Ava

About Ava

As a registered psychodynamic psychotherapist who has been specialising in treating complex trauma and attachment problems, and someone who has put herself through several psychedelic journeys in the past 5 years, I can help you not only with integration but preparation as well.

Ava's approach to integration

As a registered psychodynamic psychotherapist who has been specialising in treating complex trauma and attachment problems, and someone who has put herself through several psychedelic journeys in the past 5 years, I can help you not only with integration but preparation as well.

Psychedelics will amplify our current emotional states, and will also bring up thoughts, emotions, and memories we have repressed, and which can be challenging to integrate. However, the integration of the painful, dissociated parts of ourselves is inevitable before psychedelics can help up expand our consciousness.

Psychotherapy is based on the concept of integrating every aspect of our personality so that we can accept who we are – including our shadow parts – fully, whole-heartedly, without feeling shame so that we can live an authentic life as our true selves.

I work with fantasies, dream states, emotions, and unconscious processes, but I also use cognitive-behavioral and somatic interventions, and can teach you techniques and strategies to regulate your nervous system and build somatic capacity to be better able to cope with stress and anxiety.

If you’re interested in my thoughts on psychedelic integration and my approach to it, please read the following article

I can help you make sense of your ‘visions’ and ‘downloads’, and differentiate between the spiritual and psychological.

You lead, I follow your pace, and with my guidance you slowly gain more insight into your journey. I can also teach you distress tolerance techniques if difficult emotions have come up.

Credentials

• M.Sc. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
• Certified yoga and meditation teacher

Ava's offerings

• 85€ per session
•  5 sessions for 350€

Blog posts by Ava

Download or Projection?