Though research support the effectiveness of psychotherapy, it is not necessary to engage in it to improve life quality or overcome difficulty. The fruits of psychotherapy can be achieved elsewhere such in supporting and loving relationships and a reliable support system.

However, if difficulty and distress levels are excessive, support is not reliable or the nature of the problem is unclear and one has only a vague idea about it, collaboration with a specialist in mental life is of value.

people come to therapy for multiple reasons, and it is not necessary that one is experiencing significant psychological distress to go to therapy, one can simply wish to improve and progress, gain better awareness of themselves, update their life philosophy, or achieve a certain concrete goal.

In psychotherapy, change is a multifactorial process depending on the paradigm chosen for therapy. However, years of peer reviewed empirical research has shown the markers and conditions of improvement. These conditions are:

-       A solid therapeutic alliance between the therapist and client, which means an agreement on goals and direction. This means an empathic, genuine, honest and compassionate relationship,

-       Therapist competence and attunement.

-       Client resources such as support and commitment.

-       The specific model applied with its tools and rationale.

With these conditions built in the interaction between client and therapist, therapy can proceed. Change can take place through continuous collaboration, and it manifests in reduction of distress and dysfunction, increased agency and competence, and new functional patterns of thoughts, emotion, and behaviour emerge and are affirmed. Overall life satisfaction improve and a sense of meaning and purpose deepens.

Since the process depends on many factors, there is no guarantee that each therapeutic collaboration will succeed. Nonetheless, there is value in self-discovery and improvement may take place at another stage in life based on earlier work.

I am pursuing psychotherapeutic training in integrative psychotherapy, which is a combination of different models based on the client needs. I have experience working and training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (form the Beck institute); which is a model that targets unhelpful and dysfunctional beliefs and thoughts in individuals to induce adaptive behaviours and emotions.

I am also training and working in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (from Psychwire), which is a model that emphasising acceptance of one’s thoughts and emotions and exposing oneself to them while pursuing valued actions: that action inspired and directed by one’s core and authentic values.

I have also training and supervision in Schema Therapy, a model for deeper work aiming at discovering long standing repetitive patterns of thought, emotion, and behaviour, and the accompanying coping modes. These usually operate outside of awareness of tangential to it.

I am continuing training and work under supervision of qualified and experienced psychotherapists. In addition to supervision, I am going to continuous personal therapy to increase self-awareness and be better suited to offer help and care.

I have experience across many mental health settings. I work in Beroun hospital with advanced clinical cases such as substance use disorder, Bipolar disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and Somatic Symptom Disorder.

I have also worked in clinics with less severe cases of adjustment, integration, stress, burnout. I can provide support in general betterment in life as in gaining awareness, insight, psychoeducation, and life planning.

My main area of work includes expat mental health counselling. Issues include culture shock, integration problems, alienation, and intercultural understanding. This is informed by continuous training and personal expat experience. I work as well on issues of religious deconstruction and reconstruction, meaning, and purpose.

I offer both online and in person sessions. We can strictly adhere to one, or hybrid our interactions.

With clients outside of the Czech Republic, the interaction will have to be online.

I can work fluently and in Arabic and English. I have competence and training in both languages and conduct both my private and professional affairs in those languages.

I have a conversational level in Czech language enough for my integration and understanding of the culture but not enough to offer therapy.

Yes! I do offer free introductory sessions to determine client therapist fitness and whether the clients specific condition falls within the therapist’s speciality.

For information about pricing and offers please reach out through the submitting questions section on the About page.

As your therapist, We will be in constant communication about both of our boundaries. The aim is to make our collaboration safe and genuine.

Client confidentiality is essential, and details of the work will not be discussed but in a few instances: with my supervisor, to determine the best therapeutic approach, in case of an immediate physical danger to the client or in case of child sexual abuse.

At the beginning of our collaboration, we will go through the consent form to understand the setting of our ethical work.