
Most events in your life happened to you, not because of you…
The difficulties you face can leave you feeling overwhelmed, powerless, or uncertain about yourself and your future. They can make it difficult to see what you are capable of or imagine things being different.
You may not have chosen what has shaped your life, but you can take the first step towards changing how it shapes your future.
YOUR FIRST CONVERSATION
A quiet space to begin.
A 50-minute initial conversation is offered free of charge, with no obligation to continue afterwards.
Sessions are available in person in Sydney or online across Australia.
No referral is required.
FROM THE JOURNAL
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Is Psychoanalytic Therapy Only for Mental Illness? Beyond Diagnosis and Crisis
At certain thresholds, what has long been repeated can begin to be spoken differently.
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When You Know What to Do But Cannot Do It
Knowing what needs to change and being unable to change it is one of the most frustrating human experiences. Psychoanalysis does not treat this as a failure of will —…
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Transference in Psychoanalytic Therapy: Why Therapy Can Feel Personal
Transference describes how past relational patterns emerge in the therapeutic relationship, shaping what feels personal and becoming central to analytic work.