# THE UNDERTHOUGHT Psychoanalysis Practice

> Counselling & Psychoanalytic Therapy in Sydney


## Posts

- [Why Do I Keep Repeating the Same Patterns in Relationships?](https://theunderthought.com.au/why-do-i-keep-repeating-the-same-patterns-in-relationships/): You may have noticed that something seems to repeat itself in your relationships.
- [What Is a Psychoanalyst? Understanding Psychoanalytic Therapy](https://theunderthought.com.au/what-is-a-psychoanalyst-understanding-psychoanalytic-therapy/): When people search for a psychoanalyst, they may already have some idea of what psychoanalysis is.
- [Why Do I Feel Unsatisfied Even When Things Are Going Well?](https://theunderthought.com.au/why-do-i-feel-unsatisfied-even-when-things-are-going-well/): Sometimes nothing is obviously wrong.
- [Why Do We Know What We Want to Change, Yet Find Ourselves Doing the Same Thing?](https://theunderthought.com.au/why-do-we-know-what-we-want-to-change-yet-find-ourselves-doing-the-same-thing/): There are moments when we seem to know exactly what needs to change.
- [What Happens in a First Psychoanalytic Session?](https://theunderthought.com.au/what-happens-in-a-first-psychoanalytic-session/): A softly lit open doorway symbolising the beginning of a first psychoanalytic session in Sydney.
- [On Not Knowing What You Want](https://theunderthought.com.au/on-not-knowing-what-you-want/): Not knowing what you want is more common than it seems. This article explores how desire can become obscure, and why clarity cannot simply be forced.
- [Why Do I Keep Repeating the Same Patterns?](https://theunderthought.com.au/why-do-i-keep-repeating-the-same-patterns/): Why does the same thing keep happening, with different people, in different circumstances? Psychoanalysis does not treat repetition as failure — it asks what the pattern is carrying, and why it has not yet been able to stop.
- [On Self-Sabotage: When Something in You Works Against You](https://theunderthought.com.au/on-self-sabotage-when-something-in-you-works-against-you/): There is a particular confusion that comes when you find yourself undoing what you have worked to build. Psychoanalysis does not treat this as a failure of willpower — it asks what the pattern is carrying that has not yet been heard.
- [The Symptom That Returns: On Habits That Will Not Simply Stop](https://theunderthought.com.au/the-symptom-that-returns-on-habits-that-will-not-simply-stop/): Some habits do not simply stop — they return. Psychoanalysis asks not why we fail to change, but what the symptom is carrying that has not yet been heard.
- [On the Moment of Entry into Psychoanalysis](https://theunderthought.com.au/moment-analysis-begins-psychoanalysis/): When does analysis begin? A psychoanalysis reflection on the moment speech exceeds intention and something unexpected emerges.
- [A Note on Psychoanalysis](https://theunderthought.com.au/psychoanalysis-sydney-what-is-it/): A clear introduction to psychoanalysis. Learn how psychoanalytic therapy works in Sydney or online, and what makes it different from other approaches.
- [On Anxiety: When the Body Speaks Before the Mind Can](https://theunderthought.com.au/on-anxiety-when-the-body-speaks-before-the-mind-can/): Anxiety arrives before you have had time to think — the body already responding to something the mind has not yet named. Psychoanalysis does not ask how to stop it, but what it might be saying.
- [Is Psychoanalytic Therapy Only for Mental Illness? Beyond Diagnosis and Crisis](https://theunderthought.com.au/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.
- [When You Know What to Do But Cannot Do It](https://theunderthought.com.au/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 — it asks what the inability is carrying, and what conflict it holds in place.
- [Transference in Psychoanalytic Therapy: Why Therapy Can Feel Personal](https://theunderthought.com.au/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.
- [When Nothing Comes to Mind: On Empty Speech and the Work of Waiting](https://theunderthought.com.au/when-nothing-comes-to-mind-on-empty-speech-and-the-work-of-waiting/): There are moments in therapy when nothing seems to arrive. Words feel distant, unformed, or oddly irrelevant.
- [Repetition and Resistance in Psychoanalytic Work](https://theunderthought.com.au/repetition-and-resistance-in-psychoanalytic-work/): An exploration of how repetition and resistance operate within analytic speech.
- [On Speaking, Silence, and What Therapy Listens For](https://theunderthought.com.au/on-speaking-silence-and-what-therapy-listens-for/): Many people come to therapy with a concern about what they say, or what they struggle to say.

## Pages

- [Book a Conversation](https://theunderthought.com.au/book-a-conversation/)
- [What is Psychoanalysis?](https://theunderthought.com.au/what-is-psychoanalysis-sydney/): Psychoanalysis is a way of approaching the unconscious, to understand what continues to shape our thoughts, feelings and relationships, even when it is not fully known.
- [Fees & First Session](https://theunderthought.com.au/fees-first-session/): At the Underthought, therapy begins with an initial meeting (50 minutes).
- [Journal](https://theunderthought.com.au/journal/): These notes reflect on psychoanalytic work, listening, and the experience of speaking over time.
- [Home](https://theunderthought.com.au/): Counselling in Sydney, Therapy in Sydney
- [Contact](https://theunderthought.com.au/contact/): If something has brought you here, you are welcome to get in touch.
- [Therapy Services](https://theunderthought.com.au/therapy-services/): Psychoanalytic Therapy and counselling in Sydney and online across Australia.
- [The Practice](https://theunderthought.com.au/psychoanalytic-practice/): The Underthought is a psychoanalysis practice in Sydney, offering psychoanalytic therapy and counselling in person and online across Australia.

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