​​Therapy of depth, insight and relationship that brings about the most lasting psychological change.

 

​Maybe these are some of the things you might be looking for:

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• becoming healthier and live your life more fully

• coping with stress 

• escaping the hamster wheel

• developing new ways to respond to what is happening in life

• developing your self-esteem

• regaining interest in life and the ability to experience pleasure

• understanding your whole personality and your relationships patterns 

• identifying and resolving the underlying issues 

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You might not know at the beginning that your presenting issue is only the surface. We will look together much deeper, at what brought you to that: at your personality.

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My work is psychoanalytically/psychodynamically informed. It is about deep listening behind what is being said and searching for patterns. In in-depth consultations, we will explore your emotions, feelings, relationships, fantasies that constitute your life story to understand possible root issues, which are important to identify in order to change a destructive pattern and develop a new way to respond to yourself and to your environment. Psychoanalysis helps free you from the fetters of past experience to live more fully in the present (Shedler, 2010).

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I am also informed by gestalt, which is an experiential, holistic and relational as well as a profoundly embodied approach. It often leads to stunning and helpful insights. Gestalt is a German word for the sum of parts that makes a whole.

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I have been engaged in expressive arts since the 80s. This resulted in the published research on dance and well-being I did at the University of Derby, UK. I apply research findings focusing on the sensory opening activities, developing and enhancing embodied self-awareness, which is pivotal in treatment and prevention of many mental health issues and traumatic experiences. 

 

Talking about interventions, though, Dr. Nancy McWilliams pointedly stresses that therapy or analysis is a healing relationship in the first place, and not a set of techniques.

 

"Psychoanalysis sets the human being in motion rather than at rest," wrote Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher and phenomenologist. I warmly invite you to the slow motion of your self-exploration and growth. Therapeutic relationship, developed together with you gradually, is what unites meaningful approaches as one of the key healing factors. Focusing on you rather than on a specific concept or dogma, I follow you with your unique personality and your particular case. 

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What not to expect:

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• that ​I will make you happy: it is the relationship that contributes to becoming a whole, balanced person. This is what constitutes healing and fulfilment, and thus happiness (Lear, 2015). 

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• that I will follow any kind of a hype: the waves of the flood of pop psychology and self-help books seldom wash something serious and valuable ashore. Meaningful therapy is about recognizing the patterns, not doing some exercises, reducing the symptoms, giving advice or handing out worksheets.

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• that I will fix you: it is not about fixing one-off issues or symptoms. It is rather about a deeper understanding of yourself, of what can but also cannot be changed, changing the former and accepting the latter (McWilliams, 1999). A symptom is like a fever: you have to treat its cause for the symptom to subside.  

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Please reach out to me via phone +41 78 910 25 73 or email nb@psycounselling.com. I look forward to talking to you. 

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I have a lot of experience in working online with diverse individuals from around the world. I work in English, German, Russian and Ukrainian, and have a good understanding of French. 

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I engage in my personal analysis/therapy, continuing professional education and supervision, and am a professional member in good standing of Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA), American Psychological Association (APA), The British Psychological Society (BPS, MBPsS). I am also CISM Certified (Critical Incident Stress Management) by the ICISF and University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) and trained by the ICISF in assisting individuals in crisis and group crisis interventions.