It is such a human thing to understand everything perfectly on a logical level, yet act completely contrary to it. Sometimes this is a conflict between wanting and having to, and if so, is it you, who truly wants? And who is the one dictates what you have to do? Your environment? Or perhaps it is a demand from a certain part of yourself—illogical, almost unconscious? What resonates with me is that in the psychoanalytic approach, we address not only the symptom itself, but also the narrative it carries within. Could it be that a symptom, which now causes nothing but suffering, serves a specific purpose, or was once deeply necessary at some point in the past?

I came to psychology with a wish to answer those same questions that are all so familiar to my clients: What is it that I truly want? Is it possible to stop running all the time? How do I build close relationships? How do you find the courage to walk away from a socially approved life when it no longer feels like your own? My experience of living in different countries has highlighted for me the importance of belonging and finding oneself in a new environment: What remains truly mine when the language, the city, the cultural norms, and the familiar circle of people all change?