Psychoanalysis is one of the many forms of psychotherapies which also question our relationship to existence, desire, culture, identity and should be able to help you address the right questions about your life. Each patient being different, I have a great reluctance to make a list of symptoms and registered disorder which would be an indication for you to start a treatment with me. Nevertheless, we can imagine that depression, anxiety, phobia, trauma, relationship issues, loss of a relative, past abuses difficult work environment, a feeling that everything became pointless, …  are obvious valid reasons to start a psychoanalysis. This list cannot be exhaustive because in many occasions identifying the problem is already a challenge in itself and a part of the “solution” to come. The feeling of meaninglessness, or emotional split you experience can be elusive or difficult to point because the mechanism responsible for it is unconscious and poisonous.

Having being already diagnosed by MD or Psychiatrist, or being under medication is completely compatible with psychoanalysis as a complementary process. If we had to compare mental pain to a physical trauma, we could say that antidepressant is the crutch and psychotherapy is like the physiotherapeutical rehabilitation.