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Providing Professional and Confidential Psychoanalytic Treatment in-person treatment in Potsdam NY. Virtual Option's Availabl

Lacanian Psychoanalysis in Northern NY

Andrew Galbraith, LCSW

Andrew Galbraith is an MSW LCSW, and is currently an advanced Ph.D (ABD) candidate at the Institute of Clinical Social Work: Psychodynamic Graduate Studies, in Chicago, Illnois. He has spent 13 years providing comprehensive, professional, and in-depth psychoanalytic treatment in Northern New York, and is presently practicing in Potsdam, NY in a psychoanalytic private practice.

Jacques Lacan

In Lacanian psychoanalysis, the procoess entails putting words to experiences that have led to specific sufferings, patterns, and distress as it relates to the present context of life. It is also, as Freud states, a place where one is able to get "inaccordance with their complexes", through the uncovering of how they relate to desire. My approach faciltates the concious recogition of these elements

Areas of Clinical Focus

Specific Diagnosis Labels or Issues

Depressive Disordrs, Anxiety Disorders, Trauma-Disorders, Eating Disorders, Obsessive-Compuslive Disorders, Neurodivergent Catogories including Autism and ADHD

My practice approaches these labels through examining how present-day psychological suffering relates to one's experience in their history and relationship to language. I build a trusting, professional, and productive relationship with my patients so that they may come to identify experiences related to specific psychological mechanisms that sustains the conflicts that cause them pain.

Relational or Contexual Issues

Marital Distress, Grief and Loss, Professional Challenges, General Relational Patterns leading to Interpersonal Conflict, Parental Issues and Concerns, Family Conflict

My practice approaches these conflicts by helping the patient articulate their true subjective position in areas of conflict, work, career, and educational goals. The patient's position on these matters that relate to their life are given full credence and held in the highest regard, and my role is to help the patient articulate what these are for themselves, with as little interefence or intrustion from myself. This helps address long-standing barriers and interpersonal conflicts by developing a sense of clarity relating to their specific position on important personal matters. This helps the patient navigate stressful relational circumstances or conflicts on terms that feel more suitable to their sense of right and wrong

Identity and 'Self-Esteem'

Existential Uncertanity and specific challenges to feeling included within the world.

Those who are struggling with basic components of identity such as gender identifications, cultural associations, professional standing or other existential factors related to their relationship to the world and their place within it are welcomed to openly explore these conflicts in this process. In choosing to undergo this process, the patient is given greater agency within the dynamics in relationships to other people, including friends family, colleagues and so on, ideally, making relationships with others easier to maintain and enjoy. The patient's conclusions on who they wish to be are held with the highest regard and respect, and no matter the answer, the patient's dignity as a social being is protected, supported, and maintained.

What does this process offer?

My practice is a confidential, convenient, respectful, and productive clinical setting where your experience is the complete focus of the work.

Many patients report that working with me has resulted in feeling more confident, capable, and motivated to push through barriers that have prevented them from resolving painful emotional patterns. This includes (in the patient's language) over-coming 'imposter-syndrome' in relation to work, family, or school, and feeling more confident to handle conflict when necessary.

I offer an open, and free-floating dialogue curated specifically to the challenges you face in the pursuit of your desire. By 'desire', I mean, addressing the challenges, pathological symptoms, relationships, and traumas that continue to cause stumbling blocks in trying to be the person, parent, partner, or professional you want to be.

In Lacanian psychoanalysis, the focus is truly about resolving internal conflicts in order to move past painful barriers or challenges that continue to prevent living one's life on one's own terms. It is not about classifiyng behavior or symptoms. Those who wish to validate there experience beyond these labels, and truly examine how their specific psychological suffereing relates to their experience and personal history are welcomed, regardless of any 'diagnosis' given in other treatment contexts.

Fees and Associated Services

Initial Consultation

$75.00

Usually the First Meeting, assesses whether or not a Psychoanalytic Approach is appropriate at this time, and if not, the cost includes referrals to appropriate services if required.

Psychoanalytic Session

$150.00

Full psychoanalytic session lasting up to one hour. The psychoanalytic intervention requires at least a weekly commitment.

Lacanian Academc or Clinical Consultation

$100.00

Lacanian Consultation in both clinical and academic contexts. Specializing in Psychosis, Lacanian analysis of Cinema, and introductory guidance to Lacan's psychoanalytic theory for those interested in exploring his seminars, and associated contemporary commentary.

Insurance

Depending on the specific terms of the insurance plan, Insurance maybe utilized to cover fees on a reimbursement model. Superbills and Invoices can be generated for the patient's submission if applicable.