"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."
Maya Angelou
I am here to facilitate and guide your journey from post-traumatic stress responses to post-traumatic growth. I strongly believe that you have the power and you hold the key to rise from the ashes and if you will allow me, I will be there by your side, honoring your journey and supporting you.
I consider the human being as a whole, where the body, mind, soul and heart are pieces of this whole, equally important. I am an integrative therapist, using modalities as Internal Family Systems (IFS Therapy), Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT™), Polyvagal Guided Approach, Attachment Theory and Trauma Informed Life Coaching.
When I decided to become a mother, my world turned upside down. Being diagnosed with endometriosis and having to mentally and physically go through very tough moments in order to finally give birth to my child, was the turning point for me. I realized it was time to heal my trauma history and also follow my heart’s desire, by becoming a therapist.
I was born in Romania, in the communist era, by a single mother and an unknown father. My mother was shamed, denigrated and thrown out of the house, as an unmarried 19 years old mother, this being seen as something unacceptable by her family. Without financial and emotional support, she could no longer keep me, so the social services took me to the local orphanage. I now know why I hate bananas, that was the only thing she could bring me during her visits. It was the sweet, sour taste of my life seeing her leaving and hoping one day she will take me back. It did not happen. I was adopted at the age of 4. Years later, after therapy and becoming myself a therapist, I realized something. I had lived in a dysfunctional family, my adoptive parents doing what they could, living daily with their own unhealed trauma. I developed symptoms of Complex PTSD, perfectionism, codependency and people pleasing.
I wanted to thrive and not be in survival mode anymore, and with help, I started healing those deep childhood wounds of abandonment, Complex PTSD, codependency, perfectionism and people pleasing.
And because I know we can heal and transform, I want to remind you of the power and ressources you hold inside. In the work we will do together, I can guide you back to your inner child, offering you tools to reparent and re-learn the boundaries you did not have the chance to, so that you can unburden yourself of the past trauma. I can also facilitate a deep and powerful dialogue with different parts of yourself and show you tools that can help you breathe, calm yourself and be present in the here and now. Working with me will allow you to understand that YOUR REACTIONS ARE NATURAL AND HUMAN and that your body and nervous system hold many messages due to past experiences.
This is where I will provide my energy and enthusiasm from : I have been there, I see you and your story and I honor the person you have become today! I will walk beside you and help you rediscover the strength and resilience you already have.
The space and confidence we create during our sessions are sacred for me and I promise to respect them, acknowledging how important this is in creating a trustful therapeutic relationship.
I continue to train and educate myself in the trauma field, so that I can bring to each and one of you an adapted, personalised way of going through this transformative and healing journey.
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