It's normal to have doubts before starting a therapeutic process.

There are many ways to work on mental health, and each one answers different questions with different tools. There is no right way and a wrong way; there are different approaches for different needs.

What is specific to psychoanalysis is its way of listening. It doesn't start from a protocol or a set of techniques. It starts from the idea that what happens — the anxiety, the exhaustion, the difficulty deciding, the feeling of emptiness — has a meaning worth understanding before trying to change it.

That's why the work doesn't follow a script and has no fixed duration. It's built with each person, from their history and from what emerges in the process.

If what you're looking for is to understand what's happening to you — not just to fix it — psychoanalysis may be the space you need.

Not necessarily. And when childhood comes up, it's not because there's a script to follow.

The starting point is always what's happening today: what worries you, what repeats itself, what you can't quite understand. If something from the past turns out to be relevant to understanding the present, it usually finds its place naturally.

This isn't about reconstructing a story from the beginning. It's about understanding what is still alive in you.

There is no fixed duration or predefined goal. Every process is different because every person arrives with a different history.

Some changes are felt within a few months. Other more deep-rooted aspects take more time. What does happen is that the process evolves: what is worked on at the beginning is rarely what matters most at the end.

The duration isn't decided by the therapist in advance. It's decided by what you discover.

No. And medication doesn't replace psychoanalysis either.

Although they are often confused, they serve different functions. Medications can relieve symptoms like anxiety, insomnia, or depression, and at certain moments they are essential for someone to regain stability and continue with their life.

Psychoanalysis works on a different level. It doesn't seek to silence the symptom, but to understand what it's expressing, how it was built, and why it still occupies a place in your life. That's why, when medication is necessary, we don't understand it as an alternative to the therapeutic process, but as a tool that can support it.

As a psychoanalyst, I don't prescribe medication; that is the responsibility of a psychiatrist. However, I deeply believe in interdisciplinary work. If during the process we consider that a psychiatric evaluation could be useful, I will suggest it clearly and, if you wish, I can refer you to a trusted professional.

Many people do psychoanalysis while taking medication. One doesn't exclude the other. They often work better together.

It happens. And it's perfectly fine.

There's nothing to prepare before each session and no mandatory topic to bring. Silence, doubt, not knowing where to start — all of that is also part of the work.

Sometimes the most interesting things happen precisely when there's no ready-made speech. You don't need to arrive with the answers; that's what we're here for.

Yes. But work is probably not the only place where it's happening.

What we feel at work — the difficulty setting limits, the feeling of not fitting in, the exhaustion that doesn't go away — rarely starts there. In the office we are not a different person: we arrive with a way of relating, demanding of ourselves, and responding to others that has a much longer history.

Understanding the work without understanding that history almost never gets us far enough.

Burnout is real. But many times it's also a signal: something the body and mind use to say that something deeper needs attention.

When exhaustion doesn't go away with rest, when changing jobs doesn't resolve the feeling, or when the problem seems to repeat itself in different contexts, it's worth asking what else is speaking through that tiredness.

Psychoanalysis doesn't treat burnout as a diagnosis. It listens to it as a question.

Not as career counseling. Psychoanalysis won't tell you what to decide.

What it can do is help you understand what's behind your decisions: what holds you back, what you're really looking for, what expectations — your own or others' — you're trying to meet without having consciously chosen to.

When that starts to become clear, decisions change. Not because someone tells you what to do, but because you start to know better what you want.

Because a good job isn't necessarily a life that feels like your own.

Your resume can look perfect on paper, and yet you still feel empty, like you're just going through the motions, wondering if this is really what you wanted. That's not ingratitude or a lack of perspective.

Sometimes what happens is that we've built a life that responds to what's expected of us, but has little to do with what we actually want. Understanding that difference is, many times, the beginning of something important.

Each session lasts 50 minutes. The cost is $700 MXN per session.

Sessions are in-person at the office located at Temístocles 23, Polanco, Mexico City, or by video call for those who prefer that option or are not in the city.

The usual frequency is one session per week, although this can be adjusted according to each person's process.

Yes. Sessions can be held in Spanish, English, or Portuguese.

For those living in Mexico who feel more comfortable expressing themselves in another language — or for those passing through the city — the possibility of working in their own language can make an important difference.

You can write to me directly to coordinate a first meeting. I respond promptly to find a time that works for you.

The first session doesn't imply any commitment to continue. It's simply a space to meet each other and for you to assess whether it makes sense to go further.