MAYA VIRSHYCH

A psychologist, family therapist, crisis and group therapist, sexologist, supervisor.
EMDR therapist
Have been practising more than 10 years

ABOUT ME

A certified and accredited Gestalt therapist with sustainable therapeutic practice since 2012 in Belarus. I work in both individual and couples therapy.

My education meets the standards of the European Gestalt Therapy Association, also I am a member of the Belarusian Society of Psychologists.

I constantly study, participate in international psychological conferences as a participant and as a speaker, I am a coach of the annual Gestalt-intensive «The Art of Being with Another».

A number of additional specializations have been completed: family system therapy, sexology, crises and trauma, group therapy.

I am also certified as an Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapist. I use this method in long-term therapy, but I also do separate consultations on request only in the EMDR method.

I am the acting supervisor for psychologists; however, I am constantly in the process of my personal therapy and supervision.

EXPERTIZE

If you experience difficulties in the following topics, I invite you to consultations:

Relations with people: with partners, colleagues, friends, parents, relatives

Personal boundaries, ability to say «no»

Understanding your needs

Self-hatred and destructiveness

Reproductive complications, support during the in vitro fertilization (IVF) period

Crisis of family relations (couples), other crises and traumas

Codependent relations

Apathy, loss of meaning, search for meanings, resources

Compulsive overeating and other types of eating disorders

High anxiety, panic attacks

Ability to «get grounded», to stabilize oneself, desire to master cognitive skills, mindfulness practices, breathing practices

Sexuality, sexual demands (difficulty with attraction, arousal)

You are adult children of alcoholics (ACOA)

Difficult life choices (job changes, breakups, emigration, etc.)

Emotional burnout, depression, loneliness

Child-Parental Relations

The pain of loss, separation, betrayal, adultery

This list is written to make it easier for you to understand your request to work with a psychologist. If you haven’t found something in the list, notice me, please. If I can’t help you, I can definitely recommend competent colleagues.

I work only with adults over 18

I work only with addicts in stable remission over three years

I can work in parallel with your psychiatrist (if you have been prescribed with drug support and recommended therapy)

«You will never be able to overcome anything if you resist it. Something can be overcome only by plunging deeper into it»

Friedrich Perls

THERAPY

In my practice as a gestalt therapist, I integrate methodological approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy, body-oriented therapy, emotionally focused therapy, psychodynamic therapy related to development and attachment theories, EMDR, art technics, metaphorical associative cards and others.

SUPERVISION

Supervision is a mutual creative process between a therapist and a supervisor.
Supervision is a collaborative quest to be an effective therapist and to be a helpful supervisor for therapist.
Supervision is enhancement of professional skills, the deepening of self-consciousness, the formation of professional individuality and sustainable positive professional self-esteem.
For a beginner therapist supervision is also a valuable opportunity to receive professional and personal support from a more experienced colleague.

QUALIFICATIONS & ADDITIONAL CREDENTIALS