Let's get to know each other.
"...to trust a person, we have to "click" with them..."
Good day again.
By clicking on this page, you obviously want to know more about me.
First of all, I want to commend you for giving your mental health a chance by coming to this site. Although it may not seem like it, it is a really big first step.
My name is Tena. As I said, I am a trained psychotherapist in the field of supervised transactional analysis. In short, I have many years of experience working with (adult) clients, providing them with counseling and psychotherapy services. I am a mental health professional.
Like most people, I'm a pretty "ordinary" and "normal" person. What makes me different is my love and fascination with people and their relationships. I've been interested in human behavior since a very young age. I used to spend my days observing the decisions and behavior of others, always from the sidelines, trying to figure out their next move. Yes, it sounds a little strange, but, as I said, I was a little different.
Later in life, I discovered that my passion for discovering human behavior and their inner world was called psychotherapy. From that day on, I promised myself that one day I would be able to call myself a psychotherapist and that I would work with people every day to solve their problems and difficulties.
Throughout my life, I have faced many difficulties myself, from panic attacks, mobbing at work to depressive episodes. All of that is my strength. Now, looking back, I am grateful for every experience.
Sometimes to become who we want to be, we have to shake up "what we already are."
So, for her - a girl of 5, for Woman who is present and Knows, and for her-100y+, because I did not give up... Dont you give up. Untangled Your Life Story
That's why this page is called Tangled life. Life is not simple and perfectly arranged. There are many knots on our path. It's up to us whether we will continue to stumble over them or whether we will finally decide to face them and untangle them.
My dream of working with people has become a reality. And now, reading this text
and you become part of my dream.
Further down the page, read what a session looks like and what transactional analysis is.
What a session looks like and scheduling an appointment
Before you even reach out to find a therapist, you've already taken the first and most difficult step. You've decided it's time to commit to yourself and improve your mental health. It is actually the most difficult and bravest step. Everything is easier from there, although it may not seem so at first.
These are the answers to the most frequently asked questions and the first steps:
1) There is a form on the site itself that you fill out with the basic information you want to share. By signing up, you accept the terms and conditions of business, which are listed and outlined here and repeated verbally at the first meeting.
2) I will contact you back as soon as possible and arrange the first available appointment that suits us.
3) You can decide whether to have sessions online or in person
4) The duration and price of the meeting depends on the type of service.
5) Together we agree on the next appointment, whether it is every week or every other week (although it is not recommended for the sake of the process itself, to be less than 2 times a month)
6) Your privacy as well as the topics you present are fully protected
7) If you are prevented from coming to the agreed appointment, please inform about this to the official e-mail at least 48 hours in advance . Otherwise, the service will be charged in full, and the invoice will be sent to you electronically. Payment is made exclusively without cash, on the basis of an invoice issued after the end of the meeting or in case of untimely postponement of the same. If we have a reserved appointment, and it is not postponed at least 48 hours before, it will be charged. The duration of the appointment is clearly indicated and agreed upon.
8) When we meet, after getting to know each other, we will together determine the therapeutic goals you want to achieve and the steps we will take to achieve them.
We will arrange the next appointment on the spot. If you would like to consider whether "I am the therapist for you", that is absolutely fine. Because it is your time, your money, your life and your health and you have the right to choose the therapist with whom you will "click best". Creating a good working alliance is extremely important for the process itself.
Transactional analysis
Since I have completed my education in the psychotherapy field of Transactional Analysis, the techniques I use with my clients are subject to the "rules" of that field.
Therefore, I will present to you exactly that direction here.
Transactional analysis (TA) is a psychotherapy direction whose goal is personal growth and change and the achievement of autonomy in the individual. According to TA, autonomy actually represents the ability to spontaneously choose our reactions and states. People who live autonomously, live in the "here and now", aware of their past, which no longer burdens them, but provides them with the tools and the opportunity to freely plan the future and life in the present. Autonomous people have a life attitude that they are OK, and that others around them are OK. The key concept that distinguishes TA from other directions is the existence of 3 ego states. The so-called "Parent", "Adult" and "Child". The Parent represents the behaviors, opinions and feelings of our parental figures. The Adult contains contents that respond to the situation in the "here and now", while the Child contains contents that we have stored in the early periods of our lives. Work with the client involves working through all three ego states, as well as a long series of different concepts.
Transactional analysis is specific in that it is dedicated to relationships. The relationships we have with other people, but also with ourselves. So it is extremely important to establish a trusting and supportive relationship between the therapist and the client. It is useful for every person who wants to work on themselves and the relationships they have, be it partner, family, relationships with children, superiors or themselves.
If you feel or think you have a need to work through these relationships, to understand the cause of your own and others' behaviors and emotions, perhaps this direction is right for you.