Private individual CI sessions mainly. Also, couples that have individual therapy with me or other therapists can have couples session´s as well. Group grounding sessions online or in nature are also offered.

We all have trauma, big or small. And it´s not up to anyone to judge how something affects our life, or to label it big or small. There are many factors at play: when it happens in life, how fast, and especially how secure we were at the time and how surrounded by loved ones will shape how that trauma affect us. Trauma is ruling our subconscious. So, not only the so called big trauma needs to be addressed. 

I have personally experienced with my clients meaningful change from the first sessions. However, The number of Compassionate Inquiry sessions needed to heal varies from person to person. Healing is not always linear, and it depends on factors like:

• The depth and complexity of past trauma or emotional wounds
• The individual’s readiness and openness to the process
• Their existing support system and coping mechanisms
• How regularly they engage in the practice between sessions

Some people may experience profound insights and shifts in just a few sessions, while others might need months or even years of ongoing work to fully integrate healing. Generally, many practitioners suggest committing to at least 8–12 sessions to integrate the change, though deeper work can take longer.

 You just need to press in the Book Now or Free Trial buttons. You can book directly.  You don´t need to do anything else! The trial is 20 min and is free, the full session 55 min (if it´s the first time, it is a bit longer). The full session must be paid to finalise the booking. You can ask any doubt using the contact form in the contact section of the menu.

Somatic healing (Soma: body) refers to therapeutic approaches that focus on the connection between the body and mind to release stored trauma, stress, or emotional blockages. The emotional imprint of past experiences—especially traumatic ones—can become trapped in the nervous system and body, leading to chronic pain, tension, or emotional distress.

Key Aspects of Somatic Healing:

Body Awareness – Encourages tuning into bodily sensations, tension, or discomfort to identify emotional triggers.

Regulation of the Nervous System – Uses the empathetic presence and the creation of a non judgemental safe space ttogether with echniques like grounding, breathwork, movement, etc. to shift from a stress response (fight/flight/freeze) to a state of calm and safety.

Trauma Release – Helps process and release unresolved trauma stored in the body.

Mind-Body Integration – Bridges the gap between emotions, thoughts, and physical sensations to foster healing.

Holistic health is an approach to well-being that considers the whole person—mind, body, emotions, and spirit—rather than just focusing on symptoms of illness. It emphasizes balance in all areas to achieve optimal health.

 Mental and emotional health influence physical health, and vice versa.Instead of only treating symptoms, holistic health seeks to address the underlying causes of illness.

Self-Healing & Personal Responsibility – Encourages individuals to take an active role in their health through mindful choices.

Balance & Harmony – Health is about maintaining balance in different areas of life, including physical activity, relationships, and stress management.

Compassionate Inquiry is a psychotherapeutic method developed by Dr. Gabor Mate that reveals what lies beneath the appearance we present to the world. Using Compassionate Inquiry, the therapist unveils the level of consciousness, mental climate, hidden assumptions, implicit memories and body states that form the real message that words both express and conceal. Through Compassionate Inquiry, the client can recognize the unconscious dynamics that run their lives and how to liberate themselves from them as well as gain self awareness, clarity and be able to pause and respond instead of react to life triggers.

People experiencing anxiety, PTSD, or chronic stress

Those with chronic pain or tension

Individuals healing from trauma or emotional blockages

Anyone dealing with addiction and emotional pain, and many more

Anyone wanting to develop greater emotional resilience and self-awareness

Gabor Maté is a renowned speaker and bestselling author known for his expertise in addiction, stress, and childhood development. Combining scientific research, case studies, and personal insights, he empowers people to heal themselves and others.

With over 20 years of medical experience in family practice, gynecology, and palliative care, he spent more than a decade treating patients with addiction and mental illness in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side. His work on addiction earned him the prestigious Hubert Evans Prize, and he has been honored with Canada’s highest civilian award, the Order of Canada, as well as Vancouver’s Civic Merit Award.

Dr. Maté developed the Compassionate Inquiry psychotherapeutic approach.

His books include In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction; When the Body Says No; The Cost of Hidden Stress; Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder; Hold on to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers; and The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture.

Yes, I do, but I have much more availability for online sessions.

130CH for a regular individual online CI session. For other request please use the contact form.

Yes, but I have limited spaces for that.

I can refer you to colleagues that are training for the Compassionate Inquiry Professional Trainning, the Mentorship or the Certification and need clients who are willing to be recorded at the exchange of a session (only for supervision and for educational purposes and then deleted). They do not offer continuity, though.

The goal of the trial is to have conversation to see if I can be of help, for your particular needs in your present situation and if we both feel we are a good fit.

Feeling safe with the therapist is a must, and the real key, to be able to open up, create a safe relationship and truly heal.

I can send some written questions prior to the 20 min zoom conversation to use the time more efficiently and do a mini session to use that time.

Addiction is any behavior that gives you temporary relief, temporary pleasure, but in the long term causes harm, has some negative consequences and you can’t give it up, despite those negative consequences. And from that perspective, you can understand that there are many, many addictions.

All addictions come from emotional pain, and exist to soothe the pain.

Trauma and abuse, as we define them, are certainly surefire sources of pain but they’re far from the only ones.

The human infant and toddler is a highly vulnerable creature, and emotional stresses of all kinds in the rearing environment can create long-lasting wounds in the psyche that a person will later try to soothe or numb with addictive behaviour.

In addition to the things that do happen that shouldn’t happen, like abuse, there are things that (developmentally speaking) ought to happen that don’t.

For instance, any sustained sense of emotional disconnection with the parenting figure – which can often happen when the parent is excessively stressed or preoccupied over a period of time – has the capacity to have this sort of impact, especially if the child is constitutionally very sensitive. In a stressed society like ours, with fewer and fewer supportive resources for parents, this is more and more common.

So many of us, whether or not we were acutely traumatized or faced extreme adversity as kids, have these sorts of lingering challenges to contend with. 

We can be grateful things weren’t worse, but we shouldn’t discount or minimize the pain we carry from childhood even if it didn’t result from severe neglect or abuse.

Extracted from and recommended reading: Gabor Mate. The Realm of the Hungry Ghosts.

Emotional stress is a major cause of physical illness, from cancer to autoimmune conditions and many other chronic diseases. The brain and body systems that process emotions are intimately connected with the hormonal apparatus, the nervous system, and in particular the immune system.

Reccomended reading: 

Dr. Maté’s insight into the relationship of the mind and the body are presented in: When the Body Says No, a groundbreaking book published in multiple languages on five continents.

The Body Keeps the Score: Bessel Van Der Kolk.

Traumatic experiences can have profound effects on the mind and body, leaving lasting imprints that impact our physical and mental health, relationships, and overall well-being. In The Body Keeps the Score, psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk explores the neuroscience behind trauma, explaining how it disrupts crucial areas of the brain and nervous system, affecting everything from memory and emotion regulation to immune function.

Van der Kolk emphasizes the importance of recognizing and treating the complex effects of trauma—not only the visible symptoms, but the deeper disruptions to self-perception, attachment styles, and developmental processes. The book offers insights into innovative therapeutic approaches such as Somatic Psychotherapy,  EMDR, Internal Family Systems, and art therapies, which aid in processing traumatic memories, rebuilding secure bonds, and reclaiming a cohesive sense of self.

there’s tremendous value to cultivating a real understanding of how one has lived one’s life, maybe in ways that haven’t been supportive of oneself. That exploration can provide insights and possibilities for change that can greatly improve the quality of one’s life, with or without a serious disease. Healing (which, in its origins, literally means “making whole”) is a matter not just of physical modalities but of understanding how we generate stress, and learning how not to generate stress.

Both in the literature and in particular examples that I’ve witnessed very close-up, there is ample evidence that this kind of approach can promote healing, prolong life, and most importantly improve the quality of life for people with illnesses. There are people who have lived much longer, or much healthier, than their medical prognoses would have predicted. (Gabor Mate. When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress)