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Specialities

Stress, Anxiety, Mental Breakdown  & Burnout

I support individuals facing emotional exhaustion, chronic stress, and anxiety that interferes with clarity, relationships, and performance. Using evidence-based approaches like CBT and EMDR, we work together to rebuild internal stability and improve emotional well-being.

  • Chronic worry, overthinking, and sleep difficulties

  • Workplace burnout and performance fatigue

  • Emotional overwhelm or irritability

  • Loss of focus, energy, and motivation

  • Finding sustainable coping strategies

Emotional Regulation & Resilience Skills

Trauma, Failures & Negative Life Experiences

We help clients work through distressing life events that affect mood, confidence, and personal functioning. This includes both acute trauma (e.g., accidents, assault, crisis) and complex trauma (e.g., childhood neglect, long-term emotional harm).

  • Processing painful experiences (recent or childhood)

  • Healing from relationship trauma, abuse, or betrayal

  • Managing flashbacks, emotional triggers, or numbness

  • Rebuilding trust in self and others

  • Increasing emotional regulation and self-efficacy

Career Counseling and Work Psychology

I teach clients how to manage emotional states, boost energy levels, and build the capacity to stay mentally clear in challenging situations. This work is especially helpful for those dealing with emotional dysregulation, low drive, or chronic stress.

  • Learning to manage anger, frustration, or emotional outbursts

  • Regulating intense emotional states and anxiety

  • Increasing sustained motivation and follow-through

  • Building mental clarity and adaptive coping tools

  • Strengthening resilience to external stress

Relationships and Social Skills

I help clients understand and improve how they connect, communicate, and maintain healthy boundaries in both personal and professional settings.

  • Overcoming fear of rejection or criticism

  • Building confidence when speaking or expressing opinions

  • Setting and maintaining personal and professional boundaries

  • Understanding emotional needs and attachment styles

  • Improving communication and conflict resolution

  • Strengthening trust and emotional connection in relationships

We work to process past experiences that may be shaping your current social patterns — helping you move from avoidance or people-pleasing to authentic, confident communication.

Executive Functions and Performance Skills

Executive functions are the mental skills that help you plan, focus, remember, and follow through. I work with clients (ADHD and non-ADHD) to identify cognitive and emotional barriers to productivity and help build practical systems for sustainable performance.

  • Improving focus, attention, and working memory

  • Strengthening time management and planning skills

  • Managing procrastination and perfectionism

  • Enhancing task initiation and follow-through

  • Developing decision-making and emotional control under pressure

  • Building adaptive structures for work, study, or leadership

Clients learn to optimize their mental performance, reduce overwhelm, and regain a sense of control and momentum in daily life.

Career choice, change, and development; managing conflicts and difficulties in the workplace; motivation and performance, person-job fit, advising on job search and applications including CVs, interviews, etc. Managing adult learning challenges: creativity and ideation blocks; Individual Learning Barriers; Focus, Memory & Information Retention, Maths & Data Anxiety; Adaptation to New Technologies; Public Speaking & Presentation Anxiety

 

Using CBT and EMDR, we also address emotional barriers such as self-doubt, burnout, or fear of failure — helping clients move forward with confidence and clarity.

Organizational Psychology

I help individuals and teams improve:

  • Workplace performance and team dynamics

  • Leadership skills, conflict resolution, and motivation

  • Psychological well-being and work-related stress

  • Role clarity and professional alignment

I support entrepreneurs, executives, and founders with:

  • Personal effectiveness and stress management

  • Strategic decision-making under pressure

  • Team relationships and communication

  • Work-life balance and sustainable leadership

Our work combines business psychology with evidence-based therapy for grounded, human-centered performance.

Psychology of Study and Learning

I help students, professionals, and lifelong learners understand how their mind works — and how to study, focus, and retain information more effectively. This work integrates cognitive psychology, executive function coaching, and emotional regulation techniques to optimize learning, motivation, and academic performance.

  • Overcoming procrastination, distraction, and low motivation

  • Building focus, working memory, and sustained attention

  • Managing exam or performance anxiety

  • Developing effective study habits and learning strategies

  • Understanding individual learning styles and cognitive strengths

  • Strengthening confidence and self-efficacy in learning

 I help clients identify emotional and cognitive barriers that interfere with learning. The goal is to turn learning into a process of curiosity and mastery — not anxiety and avoidance.

Message me

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+6698 019 6915

EMDR Therapy online

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