Approaches
Individual therapy
Whatever your initial reason for seeking support may be, I offer accompaniment through 60 or 90 minutes sessions, in person (Mijas Costa, Málaga, Spain) or online, via video conference from the comfort of the space you choose, wherever you are.
In the bond with another (father, mother, partner, children, friends, colleagues, co-workers…), many of our difficulties become materialized, so it is precisely by bonding with another person that we can understand and channel them in a more favourable way for ourselves and for the other.
The therapist is also an external figure, not conditioned by the issue that brings you here, objective, and who approaches you with genuine interest and without judgment, which in itself is already healing.
When the longing for well-being and the commitment to the process are present, neither physical distance nor time differences are an obstacle to generating that healing therapeutic bond.
Natural Women
It started as a monthly work group for women in nature, one afternoon per month. Now you can choose this exploration option in individual format and in sessions of 2 or 3 hours.
Opening ourselves to our unconscious invites us to explore it through other forms of expression: spoken, read, written, drawing, modelling, silence, music, chanting, movement, dance, archetypes, rituals... With nature as our setting and container, we seek to share ourselves freely and with deep respect, entering our inner spaces to enjoy, suffer, and relate to ourselves in a more genuine and connected way with our Being.
Many women today feel the call and need to connect with each other from a deeper and more honest place. From there, we can let ourselves unfold and then reconnect with our environments, feeling more connected with our inner strength and all our gifts.
Grief
Grief and loss are an inseparable part of our reality. The death of a loved one, the diagnosis of an illness, a separation, a breakup, a move, the loss of a job or an ability we identified with, retirement, loneliness after children leave home, the loss of youth or the passage of a vital cycle to another... These are some examples of common grief.
The pain, attachment, the difficulty letting go and the emotions attached to these processes (especially fear, sadness, and anger) can either follow their natural course or get stuck and make the process more difficult for us.
We will create a space to share what troubles us and also what works for us, building the path toward a renewed and grateful reality: one that blooms after going through our grief in a healthy way.
This approach is open both to individual sessions and to creating a group where we can share our losses and grief in a trusting environment.
Entheogens
The path of Sacred medicines of the Earth has been and continues to be for me one of profound warmth; it brings me genuine clarity and accordance in its messages and awareness decisions, as well as a mobilizing impulse that helps me activate what is asleep and generate changes in my way of being in the world and functioning, along with a much-needed contemplative aspect, a communion experience with everything and of acceptance of what is.
The word "entheos" is a neologism first coined in an article published by a group of researchers in 1979, under the direction of Carl Ruck, professor of Greek at Boston University. It comes from the Greek wordentheos, which means "god within" or "god inside" and "-genes" whose meaning is "that which creates or produces". "To be" or "to become", meaning: that which generates or creates a god inside, leads us to get in touch or become divine. Using this word to name these natural or synthetic substances means accepting the direct experience of the sacred they provide us. It is accepting that the divine, the sacred is within us and that, therefore, we can experiment it directly.
The entheogenic experience focuses on the spiritual centre of the person. It impacts our broadening awareness, expanding it, helping us access revealing information and reconnect with the most subtle aspects of ourselves.
It is a way to explore our inner world, although not suitable for any person; it is essential to approach it with great respect and maximum care. It can help us through our self-knowledge path and search for meaning, whether in individual or group ceremonies or through microdosing.
Meditation - contemplation
In 2003 I began my yoga practice and with it the approach to meditation. During this journey I have gone through numerous difficulties in practicing it as well as in observing the phenomena of my mind, and I have also been able to experience some moments of clarity and connection of sublime beauty.
I can now appreciate the value of developing the ability of external observation that does not identify with thoughts, ideas, images and emotions that the mind generates without rest, but can let them pass without getting stuck with them, managing to touch with this state of stillness and inner calm that anchor me to an experience of well-being and serenity that I perceive as happiness.
It often becomes a difficult task. It requires discipline to be consistent in my practice and attention to the escape mechanisms that my ego uses to get me out of there, so that I can feel safe again, even if I am not. I also feel the danger in the exercise of disidentification and potential dissolution of my structure that meditation can bring. I also perceive the benefits and that drives me to continue without giving up, also embracing all my difficulties.
For me, meditation is synonymous with inner silence, of peace and rest, of recollection, of contemplation or contemplative state. A space of prayer. Sometimes I feel the silence with my eyes closed, others in movement (walking or dancing), meditating through hands or simply by paying attention to my breathing or to what I perceive through my senses. Meditation is for me a vehicle of self-discovery, of connection with my spirituality and well-being.
We often meditate in therapy and we sit together to meditate one weekly day at no cost, facing the sea in La Cala de Mijas (Málaga, Spain). Contact me if you want to join.
Gestalt therapy
It is a humanistic therapeutic approach, developed in the 1940s by Fritz Perls (Berlin 1893 - Chicago 1970), neuropsychiatrist, psychoanalyst and psychotherapist.
'Gestalt' is a German word that we can translate as 'totality' or 'process'. In our lives, processes or 'gestalts' continually open: new things that are often unfinished, unresolved, open, and these unresolved issues are the root of our difficulties, conflicts and pain.
Some key aspects of Gestalt Therapy are awareness (awareness), the living here and now and individual responsibility for what happens to us.
For many people, Gestalt is a way of understanding the world, a life philosophy connected with the development of their own awareness from the present moment, giving us what our unfinished business is and how they affect us in our daily lives. Often, to address them, we need to dive into our unconscious, venture into unknown terrain and rescue or release what remains there in shadow and love.
Also called the 'therapy of authenticity', Gestalt invites us to live in contact with our most essential nature, attending to our needs, unfolding our Being (Self) most genuine, revealing our spontaneity and creative capacity.
Gestalt Therapy doesn't invent anything new, but rather draws from numerous sources (S. Freud, C. Jung, W. Reich, M. Heidegger or Zen philosophy, among others). Perhaps its merit and modernity have to do with its proposal of a holistic approach to the individual, making space for everything we are: body, mind, emotion and spirituality.
Gestalt doesn't reject anything that we as people express and manifest or keep silent and hide, but rather integrates it, makes room for everything, tells us “as you are, yes*. When we have felt and continue to see ourselves as inadequate and not welcomed in certain instances, spaces or relationships, this experience of inclusion that Gestalt brings us is already therapeutic in itself.
If you resonate with addressing any life process from this approach, you can use the contact form to share your motivation with me.