When understanding yourself isn’t enough

Most people I work with already understand themselves well. They’ve read widely, often done therapy before, and can describe their patterns clearly — yet the understanding doesn’t translate into change. The patterns that shape stress, relationships, and self-worth tend to live at a level that insight alone doesn’t reach.

My work focuses on how the past shows up in the present — in the body, in relationships, in reactions that fire before you can catch them. It’s informed by psychodynamic thinking and EMDR, and oriented toward steadier self-understanding and a different relationship with the patterns that run on autopilot.

• you’re exhausted but can’t stop pushing yourself;
• you take care of everyone else, but come apart when you need support;
• you understand your patterns intellectually, yet nothing really shifts.

Trauma-informed somatic coach. Trained as a psychologist and trauma therapist in Ukraine, with advanced EMDR training and a psychodynamic foundation, alongside somatic and trance-based approaches. These inform how I work rather than being treatments I deliver.