Anger, aggression and jealousy can play a significant role in romantic, family, professional and social relationships.
In my psychoanalytic consultations in Lyon, offered in person or online, these feelings can be explored not simply as reactions to be eliminated, but as experiences whose personal meaning and place in one’s life deserve to be understood.
How can I understand what lies behind my anger or jealousy?
Anger, aggression and jealousy may be associated with the fear of losing someone, a sense of injustice, a need for recognition, or difficulty tolerating uncertainty.
Certain reactions may also take on a particular significance in light of one’s personal history, echoing an old emotional wound, a feeling of helplessness, or a desire that has found no other way of being expressed.
The psychoanalytic approach seeks to understand what these emotions express and the circumstances in which they arise, helping to clarify what precedes a reaction, what it brings about, and the place it occupies.
Why am I sometimes overwhelmed by jealousy even when I know it may not be justified?
Jealousy can persist even when a person rationally understands that their fears do not necessarily reflect reality.
The questions that arise may concern trust, love, loss, one’s place in another person’s life, or one’s self-image. These aspects can be explored through conversation without assuming any particular underlying cause.
Why do certain situations trigger disproportionate reactions in me?
A remark, a criticism or someone’s behaviour can provoke a very intense emotional reaction in some people.
This reaction may be connected to the present situation while sometimes resonating with earlier experiences.
Psychoanalysis offers a way to gradually explore the possible connections between what is felt in response to difficult experiences and what may resurface from one’s personal history.
Why do I get angry so easily with the people I love?
The people we feel closest to can sometimes be the ones who trigger our strongest reactions.
Anger may express frustration, fear, hurt or an expectation that cannot be articulated in another way. Exploring what precedes the anger and how it is experienced can help clarify what is really at play beneath it.
Why do I regret what I say or do when I am angry?
When anger becomes very intense, we may say things we later regret or behave in ways that do not reflect what we truly want.
Understanding the situations that trigger this intensity can help us recognise what happens before anger becomes overwhelming. Putting things into words can help articulate what has, until now, been expressed primarily through aggression.
Why do I feel the need to control the people I love?
The need to control the people we love can feel like a way of protecting a relationship, even though it may gradually make that relationship more difficult.
Underlying this need may be the fear of losing the other person, insecurity, jealousy, or difficulty tolerating uncertainty.
Exploring these fears can help us understand why it becomes so difficult to allow the other person the freedom to be themselves.
I offer psychoanalytic consultations in Lyon to support you in exploring and understanding what you are experiencing and feeling, both in person and online.
An initial consultation provides an opportunity to get to know one another, clarify what brings you to therapy, and consider whether a psychoanalytic approach is suited to your circumstances and expectations.
Anger, Aggression and Jealousy : Finding a Path Toward Greater Peace Through Psychoanalysis