Amanda El Khoury
Introduction
Psychoanalytic therapy is unique because it takes up the question of the individual — your particular history, your singular experience, and importantly, what you have to say about it all. We live inside, as well as outside, of the systems that give our lives shape — cultural, family, language systems. Psychoanalytic listening centers the individual’s experience within these systems, distinguishing itself from diagnostic and medical models of treatment. In this way, psychoanalytic work is positioned to be able take up questions of suffering differently. This is what I believe makes this kind of work especially suited to address causes of suffering. I understand psychological symptoms causing suffering to be coded messages that speak to desires and conflicts, efforts at managing disappointment and pain. In my work with patients, I listen for what is happening under the surface. Through this process, those I work with begin to listen to themselves differently too, creating space for their innermost beliefs, often hidden and originating from family history and lived experience, to emerge. By working without judgement and in great detail, I help patients put words to what feels unsayable, paying close attention to desires and conflicts, inner and external worlds, weaving past and present, fantasy and reality, in order to effect change. To this end, I will work with patients more than once per week and arrange fees accordingly.
Highlights
- Telehealth appointments
- Accepts online payments and insurance
Specialties
Treatment Approaches
Population focus
Appointment types
- Individuals
Age groups
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Young Adults (18-24)
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Adults (24+)
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Elders (65+)
Languages
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English
Pay with insurance
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BlueCross and BlueShield