Crisis Intervention

Throughout life, we encounter crises. Personal identity, interpersonal relationships, and coping with losses can bring us to emotional states where we seek professional intervention. During therapy, we will explore and understand the causes of the crisis, alongside its overt and hidden meanings. Together, we will examine courses of action that will
Help us return to ourselves and become who we want to be.

Anxiety

Anxiety is a widespread phenomenon. In severe anxiety states, we feel paralyzed: chest pressure intensifies, breathing becomes difficult, thoughts spiral in circles, and physical reactions become unpredictable. We encounter anxiety-provoking moments throughout each day. Sometimes it's unclear what triggered it, and at other times, the cause is crystal clear. Together, we will strive to identify the source, adapt, and adjust our daily routines to manage this phenomenon better.

Addictions

Addiction can threaten our ability to maintain a healthy lifestyle and damage relationships with those dear to us. The distress that arises from heavy dependence on substances and emotions can harm us, our families, and our ability to envision a different future. Through therapy, we will understand what underlies the addiction, why it developed, how it relates to the need for control, and how it expresses a desire to escape from something that harmed us in the past.

Trauma and Complex Trauma

Traumatic events are a part of everyone's life, but what varies from person to person is the ability to adapt to the event and overcome its harmful effects. We cannot turn back the clock and prevent the violence, emotional neglect, or sexual abuse we experienced. Still, we can address these events with the seriousness they deserve and from there develop, grow, and emerge back into the light stronger than before.

Sexual Trauma and abuse

Trauma treatment soon after the sexual assault itself may enable more focused and shorter-term therapy while preventing damage to various aspects of daily life. Sexual violence is a social phenomenon that exists in every society that tolerates aggressive behavior and gender inequality. Each year, thousands of survivors seek help from sexual assault crisis centers following an attack, and statistics show that one in three women will experience sexual assault during their lifetime. Sexual assault is any behavior and/or act of a sexual nature imposed on a woman, man, or child without consent, against their free will, and without choice; alternatively, when the sexual behavior/act is performed through exploitation of power imbalances, vulnerability, or young age in a way that undermines the victim's ability to provide free consent. A man, woman, or minor can perpetrate sexual assault. The traumatic effects of the assault can be treated using tools from dynamic, cognitive, and Buddhist therapeutic approaches.

Loss and Grief

Coping with loss and death confronts a person with trauma that they must process both consciously and unconsciously throughout their entire life. Whether our loved one passed away due to illness or suddenly, dealing with grief is a complex, devastating, and unbearable experience. It seems that losing a beloved person disrupts the world as we know it, and with their departure, an era woven with habits and memories has come to an end. Coping with loss and death is a process of internalizing the situation, moving through stages of grief, and ultimately reaching acceptance and embarking on a new path, even if it initially seems impossible. Emotional therapy helps a person say goodbye peacefully to their loved one and achieve emotional closure. The treatment addresses the trauma, grief, continuing personal connection with the deceased, and the grief that accompanies the client wherever they go. Additionally, therapy enables clients to understand that it is possible to continue living from within grief without suffering, to set new goals, and not remain immersed in loss. In this work, using tools from Buddhist psychology provides a healthy, supervised, and spiritual approach to dealing with death and grief.

Personal and Professional Development
 
The drive for change, growth, and clarifying our needs accompanies us in almost every step of our lives. As a result, it often leads to cyclical feelings of ambivalence, withdrawal, fear, paralysis, and low self-worth. In therapy, we will together explore your motivations for action, identify your unique strengths, and learn how to harness them for your benefit. We will help you characterize your fears and recognize their realistic and unrealistic aspects, thereby mobilizing the courage and self-confidence necessary to achieve your goals.

Depression

Depression has many faces and manifests differently in each person, but what is common is the enormous difficulty in taking action, mobilizing ourselves to achieve goals, both small and large, and lifting the heavy burden we feel. The desire to bring about change and shake off these feelings is the beginning of a meaningful journey into the self. Together, we will understand what causes this state, what maintains it, and how we can tackle it bit by bit until we regain our strength.

Self Development 

Our sense of self is influenced by many factors, including both conscious and unconscious aspects, those within our control, and those beyond it. Certain moments in life can undermine our sense of self and lead to questions about our identity, values, perception of reality, and aspirations. Identity can be destabilized by harmful relationships, a home environment that is not nurturing and supportive, work crises, or loss. Therapy will focus on restoring a sense of control and understanding of our selfhood, uniqueness, challenges, boundaries, and aspirations.

Gender and Sexual Identity

Like our overall identity, our gender and sexual identity can continue to evolve throughout our lives as we come to understand ourselves better. Generally, but particularly within the LGBTQIA+ community, gender and sexual identity have a tremendous impact on our sense of self, relationships with family, and the social environments we choose. Therefore, processes of forming and exploring gender and sexual identity are intertwined with self-worth. Within a therapeutic process, we can discuss all the questions and challenges that arise in an open, affirming, and non-judgmental manner, creating a supportive environment that provides validation and empowerment both within and outside the therapy room.

Behavioral Issues

Sometimes we experience ourselves as poorly adapted to the situations we face: we tend to become angry quickly, struggle to form beneficial relationships, and feel that we are prone to self-destruction. These behaviors hinder our progress in life and compromise our sense of well-being and satisfaction. It is possible to change the behaviors, thought patterns, and fears that lead us there. Everyone can learn, explore, and gain a deeper understanding of their motivations, enabling them to act with intention.