Explore the deeper parts of yourself and make lasting change
with Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy + Psychoanalysis
A more immediate style of therapy to help solve pressing problems and issues, while maintaining an insight-oriented perspective.
A slower, intensive treatment to explore connections between experiences and the unconscious, help solve problems, study patterns, and make connections between past and present.
Guidance and support for other mental health professionals who want to deepen their work or get help with clinical roadblocks.
But in this impossibly complex historical moment, it can be tempting to put life on pause. To zone out of everything real. It is so easy, so compelling to get lost on your phone, in an instagram story, or in YouTube shorts. We are living in a time where it’s commonplace to burn out from trying to carry on as if our lives are “normal” during times that feel surreal. Many people have become numb to life and have lost a sense of who they are and what they are living for.
Issues you may have managed decently before – with relationships, self-identity, or work – may feel less bearable in a post-Trump, post-COVID world. (Is there even a post-Trump, post-COVID world?)
There can be so much to untangle, but you don’t have to do it by yourself. You can get help but you do have to reach for it. You do have to take that step forward.
If you are at a place in your life where you want to slow things down and explore your experiences, we may be a good fit to work together.
I offer psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis for people who want insight-oriented, deeply immersive therapy, either individually or as couples. I also provide consultation to those psychotherapists who may benefit from my 25+ years of experience in the field.
I can help you find meaningful personal growth by working with you to get a real, grounded sense of who you are in the world, and sort through what you need. Maybe COVID has reawakened things from past therapy work and you want to revisit things at a deeper level. Or perhaps you feel like you’re finally coming up for air and are searching for a new way to live your life.
As an experienced professional, I can guide you in this work so you can connect more fully with your experiences and with yourself. This work can help you become more intentional and feel more authentic as you move forward in your life.
I have been seeing Dr. Hannah Wedgley Nystrom for 6 years. With her help, I have been able to completely transform my life. I came to her at a time of desperation--nothing in life was going well. I was in a toxic relationship, 50 pounds overweight, flunking several of my college courses, in a deep mental fog, ridden with tremendous anxiety and lost in a deep depression. Needless to say--things were not going my way. Hannah helped me learn to manage life. I was able to leave the relationship, create a balanced work and school schedule that helped me graduate with a 4.0 in my final semester. I was able to find a great job far beyond my expectations. I stopped jumping from relationship to relationship and found the love of my life. We have been married for 2 years and have a beautiful 3 month daughter. I am so grateful to Dr. Hannah Wedgley Nystrom to helping me create the life I now live.
Anonymous Female, 2009
It feels a little cheap to "review" Hannah here, but this is the time we live in I suppose. So here is your advantage people, I "chose" Hannah because she was the person my insurance told me to call. Lucky for me she is just an amazing person, who helped me (slowly) transform my life. Your advantage is that I can tell you that she is an amazing therapist, woman, and person and save you the pain of having to just guess blindly. Hannah listens so carefully, that your "hour" really means a lot more to the process than you think it might. I saw Hannah for about five years. I came to her in a bit of a crisis and can truly say I had no intention for staying as long as I did. It's not often that you meet someone so dedicated to their work, and Hannah is one of those people. She is just the kindest person, and helped me profoundly, but it took time. I really just love her and can't recommend her highly enough, if you have the courage to call someone, I applaud you and you are not going to do any better than Hannah. I could easily list an impressive list of boxes I have checked since I met Hannah, but what's really more important is how I feel on the inside, and I feel great and have for years.
Anonymous Male, 2015
Hannah and I worked together for 4 years towards the middle of my life - our work together has changed the direction of my life for the better in the deepest and most profound of ways. Her style is warm, empathic, approachable, and to the point - she has a very skilled way of helping you find answers to questions you may not have been asking. I cannot recommend her enough! I began my work with Hannah when I was going through an abrupt change to a multi-decade relationship and reeling from the severe trauma of the drawn out break up that followed. I had been seeking a therapist to guide me through the changes with my humor and grace intact. Through the process of our work, Hannah unearthed many other of my life's traumas and helped me to face them, nurture them, and to ultimately heal from them so I would be stronger, more self-assured, and prepared for the next phase of my life. Her style is warm, empathic, approachable, and to the point - she has a very skilled way of helping you find answers to questions you may not have been asking. I am grateful for having been able to achieve my goals, and I cannot recommend Hannah highly enough!"
Anonymous Female, 2021