and highly sensitive people
Whether you work with paint and canvas or words on pages, your creativity bears the imprint of your soul.
You create works of art in which your voice sings and your mood dances. It is an inspiring and amazing journey, but it is also quite often accompanied by doubt, fear and anxiety.
A highly sensitive person is at the intersection of two worlds.
When they are engaged in creativity, they focus on sounds, shades of colors and are deeply immersed in emotions.
When entering the outside world, they must “change their clothes” and become a person with well-built boundaries. They must possess the ability to calmly accept criticism and the stamina to continue working. A creative person is somewhat reminiscent of a dolphin, which needs two elements to live - water and air.
To be flexible and resilient at the same time, you need to have a good understanding of your inner blueprints, know your emotional triggers and ways of self-regulation.
As a psychotherapist, I specialize in working with creative people. Each creative process is unique and requires special attention. My task is to help you find and maintain a balance between the internal creative process and existence in the outside world.
Whether you work with paint and canvas or words on pages, your creativity bears the imprint of your soul.
You create works of art in which your voice sings and your mood dances. It is an inspiring and amazing journey, but it is also quite often accompanied by doubt, fear and anxiety.
A highly sensitive person is at the intersection of two worlds.
When they are engaged in creativity, they focus on sounds, shades of colors and are deeply immersed in emotions.
When entering the outside world, they must “change their clothes” and become a person with well-built boundaries. They must possess the ability to calmly accept criticism and the stamina to continue working. A creative person is somewhat reminiscent of a dolphin, which needs two elements to live - water and air.
To be flexible and resilient at the same time, you need to have a good understanding of your inner blueprints, know your emotional triggers and ways of self-regulation.
As a psychotherapist, I specialize in working with creative people. Each creative process is unique and requires special attention. My task is to help you find and maintain a balance between the internal creative process and existence in the outside world.
What is a child if not a future adult? And what is an adult if not a child in his past?
Whether we like it or not, our childhood sets the narrative for our adult life. How we felt when we were young, how our caregivers reacted to us, becomes the part of our inner voice.
Currently, our children are putting together their life puzzle, where parents are the main characters of their memories.
None of us can be the perfect parent for our child. But we can do something different. We can give our children ability to understand their feelings and use it to create their own inner map. Even when we are not around, they will not remain helpless in the outside world.
Children do not have the same ability to reflect as adults. But they hear the voice of their body well.
Sandtray therapy is a place where a child “can think with his hands.” The topics can be different - self-doubt, changes in the family, new stages of development and associated anxiety or aggression.
The child’s psyche is ready to cope with all tasks with the support of an adult. Let's figure it out together!
What is a child if not a future adult? And what is an adult if not a child in his past?
Whether we like it or not, our childhood sets the narrative for our adult life. How we felt when we were young, how our caregivers reacted to us, becomes the part of our inner voice.
Currently, our children are putting together their life puzzle, where parents are the main characters of their memories.
None of us can be the perfect parent for our child. But we can do something different. We can give our children ability to understand their feelings and use it to create their own inner map. Even when we are not around, they will not remain helpless in the outside world.
Children do not have the same ability to reflect as adults. But they hear the voice of their body well.
Sandtray therapy is a place where a child “can think with his hands.” The topics can be different - self-doubt, changes in the family, new stages of development and associated anxiety or aggression.
The child’s psyche is ready to cope with all tasks with the support of an adult. Let's figure it out together!
What can you expect from therapy
Overcoming tension:
Dealing with melancholy or sadness:
Solving relationship problems:
Support for depression and anxiety:
Severe anxiety takes away strength and does not interfere with focusing on the creative process. During therapy sessions, you learn to manage your condition without driving yourself to the point of exhaustion.
How does it work
In my practice, I use the Gestalt therapy method, in which the client and therapist discuss topics that are relevant to the client and jointly identify patterns and usial strategies in decision making. They experiment and live new experiences in relationships.
I also offer my clients work with a therapeutic sandbox using the „Sand Tray“ projective technique. It allows you, figuratively speaking, to “turn off your head” and work directly with the yours internal mental content, using body reactions, metaphors and images.
The life of an artist in any form of art can be incredibly exciting and also extremely challenging. The desire of perfection, emotional tensions, creativity crises and moments of self doubts are firmly connected with the amazing ability of a person to express himself through artistic work.
Childhood
Since my childhood, I was a highly sensitive kid. I was acutely aware of smells, sounds, and paid attention to what colors and forms surrounded me.
I grew up in a family where people told each other stories about their lives. I listened and these stories became a part of me.
So I found out that in our family, it is important to be strong, never give up and not be sad. Being highly sensitive did not help you to survive and therefore you were given names such as whiner, crybaby, picky and boring.
To me it took quite a lot of time and inner work to learn to recognize who I am, with all the joys and limitations of being highly sensitive person.
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Creative part
I learned to support my creative side through writing and handiwork. I paint, knit long scarves and glue broken pottery using the Japanese Kintsugi technique.
I understand well the peculiarities of the internal processes of creative and highly sensitive people and want to share with you the beauty and complexity of this path.
I live in a small town near Prague. I have 4 children and 2 dogs, Bruno and William. I love my family, my work and the life I live now.
Instructions on how you can use the VZP insurance company subsidy for psychological counseling.
For more information on how to do this see here
The scheme is not complicated. You can get a referral (poukaz) at any VZP branch or by sending an application to e-mail. opatrujse@vzp.cz
The legal representative of a child under the age of 18 must provide the child's birth certificate.
You will need to bring or e-mail this confirmation to the therapist of your choice.
The list of therapists cooperating with VZP is here with an indication of who has vacancies.
Link to my profile here
The form of therapy can be any form - online/personal meetings.
The therapist determines the number of meetings, VZP grants a subsidy for 10 sessions during the whole calendar year. In order to receive the subsidy, you will need to provide proof of payment for the therapy, which will be given to you by the therapist. At the end of therapy, the client fills out a special questionnaire about the quality of therapy
This project is dedicated to Tove Janssen, Finnish writer and artist. Let her creative spirit be a part of our journey.
