"....since we have already seen several wisdom traditions that have lasted quite a while, why shouldn't we find, with analytic discourse, something that gives us a glimpse of something precise?"

- Jacques Lacan

About

Florencia Bernthal is a Lacanian Psychoanalyst with a Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology from Universidad Nacional de Cordoba in Argentina and a Psychoanalyst license in NYS. Her natural inclination for psychoanalysis in the early days of her studies resulted in in-depth training in research and education over  years of practice as a clinician.

In addition to her private practice, she worked in private and public institutions that promote mental health and social inclusion to children and adults. In New York, Florencia is the co-founder of the Lacanian Encounter Association of Psychoanalysis (Leap.), an organization dedicated to articulating psychoanalysis in the Artificial intelligence and translation fields including personalized coaching to screenwriters that use language as a vehicle to narrate and produce fiction work. 

She is the editor and translator of the academic and scientific journal Saltos and a board of directors member of Fundación Salto in Argentina.

She has experience in childhood education, where she developed the tools to truly engage children to provide a learning experience that would positively impact students and their families.

Services

  • Practice

    Through her years of practice, Florencia verified that the theory and practice of Lacanian psychoanalysis offer an authentic approach to treating and overcoming human suffering. Since its creation, Psychoanalysis has constituted an invitation to speak. With time, each analysand's speech comes to be organized around what is difficult or impossible for them to sustain and, therefore, speak about: Their symptoms and particular way of experiencing life. 

    Psychoanalytic work values unconscious processes and early experience. Yet, it adds equal emphasis to what occurs in the present daily life, in the analysand-analyst transference, and within the body's felt sense.

    The analyst and the analysand together reveal the fundamental conflicts that have become symptoms to overcome suffering and create solutions.

    Where classical analysis often required three or four sessions a week, a contemporary treatment plan is tailored to each person's schedule, goals, and emotional readiness. The heartbeat of the work lies in a therapist's careful listening, empathic attunement, and willingness to meet clients exactly where they are, whether the material is raw, subtle, or still half-hidden. Over time, through treatment, analysands gain perspective, open to creating and deciding new responses rather than repeating painful cycles.

    Florencia's forward-thinking approach and constant interest in a new way of transmitting psychoanalysis open new horizons for everyone at her practice.

  • Psychoanalysis Hereafter

    By extending my theoretical framework and clinical expertise, I am determined to provide a deeper understanding of child advancement, a better comprehension of what children aim for, and the impact of current events in their lives.

    The purpose of situating time and space is to enable solutions articulated to the challenges we will face in the next few decades.

    My perspective focuses not only on how young people live, bond with others, or process information, but also on how they utilize time and space to drive their knowledge and experiences. Their own way of interpreting reality. Therefore, it presents opportunities for unique ways of being in a world driven by AI advancement.

  • Creatives

    Helping creators and creatives build and

    develop work that portrays truth and engages audiences.

    International Clinical Psychologist Florencia Bernthal is a practicing psychoanalyst who specializes in working with creatives. Through her consulting practice, she invites artists, actors, writers, and show developers to put their storylines "on the couch." Her work explores the deeper psychological patterns that shape narrative—motivation, relational evolution, crisis, and redemption—elements that follow well-worn paths in the human psyche.

    Florencia's approach focuses on both your creations—characters, scripts, and arcs—and your own creative process as a storyteller. She helps identify the psychological hurdles that may influence your work, consciously or unconsciously.