THERAPY
for your well-being
My approach is individualized. I will meet you exactly where you are and we will start our journey together. As humans, we are wired to need connections, but not everyone experiences healthy supportive relationships.
While in therapy with me, I will support you with a pace that feels comfortable, so that you will gain confidence to face and deal with what has been painful and uncomfortable.
Creating positive changes in therapy is like throwing a pebble in the middle of a pond and creating ripples in all areas of your life. My toolkit includes relational Gestalt “here-now” approach, Imago couples therapy, dreamwork, parts work, mindfulness, guided imagery, somatic techniques, archetypal work and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP).
I strongly believe in creating coherence among our minds, hearts and bodies because when those three work in unison we can create truly authentic and satisfying lives. People tend to be fragmented and misaligned in their thinking, feeling and doing. It is my job as a therapist, to bring awareness to those processes and to help you bring all the parts in alignment.
In my work and life in general, my style is honest, warm, compassionate, non-judgmental and direct. I always aim to create a safe therapeutic environment, so my clients can feel safe enough to be themselves and as a result authentic feelings emerge and healing becomes possible.
You don’t have to struggle alone. Allow me the privilege to be your guide, helping you to uncover your inner wisdom, transcend your obstacles, and take the necessary steps towards a life that is more fulfilling and open to new possibilities and creative expressions.
Looking forward to meeting you soon!
Warmly, Svetlana
Testimonials
“Svetlana offers a unique combination of psychotherapy and powerful spiritual insight which helped me gain self-awareness like never before.
I truly appreciate her genuine empathy as well as her capacity to make me face myself without escaping through the usual unconscious games.
Svetlana is simply the best therapist I came to work with and I would recommend her to anyone who is ready to embark on self exploration and growth path.”
“I have worked with Svetlana for 3 years now and she’s guided me through incredible changes and growth during that time. I’ve never connected so well with a therapist in the past and can’t recommend her enough. Thank you, Lana!”
“I started working with Svetlana soon after I had a child and was very acutely struggling with a slew of new emotions and balancing work, family, and my own self-care. I continued for almost three years because we ended up exploring many questions and emotions that have been circulating in my mind for a while, waiting to be addressed. I found Svetlana to be very easy to talk to and I was very comfortable with her from the beginning. While working with her, I gained helpful techniques for navigating my emotions and learned a lot about myself. She is a very skilled and compassionate therapist”
“I reached out to Svetlana via Psychology Today in 2017 seeking support. Since that point in time, Svetlana has changed my life. I remember my first interaction with Svetlana vividly. She called after I sent an appointment request online, caring about my well-being. I felt so seen and touched by this. Since then she helped me heal and taught me how to manage, including strategies to deal with my anxiety. I cannot only recommend working with her, I highly encourage it!”
“Working with Svetlana has been such a gift. Through working with her over the past few years, she has helped me come home to myself. I have developed the tools I need to self-regulate on rough days and in difficult moments. With her assistance, I restructured my internal system to work for me rather than against me. Another important thing to note is that Svetlana actively chooses to avoid centering herself. It is the first time where I have not felt compelled to “taking care of” my therapist, which is the last thing I want to worry about in therapy. Her ability to hold space for difficult conversations between therapist and patient (ie.- financial discussions, communication styles between us etc.) has given me the blueprint to carry healthy communication into every relationship in my life. Svetlana is a caring, compassionate and intelligent therapist who thoughtfully and intuitively guides me along my healing journey.”
“Svetlana helped me effectively work through one of the most painful periods of my life. She established an immediate alliance with me that made me feel safe and secure to explore everything I was feeling and experiencing. She is highly observant, non-judgmental, trustworthy, and incredibly kind. I am a far healthier person because of the work we did together.”
“I have been seeing Svetlana for some time now. She really has every quality you would want in a therapist - she is patient, kind and empathetic, but also knows when to challenge and set boundaries when needed. I feel so grateful for our relationship and highly recommend her services.”
“I came to meet Svetlana following a few test calls with a number of therapists, and from the first session four years ago all the way through to our virtual ones today, she has maintained authenticity while remaining inquisitive, humble and non-judgmental in each session. What started out as a “seek for guidance” in my career, was promptly followed by a rich encouragement of introspection. Her manner and techniques have allowed me to look deeply within my past experiences, attempting to understand and accept them with an aspiration to live each day and action consciously. It has certainly not been easy but I’m very grateful for her help to have reached where I am today.”
“I have been a patient of Svetlana’s for 3.5 years and am so grateful that I discovered her. It can be challenging to find a therapist who is a good fit. Svetlana has all of the qualities of a therapist that I need. She is kind, patient, easy to talk with, and supportive. I end each session feeling much better than how I began the session. I trust her opinion and advice, and I don’t know what I would do without her! ”