Family Therapy Workshop
The Psychotherapeutic Workshop for Family Relations functions as a place where prevention, diagnosis, and therapy of psychological problems are dealt with. The emphasis of the Workshop is to help both adults and children to recognize, deal with and overcome these problems. To meet these challenges the following departments have been organized.
Psychotherapeutic Department
It consists of private therapy sessions, family therapy or group therapy with the focus being on the individual or the family accordingly. The approach used in Psychotherapy is the Systems approach which in the last 30 years has played a major role in changing how psychological disorders are viewed and treated. The therapist does not focus on the individual as a unit in isolation, but rather as part of the living system which is influenced by the dynamics of the family and significant others.
Seminars Department
a. This department offers seminars that deal with issues that affect both parents and children during the crucial stages of the family life cycle.
b. Educational and Training Seminars are offered to members of the mental health profession and to people dealing and working with children, teachers, social workers, etc.
Diagnostic Department
It offers psychological evaluation to both adults and children
Counselling Department
People can contact the counseling department in order to deal with everyday difficulties that may arise. These may be problems of personal nature in a relationship or job-related.
“I first met Lena when, as a student, I started the Clinical Training Program in Systemic Psychotherapy. I remember the first day, when I entered the classroom, I felt a pleasant surprise: she looked so much like my mom and they have the same name. So, from the beginning, she came so close to my heart, first as a mother figure, and then as a teacher, psychologist, supervisor and friend. I keep some of her words as a treasure. But for me, the most important thing is that Lena teaches me by example - how to be flexible and balanced in our relationships with grace, without losing our inner compass. Above all, how to share experiences, stories, feelings, moments with those who are important to us. How to make our life story more beautiful and meaningful. Lena, my dearest, thank you”
“ When life serves you lemons, you need someone like Lena to make the best lemonade! Lena has been my rock, my point of reference at a time when I had no idea where life was taking me. At a time when negative thinking, panic attacks, and destructive relationships seemed to steal my life’s joy. Lena’s kindness, her sense of humour, her warmth, her open mindedness, have offered me the security to walk through my darkness and come back to light. Lena’s help has been invaluable and I am so lucky I met her and worked with her. She taught me how to find meaning in everything that happens to me, how to see things from different perspectives, how to narrate my experiences with hope and trust myself that I always have within me the right tools to handle anything life serves me! And for all that and more I am sincerely grateful to you Lena!”