Over 30 years as a psychologist-psychoanalyst, I have worked with individuals who are encountering loss, anxiety, depression, relationship problems, trauma, or mid-life issues. What is most important is finding a way to provide a thoughtful, safe space to explore together the deeper causes of the patterns they repeat. Working through the issues underlying these patterns offers the client the opportunity to find she can bear and learn from her anguish; lessen inhibiting judgments; and connect with greater inner freedom and strength.