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Psychoanalysis

With psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud not only laid the foundation for modern psychotherapy, but also a psychological and cultural theory that has significantly shaped thought in the 20th and 21st centuries.

The unconscious is at the heart of psychoanalytic theory. While the openly accessible conscious mind is only the tip of the iceberg, unconscious contents and processes represent the far greater part of the human psyche. Psychoanalysis offers explanatory models for understanding behavioral patterns and the structure of individuals, groups and organizations, as well as mass phenomena.

Through the method of free association, unconscious mechanisms and conflicts can be brought to consciousness. This makes them accessible to discussion, which, in addition to rational insight, enables, above all, emotional experience and processing.

 

My offer: Psychotherapy, Consulting, Self-experience

As a psychoanalyst, I offer counseling for personal development, support in crisis situations, and psychotherapeutic support for people with mental illnesses.

The setting is tailored to individual needs and allows for support in the form of low-frequency short-term therapy, a longer-term therapeutic relationship, and even high-frequency psychoanalysis. Due to my professional background as a physicist and airline pilot, my work focuses particularly on supporting decision-making processes and treating fear of flying.

Partial reimbursement for psychotherapeutic treatments is possible through the responsible health insurance provider.

 

About me

Dr. Bernhard Schraußer

Psychoanalyst (Psychotherapeut Psychoanalysis/Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy)
Management Consultant
Physicist
Air Traffic Pilot/Flight Instructor
Social Counselor

Adress
Gaußgasse 4/39
8010 Graz

Mail
praxis@schrausser.net

Telephone
+43 681 81490951

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Psychoanalysis (from ancient Greek ψυχή psychḗ ‚breath, breath, soul‘, and ἀνάλυσις analysis ‚analysis‘, in the sense of „examination of the soul“) is a psychotherapeutic treatment method, but also a psychological theory, developmental psychology, personality theory, conflict theory, cultural theory, dream theory, method of self-awareness, and much more. It was founded around 1890 by the Viennese physician Sigmund Freud. Since then, psychoanalysis has been further developed and modified in all aspects by clinicians and researchers to this day, and is thus characterized by theoretical, methodological, and therapeutic pluralism.

Psychoanalysis/psychoanalytic psychotherapy is a psychotherapeutic procedure recognized under Austrian psychotherapy law. Compared to other procedures such as behavioral therapy, systemic family therapy, or various approaches to the so-called humanistic orientation, psychoanalysis is characterized by its special attention to unconscious processes. The tasks of psychoanalysis can include discovering the impact of this unconscious on everyday life and helping to alleviate psychological suffering, supporting positive personal development (especially the ability to form relationships), and enabling a freer and more fulfilling life.

Numerous studies and meta-analyses demonstrate that psychoanalysis is effective and efficient in the treatment of mental disorders and trauma. There is clear evidence that the sustained and lasting relief of suffering and the improvement of life satisfaction and relationship skills are particularly strong points of psychoanalysis/psychoanalytic psychotherapy.