Sarah Farnsworth, Psychoanalytic Candidate, ICPLA. RPS #303
Los Angeles, California
VerifiedTelehealth Available
My Approach to Therapy
Sometimes we know something in our lives is not working, yet we cannot fully understand why. We repeat familiar patterns, feel haunted by old experiences, or find ourselves longing for something we cannot quite name.
Psychoanalysis offers the space to safely uncover these layers of your inner world. Through a sustained therapeutic relationship, we will explore the experiences, relationships, dreams, conflicts and desires that have shaped you. Not to judge them, but to understand them.
This is an intensive work, often meeting multiple times per week. Higher frequency provides the opportunity to delve into longstanding patterns and dynamics that may remain inaccessible in less intensive treatment. Through this process, many people find not only symptom relief, but greater freedom and a stronger sense of who they are.
To quote Neville Symington, "Psychoanalysis is not for the person who has had a breakdown and just wants to start functioning again, because as the analysis proceeds he may have to revise his whole life and alter it radically. I think that psychoanalysis is for those who have a curiosity about life, but also wish to live it inwardly" (from The Psychoanalytic Experience).
If you wish to learn more or begin treatment, I invite you to contact me. I am accepting Clients in Downtown Los Angeles and virtually throughout California.
My Practice & Services
I am a Research Psychoanalytic Candidate at the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis in Los Angeles seeing patients under the supervision of Dr. Cheryl Dale. I work with adults of all backgrounds and expressions of gender, sexuality and selfhood in general. In addition to my Psychoanalytic training, I also hold an MFA in Art & Art Theory, which informs my work deeply.
On the Fence About Going to Therapy?
Psychoanalysis asks a lot of you. It asks that you open yourself up to the possibility of really knowing yourself, and being known. It asks that you open yourself up to the possibility of change. It asks that you open yourself up to the possibility of love.
This process can stir up old emotions, or bring you into contact with aspects of yourself that are difficult to accept. I will not pretend that is easy, but you don't have to do it alone.
If you are considering Psychoanalysis but are nervous or have questions, I invite you to contact me for a consultation. We can discuss your desires as well as your concerns, and if you're ready and we feel it's a fit, move forward together.
The Duration and Frequency of Therapy
Psychoanalysis is a depth practice, as well as a relationship: a relationship with the self as well as with the analyst. This can take time to develop, as can any investment into yourself. Sessions may occur several times a week in order to reach that level of depth and connection.
Expertise & Specialties
Age Groups I Work With
TeensAdultsElders
Therapy Services & Specialties
Concerns & Challenges Addressed
Abuse / Abuse Survivor IssuesAdjusting to Change / Life TransitionsAnxietyBody ImageCreative BlocksDepressionEating and Food IssuesEmotional Abuse