Analytical psychology and counseling
I am Hanna Marti, a psychoanalyst in training. I work in Basel and Zurich.
Psychodynamics describes the workings of inner psychic forces. In addition to the outer physical space, there is an inner space in which psychological processes take place that react to external and internal events and influences. In psychoanalysis, we work with this inner space, perceive its various dynamics, discover psychic parts, integrate them and relate them to the outer space. This process connects you with your whole personality and enables you to understand your situation better and to shape your life more consciously in your personal sense.
In addition to the usual methods of talk therapy, I work with dreams, imagination and intuitive-creative means of expression (e.g. painting, drawing, music). As a trained musician and singer, I incorporate breathing exercises and bodywork where necessary to help you find the necessary calm and grounding for the analytical work.
In my practice, I welcome you as a whole person: Here I offer a safe space for feelings, immediate emotions, deep desires, uncertainties, distressing thoughts, raw ideas, subtle intuitions, unprocessed memories, perhaps things that have never been said before, ...
You decide what you want to talk about and how much you want to say. In this atmosphere, in which we accept everything that wants to appear in the room, the process that C. G. Jung called individuation can begin - the unfolding of your whole personality and the shaping of your own life path.
There are various reasons to start psychoanalysis. Here are a few examples:
You want to finally address and work through a particular issue that is troubling or distressing you in your life. Issues can be: traumas or difficult life experiences, anxieties, phobias, panic attacks, relationship problems, work-related problems, psychosomatic complaints, depression and burn-out symptoms, chronic stress, ...
You have the feeling that you are not progressing personally or in your life or that you have lost your bearings. Aspects of life that used to give you meaning and direction now seem empty and pointless.
You would like to get to know yourself better or develop aspects of your personality that you have not yet consciously recognized or have not been able to live openly. Or you have become aware of character traits or emotions towards which you have negative feelings.
You are in a transitional phase and would like support to find your feet in a new situation. For example, you are trying to put down fresh roots in a new city, country or culture, or you are grieving a past situation or a lost relationship.
Practical information
Contact me if you would like to arrange a trial session. After this session you can decide whether I am the right person for your situation. If you decide against an analysis with me, the trial lesson will not be charged. Here you can find out more about me.
I offer analysis sessions in Swiss German, German and English. As an analyst in training, I work at lower and more flexible rates. The analytical work is preferably done in person, but sessions via video call can be arranged.
An analysis session lasts 50 minutes and costs CHF 80. If you are a student or this amount represents too much of a financial burden for you, we can arrange a reduced rate together.
My services are not covered by health insurance.
As an analyst in training, I regularly bring my cases to my supervisors in anonymized form. These people will never be present in the analysis room, your identity remains protected and anonymous at all times. In return, the additional support and professional expertise that I receive from these experienced psychoanalysts flows into our work together.
About me
I grew up in rural areas of northwestern Switzerland. Even as a child, I discovered music as a language in which I could express many things for which I knew no words. After completing my music studies at the Music-Academy in Basel, I soon realized that the fast-paced and extraverted music profession was distancing me from the creative process that had originally drawn me to music, and that something always remained unfulfilled, unexpressed. I began an analysis and found a different way of experiencing my inner world and expressing it creatively in my life.
Having experienced in analysis the positive effects this creative work with the dynamics of the psyche had on my life, I soon developed the desire to work as a psychoanalyst myself: in 2018 I began my studies in analytical psychology in Zurich.
In my work as a psychoanalyst my experience with creative processes helps me to accompany people in their encounters with their own selves, as they explore and learn to navigate the demands and dynamics of the psyche.
Photo: F. Baranyk
Contact
You are welcome to contact me for an initial consultation. I look forward to getting to know you.
Badenerstrasse 21, 8004 Zürich
(directly at tramstop Stauffacher)
Bachlettenstrasse 33, 4054 Basel
(7 min walk from train station Basel SBB)
079 767 47 14