Couples Therapy and Counseling
Couples therapy represents a collaborative journey towards strengthening and improving a relationship. Through joint sessions, we explore the dynamics of the relationship, identifying areas that are strong and those that need improvement. Our goal is to enhance communication, revitalize or strengthen emotional connection, and build a stronger relationship.
Whether you are facing conflicts, trust issues, or experiencing distance due to routine, couples therapy can significantly help in improving your relationship.
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Parental Counseling
Parental counseling is a valuable support framework for parents, providing them with the tools and knowledge they need to better understand their children and themselves as parents. Counseling empowers parents to analyze the messages they receive from their children through their behavior while simultaneously aligning with their desires and needs.
Through counseling, parents gain a better understanding of the emotional development of their children and discover new approaches to addressing issues such as divorce, grief, chronic illnesses, learning difficulties, and developmental disorders. Counseling brings new meaning to the challenges faced by parents and children, offering new possibilities that facilitate their interaction.
This process can have a preventive, educational, or therapeutic character and may involve the participation of one or both parents. It is often recommended in conjunction with the child's therapy, achieving a comprehensive personal and family support framework.
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Child psychotherapy
Child psychotherapy is a specialized form of therapy that addresses the unique needs and characteristics of children. Through play and interaction, sensitive topics such as traumatic events (divorce, death), behavioral issues, and emotional difficulties can be explored, helping the child understand their feelings and learn to manage the full range of their emotions.
Who is it for
Child psychotherapy is designed to address common issues such as:
- Traumatic events (divorce, death of a loved one, etc.)
- Emotional difficulties or disorders
- Learning disorders
- Organic difficulties
- Anxiety disorders
- Eating disorders
- Internet addiction
What do we do?
In child psychotherapy, the therapist's primary goal is to establish a relationship of trust and mutual respect, creating a safe space for the child. Specialized techniques are used to allow the child to express themselves freely through play, overcoming language limitations.
The main objective is to provide the child with an opportunity to express their concerns, fears, and sources of anxiety. Through specialized psychotherapy, successful intervention can address these issues, offering a high-quality emotional environment for the child, improving their daily life, and facilitating healthy psychosomatic development.
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Psychotherapy for adolescents and young adults
The period of adolescence is one of the most distinct phases in our lives. It is the threshold before adulthood, the journey that transforms us from children into adults. This transition is tumultuous and comes with its own set of challenges. During adolescence, everything changes: not only the way we perceive the world, but also our own selves, with our bodies undergoing unprecedented changes.
Simultaneously, during adolescence, an internal exploration of our emotional world begins. We discover who we are, our desires, our dreams, and we redefine our relationships with our family and close ones, often leading to tense family conflicts.
Who is it for
The cosmic changes accompanying adolescence on physical, emotional, and perceptual levels can be overwhelming for many young individuals. They may experience heightened psychological sensitivity, emotional and sexual confusion, increased stress, and feelings of fear.
Some of the most common issues addressed in adolescent psychotherapy include:
- Family conflicts
- Sexual education
- Sexual orientation
- Low academic performance
- Eating disorders
- Internet addiction
- Anxiety
- Phobias
What do we do?
Initially, a relationship of trust and mutual respect is established between the therapist and each adolescent. Through personalized therapeutic methods, a functional channel of communication is created, allowing the adolescent to openly share their concerns. This enables the psychologist to apply necessary therapeutic techniques.
Simultaneously, there is periodic communication with parents to update them on the progress of psychotherapy, always ensuring confidentiality, as defined within the framework of adolescent psychotherapy.
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Psychiatric Monitoring
Psychiatric Monitoring - What is it?
Psychiatric monitoring aims at the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders, encompassing various conditions related to emotion, behavior, understanding, and perception. The timely and accurate diagnosis, combined with appropriate therapeutic treatment, significantly contributes to the direct and effective management of a mental disorder, playing a crucial role in enhancing the patient's quality of life.
Who is it for?
Psychiatric monitoring is intended for adults suffering from:
- Anxiety disorders (generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, etc.)
- Mood disorders (major depressive disorder, dysthymia, bipolar disorder, etc.)
- Psychoses (schizophrenia, delusional disorder, schizoaffective disorder, etc.)
- Personality disorders (paranoid personality disorder, schizoid personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, etc.)
- Eating disorders (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder)
- Somatic disorders
- Sleep disorders
- Sexual disorders and gender identity disorders
- Impulse control disorders
- Autism spectrum disorders
What do we do?
In the context of psychiatric monitoring, the therapist ensures to establish a collaborative relationship with each patient. This foundation of trust and mutual respect between the patient and the doctor is essential to properly evaluate the results of each treatment and the patient's progress.
For each patient, an initial psychiatric assessment is necessary, beginning with a patient history and an examination of their current state. Subsequently, through psychiatric monitoring, the responsible doctor supervises the patient's progress, provides counseling to both the patient and their family, and, if deemed necessary, recommends pharmacological treatment or adjustments to the existing one.
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Family Therapy
The goal of Family Therapy is to create a connection, like a bridge, where there is understanding, collaboration, and support among family members. In this way, the difficulties of one or more family members are resolved.
The role of the therapist in family therapy is as follows:
As they coexist with the family and within its microcosm, they examine issues related to the functionality of relationships and all the reasons that contribute to creating personal difficulties for each individual, as well as interpersonal disagreements, tensions, and conflicts.
Through the transformation of the institution of the family through family therapy, we address significant issues such as:
♦ Communication issues within the family
♦ Gender issues
♦ Cultural issues
♦ Multiculturalism
♦ Family functioning
♦ Depression
♦ Substance abuse
♦ Chronic illnesses
♦ Nutrition problems
♦ Daily worries
♦ Interpersonal conflicts
♦ Behavioral issues in children and adolescents
♦ Coexistence in alternative families
♦ Single-parent, blended families
♦ Same-sex families - focusing again on the needs of modern family life.
As a family therapist, I work with families towards opening up pathways and perspectives where human contact and interaction can be reconsidered.
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The Therapeutic Contract with the Psychologist
The effectiveness of psychotherapy largely depends on the quality of the relationship developed with the Psychologist. The "therapeutic contract," as it is often called, reflects mutual commitment and includes the terms and rules governing the relationship with the therapist. A therapeutic relationship is characterized by acceptance, trust, clear boundaries, stability, consistency, and mutual commitment.
Terms Governing a Therapeutic Relationship
General Principles
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As a Psychologist providing psychotherapy sessions, I hold a legal license to practice, adequate training, and experience in psychotherapy, and I frequently undergo supervision to continually improve. I am ethically and professionally committed to working without discrimination to address serious psychological disorders, handle psychological trauma, resolve dysfunctional patterns, and alleviate psychological pain and discomfort, honoring both those who trust me and the profession of Psychologist.
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Your commitment to therapy involves an active stance and a conscious decision to seek the truth and your personal history. Unconscious processes and forces may either hinder or enhance your participation in sessions, sometimes causing excitement and other times discomfort.
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Your therapist plays a crucial role in exploring and defining therapeutic goals but does not replace your free will for self-awareness and change. Psychotherapy is not a process of strict guidance and advice but aims to cultivate an active stance towards life.
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Psychotherapy takes place with one Therapist, in a therapeutic context. You should not maintain parallel therapeutic relationships (group, individual, parental counseling). Naturally, as a therapy client, you have the right to choose/change your therapist, adhering to healthy terms of completion depending on each case.
Terms of Participation in Sessions: Cancellations, Financials, Consistency
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Sessions last 45 minutes, and the therapeutic contract includes a fixed schedule, once a week (for example, every Thursday at 18:00).
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Once a therapeutic contract starts, pre-scheduled appointments are canceled only for very serious reasons.
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Cancellations should be made at least 24 hours in advance. In any other case, the session is charged normally. If the Psychologist has to cancel a session without timely notice (24 hours), the next session is provided free of charge.
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After two consecutive cancellations, the context, dynamics, and function of the therapy are explored. The contract is discussed authentically and reflectively.
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The start and end times are predetermined. If you are late, the session time is not extended.
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During sessions, focus and authentic expression without distractions and disruptions are required. Smoking, consuming coffee, food, gum, and using a mobile phone are not allowed.
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Before sessions, avoid heavy meals, alcohol consumption, and substance use.
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During psychotherapy, a refusal or desire to cancel a session without serious/apparent reason may emerge. Show persistence and discuss the difficulties you are experiencing openly within our session.
Completion or Termination of the Therapeutic Contract
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Therapy concludes after achieving the goals of the therapeutic plan upon agreement and smoothly. The final stage includes preparing to part from the therapeutic relationship and completing the cycle with positivity and optimism.
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If, for any reason, you decide to discontinue your therapy, discuss it openly within the sessions to complete the therapeutic relationship cycle smoothly.
Confidentiality & Privacy
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The therapeutic process is covered by confidentiality, which is a fundamental principle of the Psychologist’s profession. This means that all forms of communication and cooperation with the Psychologist remain confidential. No information is shared with third parties or relatives. The request for a visit to the Psychologist is made exclusively by the directly interested party, and no mediation by third parties or relatives is allowed.
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Confidentiality can be waived in cases where the life of the client or others is threatened or upon a written request from judicial authorities. In cases of confidentiality waiver for life protection, the Psychologist shares only the absolutely necessary information with the appropriate authorities after communicating with the client.
Psychotherapy with Adolescents, Confidentiality, and Communication with Parents
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To establish a therapeutic relationship with a minor (adolescent), parental information and consent are necessary. Adolescents, being close to adulthood, need confidentiality in their relationship with the Psychologist. To build a trustful relationship, we do not share session content with parents.
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Parents are informed in cases of self-harm, suicidal ideation, and substance use. Discussions with parents usually take place in family sessions that encourage expression and honesty. In some cases, parents are informed separately in agreement with the adolescent.
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Under no circumstances does the Psychologist serve as a means of conveying messages, imposing rules, and goals in any direction.
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