Attitudes about mental health are changing, and seeking therapeutic help is no longer seen as something stigmatised or ‘weak’, but as a sign of courage, open-mindedness and a desire to take responsibility and to change. Seeking help is a sign of strength, not weakness.

Psychotherapy can help with acute problems and mental health ‘diagnoses’ such as anxiety, depression, panic attacks, phobias, OCD, addictions, ADHD, and eating disorders, but also with relationship problems, insecure attachment, separation and loss, low self-esteem, difficulties setting boundaries or being assertive, sexuality and intimacy.

The most in-depth form is analytic psychotherapy or psychoanalysis, which aims to unblock deep psychological configurations and conflicts, many of which can be partially unconscious.

Far from being ‘self-indulgent’, good quality psychotherapy can help solve these conflicts and enable people to find their true identity, in work, hobbies and relationships, and can, thus, lead to a much more fulfilled and productive life.