About
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I trained as a medical doctor and specialised in psychiatry. Later I retrained as a psychotherapist in Person-Centred and Gestalt modalities and am currently undertaking an MA in Psychotherapy at the University of Brighton, further developing my knowledge and clinical practice to the highest professional standards.
I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and work within the BACP Ethical Framework.
Alongside my professional training, I bring my own experience of immigration and adapting to a new culture. I understand that moving between countries can be a life-changing experience, often raising questions of identity, belonging, and purpose. This informs my work with people navigating cultural transitions and significant life changes.
I offer psychotherapy in both English and Russian and welcome adults from diverse cultural and personal backgrounds.
My approach
I view therapy as a collaborative, human-to-human process. I don’t sit back as an expert with all the answers; instead, we work together to find personal clarity and navigate life’s transitions, crises, loss and deep uncertainties.
I work within Humanistic, Gestalt and Existential psychotherapy. This approach recognises both our capacity to live creative, meaningful and fulfilling lives, and the challenges that can prevent us from doing so. It acknowledges our potential for growth, development and change, while also recognising the destructive patterns, painful experiences and ways of relating that can keep us feeling stuck. Therapy offers an opportunity to become more aware of these patterns, to understand them with compassion, and to discover new ways of relating to ourselves, others and the world.
Rather than focusing on symptoms, such as anxiety, fear or low mood, we bring curiosity to your present experience and look at your thoughts, feelings, and bodily awareness. Together, we explore old patterns that no longer serve you while addressing the core questions of existence: freedom, choice, and personal direction. My goal is to offer an authentic space where I can help you resolve inner conflicts, build self-compassion, and align your life with what feels deeply meaningful to you.
“When we tell a story we exercise control, but in such a way as to leave a gap, an opening. It is a version, but never the final one. And perhaps we hope that the silences will be heard by someone else, and the story can continue, can be retold.”