I am a psychiatrist certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc. (ABPN)
I’ve been trained, in addition to conducting psychiatric evaluations and medication management, in several different types of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. I like to bring all of these treatment modalities to the table in helping you get better, as we talk together and agree on our individual treatment plan for you.
In my experience, psychotherapy can be invaluable in helping someone get real benefit from treatment.
Dr. Rosenfeldt’s Education
- Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas
- B.S. & B.A. University of Texas at Austin (Molecular Biology & German)
- M.D. University of Texas Medical Branch
- Residency in Psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Graduate Analyst, Dallas Psychoanalytic Center
Dr. Rosenfeldt’s Professional Affiliations
- Dallas Psychoanalytic Center
- Dallas Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology
There are different kinds of psychotherapy that can be highly effective treatment methods
CBT focuses on evaluating negative thoughts objectively, and often realizing that there are cognitive distortions leading to negative and painful emotions.
Re-evaluating negative thoughts more objectively often leads to a more reasonable approach toward life, thereby lifting anxiety and depression.
PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy focuses on negative patterns of behavior. Often, these bad patterns (i.e. relationships, problems at work, inhibitions) have unconscious conflicts at their root that originated from childhood.
This type of therapy has the goal of understanding conflicts and unconscious mechanisms. Psychoanalytic psychotherapy can be a highly effective method of treatment.
PSYCHOANALYSIS
Psychoanalysis has the potential for great therapeutic benefit though it is not for everyone. It is a kind of intense introspective psychotherapy. In this kind of therapy, you lie on a couch, meeting frequently, four to five times a week, over a long period of time. This is necessary for the intensity of the treatment.
Over time, we rediscover your life’s narrative together, explore deeply and even experience together in the treatment your unconscious conflicts – as they come alive – in the safety of the analytic setting. This way, together, we become aware of the underlying sources of your difficulties (not just intellectually, but also emotionally).
This re-experiencing is a natural process called transference. This is what enables deep change in long-lasting ways of your behavior, your relationships with others, and even your sense of self – that is, if you want to.
If you do decide on psychoanalytic therapy, it is important to know that it is work, and like most things in life, there are usually no quick fixes.
Therapy takes time and commitment, but the rewards can be great.