Frequently Asked Questions

When daily life becomes too challenging, when I can’t manage my professional, personal, or social relationships, when I feel a deep inner loneliness that no one seems to understand, or for any other reason (significant or not) that troubles me. There is always room for growth.

Boundaries distinguish our relationship as professional compared to other social relationships. As intense dynamics emerge during the analytic process, boundaries promote trust and safety to ensure the best possible outcome. Mutually accepted boundaries are maintained to protect against anxiety and establish the predictability of the working condition.

The profession follows a strict code of confidentiality, ensuring that all information is handled with the utmost respect and professionalism.

The main aim of the psychodynamic approach is to make the unconscious conscious through free association or open dialogue. How a client interacts with the therapist helps uncover and understand patterns seen in their everyday relationships.

Childhood experiences often hold the key to many emotional challenges faced in adulthood. This approach is grounded in Freudian psychoanalytic theory, drawing from the works of Winnicott, Klein, Bowlby, Green, Kohut, and Kernberg.

The therapeutic relationship is distinct from social relationships. Effective therapeutic intervention necessitates a specific methodology, including consistency in setting, time, participation, and wages, without social interactions outside of therapy.

This ensures the relationship remains professional and provides the client with the freedom to express their thoughts and feelings.

Group analysis comprises a consistent core of participants, typically between 4 to 8 members, inclusive of the facilitator. However, a gradual turnover is intrinsic to its structure. This allows for the introduction of new members at designated intervals, as well as the departure of those who have completed their therapeutic journey.

The primary objective is to nurture Group cohesion and facilitate open communication through unstructured, free-flowing dialogue. This environment enables members to feel secure in expressing their concerns. The collective response fosters a profound sense of belonging, acceptance, and the recognition of the universality of life's difficulties.

As Foulkes posits, the Group operates as a hall of mirrors, wherein reflections exchanged among members assist in the exploration of the authentic self and enhance the Group's collective functioning. Group analysis is a multilayered, dynamic, and interactive process that unveils complex pathways and forges profound connections among individuals.

The aim of music therapy is not educational or aesthetic. Its purpose is to build a bridge of communication when words are absent or obstruct the magic of connection and relationship building.

Music therapy serves children and adults of typical development, as well as individuals with autism, mental disorders, motor impairments, and learning difficulties. It focuses on enhancing relationships, connecting with emotions, fostering imagination and creativity, and, most importantly, alleviating psychological distress.

When verbal introspection is possible, it provides a rich emotional space for processing unconscious difficulties and psychological traumas.

Psychodynamic music therapy facilitates self-understanding through the expression and analysis of emotions. It provides a secure and creative outlet for releasing and processing feelings, enhancing relationships through deeper understanding of thoughts and experiences. This approach fosters creative expression and helps uncover new strategies for addressing challenges.

Currently, music therapy sessions are not covered by EOPΥY. However, since psychodynamic/analytic music therapy is a psychotherapeutic approach and there is a professional license, it may be covered as psychological support.

During a group music therapy session, members use their bodies, voices, and musical instruments to create sounds and music freely, creating a space where the unconscious experiences of both individuals and the group intersect. It is captivating to feel your music being heard and to have other members engage with, affirm, and potentially enhance and develop your musical idea.

Various simple musical instruments are available in the center of the circle, and members are encouraged to connect freely through music-making. The facilitator, a music therapist, actively participates in this musical creation. Afterward, verbal reflection on the improvisation experience helps deepen the understanding of experiences, enhancing communication and connection within the group in the present moment.