Dr Eva Birch

Philosophy & Vision

I am a psychoanalyst and registered counsellor practicing in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. My experience and training in psychoanalysis has helped me develop highly attuned listening skills. Regular sessions with a practitioner trained in listening creates the opportunity to speak freely—without censorship or judgement.

I pay attention to what is unique and singular about each patient, listening with curiosity, allowing your own rhythm and pace to guide the work.

Background

My PhD thesis focused on the work of Psychoanalyst, Philosopher, and Linguist Luce Irigaray. In my work as an academic I taught and wrote in the fields of literature and creative writing. Alongside my career in academia I also developed a writing practice which is ongoing.

Services

Therapy Approach

I use a psychoanalytic approach and am trained in the Lacanian approach. Jacques Lacan was a French psychoanalyst who emphasised the importance of listening to the speech of the patient (analysand). Within speech lies the analysand's history and unconscious desire.

During the course of a psychoanalysis, an analysand works frequently with their analyst usually over a relatively long period of time. The analysand slowly begins to shed some of their chatter and gets closer to previously unknown wishes and desires. Their symptom is eventually, after many repetitions, converted into a new form, one that may cause less suffering and/or allow them to begin to act more freely in the world.