Meeting yourself

A place where what you are living through can be put into words.

You don’t have to be going through a visible crisis to want to stop and think about yourself. Sometimes it is a tiredness that won’t go away, a relationship that keeps repeating itself, a decision put off for years, a question that won’t leave you alone. A symptom is often the way a part of us tries to say something it has not yet found words for.

We all have relational, emotional and behavioural problems. Clinical counselling offers you a trained ear and a structured setting in which to explore them.

For what hurts in your relationships with others (love, couple life, parents, siblings, friends), see also Relationships →

Areas of work

Identity

The question “who am I?” is not asked just once, in adolescence. It comes back at every transition: a departure, a separation, the end of a career, midlife. Sometimes, at such moments, we discover that for a long time we have been living according to an image of ourselves built in order to be accepted, what Winnicott called a “false self”. This image protected us, but it also took us away from ourselves. For me, one such moment of reappraisal was what led me to discover psychoanalysis.

Anxiety

Constant unease, thoughts that won’t stop at night, a body that goes on alert for no visible reason. Anxiety is often a signal: something inside is asking for attention before it can be named. Here we try to understand it, not just to calm it. Anxiety →

Depression

A lack of drive that has settled in for no clear reason, tiredness, withdrawal, the feeling that nothing has any taste any more. Freud showed how close depression is to mourning: sometimes behind it lies a loss that could not be lived through, or an anger that, having nowhere to go, has turned against you. Counselling can accompany you along this path; when a psychiatric consultation is needed, I work together with the doctor.

Illness

A diagnosis that changes your plans, a body that no longer obeys, fear, dependence on treatments and on others. Illness affects not only the body, but also the image we have of ourselves and our sense of being in control of our lives. The doctor takes care of the illness, but what happens psychologically to the person living through it also needs a place. Counselling accompanies treatment; it does not replace it.

Burnout

Tiredness that rest no longer cures, cynicism towards what once mattered, the feeling that you are running on autopilot or, on the contrary, that work is all that matters. Burnout often appears when work has come to mean more than work: self-worth, a loss never wept over, a cover for a lack of meaning, the need to be the one who rescues or the one who never disappoints. Burnout: prevention and recovery →

Grief and loss

The death of someone close, or a loss without a name: a separation, your health, a country, a career. Sometimes the pain does not pass by the time others expect it to. At other times it does not appear at all, even though it would be natural for it to be there: in its place come tiredness, insomnia, irritability, a sadness without an object, or a body that begins to ache. Pain that cannot be felt does not disappear; it looks for other routes. To mourn is not to forget, but to find the one you have lost another place within you. Grief and loss → · Breakup →

Living abroad

Life in another country, between two languages and two places. The most intimate things are hard to say in a language learned late. And when you turn towards your past, towards the family and the places you come from, you need someone who understands your culture, not just your words. Online sessions, in Romanian or English, wherever you are. Living abroad →

Psychological assessment

You need a clear picture: “What is happening inside me? What do the tests say?” Assessments use standardised instruments and qualified analysis, and aim not only at a diagnosis but at understanding your psychic structure, your defence mechanisms and your potential for development. The results are presented in a written report, with personalised recommendations.

Personal growth

You don’t need to be suffering to want to know yourself better. There comes a moment when you feel that time is passing and that you could live more freely, closer to what truly matters to you. Personal growth is not an optimisation programme or a list of goals, but an exploration of what lies beyond what you already know: the patterns that repeat, the desires put off, the parts of yourself you have kept aside. Winnicott linked psychological health to the feeling of being alive and real, not merely adapted.

If what you are looking for has more to do with your growth as a leader or with achieving specific goals and projects, we can work together within the framework of systemic coaching.

If you recognise yourself here, write to me →

Who it is for

• Adults and young people, when they feel that something in their life needs to be understood and healed

What my experience is made of

I am a clinical psychologist licensed in Romania (reg. no. 36518) and a psychoanalytic psychotherapist in training. I work in the psychoanalytic tradition — Kleinian, Bionian, Winnicottian, Kohutian and post-Bionian —, which means that I am interested in the meaning of what you are living through, not just in the symptom.

For assessments, I completed the training programme approved by the Romanian College of Psychologists (Colegiul Psihologilor din România), “Personality Assessment – From Normality to Pathology” (2026).

How it works

1. Write to me using the form below or by email. A few lines are enough; there is no need to explain everything.
2. I reply within 1–2 working days and we arrange the time of the first meeting together.
3. The first meeting, 45 minutes long, at the practice or online, is devoted to understanding the situation. Only then do we decide together whether and how to continue.

The framework

Counselling is not psychotherapy, but it offers you a setting in which to understand what is happening to you and your story. Sessions last 45 minutes and take place at the practice or online; the first meeting is devoted to understanding your situation and agreeing on the rhythm of our work.

• Individual counselling: 45 minutes, 250 lei
• Psychological assessment: 90–120 minutes (session and written report), fee depending on the type and length of the assessment

First meeting

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Psychological counselling does not replace a psychiatric consultation when one is needed.