PROFESSIONAL HELP AND COUNSELLING FOR THE FOLLOWING DIFFICULTIES AND PROBLEMS:
- depression and other unpleasant moods and states;
- problems in interpersonal relationships (marriage, partnership, relationships with family, friends or colleagues);
- feelings of inferiority and low self-esteem;
- fears, phobias and anxieties;
- difficulties caused by excessive stress;
- reduced performance and lack energy (affecting work, education or sexuality);
- agitation, irritability and aggression;
- difficult life situations (e.g. loss of partner; death of a significant other; illness; loss of one’s home; unemployment; domestic violence);
- challenging dilemmas and important life decisions (changing studies, career, partner?; relocating?)
- mourning, grief and bereavement;
- physical difficulties with no obvious physical cause (pain, sleeping disorders and other psychosomatic difficulties);
- other mental health issues.
COUNSELING ACTIVITIES:
- psychoanalytic coaching
- psychoanalytic counseling for organizations
LECTURING:
- Psychotherapy topics (depending on the agreement and needs of the client)
- The significance of safety in psychotherapy
- Sigmund Freud: loved and loathed (lecture about his life, contributions and failures)
AREAS THAT I DO NO TREAT:
I do not specialize in all areas, and the following are outside the scope of my practice:
- eating disorders (e.g., bulimia, anorexia, binge eating, compulsive overeating)
- substance addictions (e.g., drugs, alcohol, smoking, emotional eating)
- behavioral addictions (e.g., internet, mobile ph., social networks, phone calls, electronic communication, hazard, shopaholsim)
- developmental disorders (e.g., Autism, Asperger syndrome)
- organic disorders (e.g., dementia, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s disease)
Note: I perform the above mentioned activities in Austria under Austrian laws as well as in Slovakia, to the extent allowed by Slovak laws. I am authorized to perform the psychotherapeutic activity pursuant to a license issued by Sigmund Freud Universität in conjunction with the Austrian institute for psychotherapy – Psychoanalytisches Seminar Innsbruck (PSI). You can find my name and activities in the list of psychotherapist, which is maintained by Austrian association for psychotherapy (Österreichischer Bundesverband für Psychotherapie). I am holder of an insurance for the purposes of psychotherapeutic activity in line with Austrian laws (Slovak laws do not require insurance for the performance of a psychotherapeutic activity).