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The Baltimore Center for Psychotherapy is a psychodynamically oriented practice, meaning that all of our therapists value and consider how peoples’ lives, personalities, relationships, and minds are shaped by their experiences.

INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOTHERAPY

Individual therapy can be many things—long-term, short-term, problem-focused, exploratory—but it is always a meaningful relationship between therapist and patient. Individual therapy usually occurs at a minimum of one session per week and can be used to address myriad issues and experiences. Often, individual therapy continues over a long period of time, opening up new areas for exploration and self-discovery as one’s relationship to oneself deepens and evolves.

Kathleen Fanone, Alex Samets, and Daniel Cohen practice psychodynamic psychotherapy, a form of therapy that is often (but not always) longer-term and is recommended treatment for most mental health issues including depression, anxiety, trauma, and personality disorders. Psychodynamic psychotherapy can also be generative for people who are interested in increasing self-awareness and developing relationships that feel both enlivened and stable.

PSYCHOANALYSIS

Psychoanalysis is a form of psychodynamic psychotherapy that works at a higher frequency, usually meeting for sessions multiple times per week. Psychoanalysis aims to know the deepest aspects of the mind—uncovering unconscious dynamics that shape our conscious thoughts, experiences, and behavior—with the belief that doing so both reduces suffering and increases access to one’s full potential. Meeting for sessions at a higher frequency intensifies the hereand-now emotional experience of therapy; this intensity increases access to aspects of the unconscious mind that can be otherwise difficult to encounter.

Alex Samets practices psychoanalysis and is currently a psychoanalytic candidate at the National Institute for the Psychotherapies in New York City.

TRAUMA THERAPY

Trauma can be understood as any experience that is too big, too painful, or too overwhelming to be fully processed as it occurs. Most of us have experienced some form of trauma that may have shaped something about us—an aspect of how we think, how we relate, what we expect, or what we can tolerate. If left unprocessed or under-processed, that trauma can plant seeds that lead to dysregulation and self-destructive behaviors. The intention of trauma-focused therapy is to fully understand how trauma is living in one’s mind and body so that it can be integrated and resolved, resulting in more freedom and ease in oneself and in one’s relationships.

All of the therapists at The Baltimore Center for Psychotherapy recognize that trauma is a part of life for most people, and each of the therapies practiced at BCP support patients working through trauma

EMDR

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, or EMDR, is a somatic therapy that processes and releases information trapped in the mind and body. It frees people from disturbing images, body sensations, debilitating emotions, and restrictive beliefs. EMDR is also used to treat the psychological effects of smaller traumas that manifest in symptoms of depression, anxiety, phobias, low self-satisfaction, creativity blocks, and relationship difficulties. As a result of EMDR’s clearing of emotional and physical blockages, many people also experience a sense of joy, openness, and deep connection with others.

Rebecca Burrett is a certified EMDR therapist who specializes in working with patients who have experienced acute and ongoing trauma. Her practice of attachment-focused EMDR centralizes the patient’s inner resources and sense of safety during the exploration of difficult feelings. Trauma work of this variety can vary in length and intensity and sometimes co-occurs with an ongoing psychodynamic or behavioral therapy with another therapist.

RELATIONSHIP THERAPY

When couples come to therapy they are often in distress and seeking both relief and an avenue for reconnection. Psychodynamic relationship therapy considers the psychic, emotional, behavioral, and historical aspects of each partner and how these elements of personality and mind interact within the relationship. These therapy sessions tend to occur once a week or twice a month, depending on the needs of the couple and the acuity of the conflict they are experiencing. Many couples continue to work with a therapist after acute distress has been resolved, benefiting from the support of the therapist’s knowledge and perspective over the course of the relationship.

Rebecca Burrett has a specialty practice in working with relationships. Rebecca is trained in many modalities that support couples to know themselves and one another with depth and compassion, seeking to navigate the inevitable conflicts of partnership with increased grace and connection.

TRAINING

The Baltimore Center for Psychotherapy offers a fellowship program in private practice and psychodynamic psychotherapy. Fellows maintain a paid caseload and participate in ongoing individual and group supervision as well as didactic learning.