"Freud remarked that there is perhaps a kind of listening that is worthwhile precisely because up until now it was merely interdicted - which means spoken between, between the lines. That is what he called the repressed.""              Lacan 1975

Welcome to Auckland Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.

Psychoanalytic psychotherapy is a powerful approach to mental and emotional development which makes good use of our remarkably human ability to allow one thing to stand for another, and works with the unconscious forces that shape our lives.

I am an experienced Registered Psychotherapist (PBANZ) and a Member of the New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists (NZAP) with a certificate of Advanced Clinical Practice. My clinic is located in Wellpark Avenue, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand.

I have been training in psychotherapy since 1995, from a background in counselling, architecture, theatre and business. I practiced as a psychosynthesis psychotherapist and taught psychosynthesis for ten years. I became increasingly interested in psychoanalysis and now practice psychoanalytic psychotherapy informed by psychosynthesis. I am currently enrolled in a Masters in Psychoanalytic Studies at Deakin University and working towards membership of the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Association of Australasia (PPAA).

I work with individuals, couples, and groups, and offer professional supervision to therapists, teachers, managers and artists (wherever understanding unconscious processes is key to the success of the practice).

Crispin Balfour