Pope Francis has admitted in a recent interview that he had weekly sessions with a psychoanalyst for six months during his time in Argentina.
In a series of interviews with French sociologist Dominique Wolton, the pope revealed that he consulted with a female psychoanalyst between 1978 and 1979, when he was transitioning from the difficult task of provincial superior of the Society of Jesus in Argentina to rector of the Philosophical and Theological Faculty of San Miguel.
“I consulted with a Jewish psychoanalyst. For months I went to her house once a week to clear up some things,” Francis said.
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