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Welcome to Therapy with Marina
Do you feel selfish when you think of looking after your needs? Does the thought of saying “no” to someone makes your stomach turn? Is it easier to go along with something rather than express how you truly feel?
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If you answered “yes” to those questions, you are likely to be someone who cares a great deal about others. You have also probably neglected yourself way too long; to the point where you may have lost the sight of who you are.
Your life may no longer feel like it`s yours. Crippling anxiety and depression might have become your companions. You have most probably tried everything to try to help yourself, but with little or no success. If this is so, you are in the right place.
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Hi! I`m Marina. I work with clients who prioritise other people`s needs at the expense of their own. I work with clients who have learned somewhere along the way that they are not as important as others and that their value lies in being helpful.
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If you would like to work with me, send me a message to book your first session.
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I work with people who tend to:
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Say “yes” to things they want to say “no” to
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Say “no” to things they want to say “yes” to
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Feel like whatever they do is never enough
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Compare themselves to others and lose every time
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Think over and over again about situations that happened during the day, trying to work out if they sounded stupid or offended someone
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Self-sacrifice out of fear of being called or seen as selfish
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What I offer
About Me and Services I Offer:
About me
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In my twenties, I became anxious, depressed and completely unable to navigate life and relationships in a functional way. I did whatever it took to not be alone; my fear of being abandoned, which stemmed from my childhood experiences, ruled my life completely.
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I wasn`t aware of it at the time. It led me to get involved in unhealthy relationships, jobs I hated, and make friends with people who didn`t appreciate me. I was just unhappy about my life in general.
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​I felt inadequate and embarrassed about every aspect of myself. All my energy went into hiding my real self from the world. People saw me as happy, bubbly, and outgoing. I worked hard to keep up the appearances. The shame of it all was keeping me stuck.
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Fast-forward a few years – life is a lot better. I`ve managed to learn how to help myself through a combination of self-help resources and personal therapy which I engaged with while doing my postgraduate course in counselling and psychotherapy and then off my own back a few years later.
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I`ve learnt that taking care of myself was an absolute priority and that self-care is not scented candles, foamy baths and trips away.
I learnt that self-care is a skill to be learnt and it`s about creating a nurturing routine for myself and finding safe people and spaces that could see me for who I was and help me validate my experiences. It is about looking after yourself even when you don`t want to. Even when it`s really hard.
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For the last few years, I`ve been able to help others on their journeys to learning to look after themselves. It`s not easy and there is no quick fix, but it`s worth it. Big time.
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I help people learn the skills of self-care, including emotional regulation.
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I help with processing trauma (big and small).
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I help with building self-esteem and creating internal and external boundaries that are healthy and helpful.
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I help with these things through individual therapy by understanding your patterns of interacting with yourself and others, exploring how they developed, processing the emotions that have been buried for years, and discovering how to create life that is more on your terms.
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If you would like to get my support, send me a message to book your first session.
