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About
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy adheres to a case-by-case perspective. Namely, to the assumption that every individual is unique and requires a different course of treatment. The basic working hypothesis is that every analysis is different in its content, in its trajectory, in its frequency and duration. Through the act of free association one speaks freely about anything that comes to mind and engages the issues brought up in depth. The trajectory of treatment is directed by the speech of free association, along with the analyst's interpretations, toward the singular truth of one's symptoms and their subsequent alleviation.
I am a credentialed mental health nurse with extensive training in Lacanian psychoanalysis, which informs my practice as a psychotherapist. I offer psychoanalytic psychotherapy to individuals and families from early-adolescence onwards in the lifespan. I also provide individual and group clinical supervision and secondary consultation.
Reach out via phone or email if you have any enquiries about engaging with my services. I currently offer face to face sessions, telehealth and over-the-phone consultation.
Call or Email Jesse W K Rantamaki for a free 15 minute consultation now - (03) 7003 2261
Finances
- Sliding Scale: Yes
Accepted Insurance Plans
- NDIS
- Any/Out-of-network Insurance
My fees vary on a case by case basis, based primarily on your given income, circumstances and willingness to commit to analysis.
Email me or call (03) 7003 2261 with questions.
Qualifications
- Years in Practice: 8 Years
- Membership: Australian College of Mental Health Nurses / Credentialed Mental Health Nurse
- Training: Bachelor of Nursing / 2014
I am an experienced nurse psychotherapist with training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
Additional Credentials
- Membership: Australian College of Mental Health Nurses / Member / 2014
- Membership: Freudian School of Melbourne, School of Lacanian Psychoanalysis / Membership / 2016
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Specialties
- Psychosis
- Personality Disorders
- Mood Disorders
Issues
- Addiction
- Alcohol Use
- Anger Management
- Antisocial Personality
- Anxiety
- Autism
- Bereavement
- Bipolar Disorder
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Codependency
- Depression
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Drug Abuse
- Dual Diagnosis
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disturbance
- Life Transitions
- Men's Issues
- Narcissistic Personality (NPD)
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Peer Relationships
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sexual Abuse
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Teen Violence
- Transgender
- Trauma and PTSD
Sexuality
- LGBTQ+
Client Focus
Age
- Elders (65+)
- Adults
- Teen
Communities
- Aviation Professionals
- Bisexual Allied
- Body Positivity
- Cancer
- Deaf Allied
- Gay Allied
- HIV / AIDS Allied
- Immuno-disorders
- Intersex Allied
- Lesbian Allied
- Little Person Allied
- Non-Binary Allied
- Open Relationships Non-Monogamy
- Queer Allied
- Racial Justice Allied
- Sex Worker Allied
- Sex-Positive, Kink Allied
- Single Mother
- Transgender Allied
- Vegan Allied
- Veterans
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Clinical Supervision and Qualified Supervisors
- Existential
- Family Systems
- Interpersonal
- Narrative
- Psychoanalytic
- Psychodynamic
- Structural Family Therapy
Modality
- Individuals
- Family
- Group
Last Modified: 1 Dec 2022
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