GESTALT THERAPY & COACHING
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The Anima Space
Yulia Nokhrina: Coaching & Therapy
Yulia is a dedicated psychotherapist and coach specializing in Gestalt therapy. She provides compassionate and effective one-on-one therapeutic interventions to individuals seeking personal transformation and development. Skilled at fostering collaborative relationships. Yulia utilizes Gestalt principles to promote self-awareness, integration, and positive change.
Yulia excels in coaching high achievers and leaders, guiding them to advance in their careers. Her mission is to help them live impactful lives while achieving their professional goals. Her expertise includes facilitating personal career growth, addressing workplace relationship dynamics, honing negotiation and communication skills, assisting individuals in discovering new existential meanings, identifying authentic personal aspirations, and establishing foundations for coping with significant life transitions.
With 20 years of experience in the financial industry, Yulia previously served as a senior compliance executive. At Goldman Sachs Bank (Russia), she held various leadership roles, gaining a deep understanding of corporate culture and its intricacies. As Chief of Staff, she collaborated closely with decision-makers on organizational strategy, leadership development, workforce planning, and employee engagement. Yulia oversaw several internal departments, including Internal Audit, Human Resources, and Corporate Services, and founded the Moscow Women Network to support and lead women in a male-dominated industry.
Yulia holds degrees in International Private Law and Gestalt Psychotherapy, and she is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Existential Psychotherapy and Logotherapy. Yulia is a certified coach by a Boston-based Gestalt International Study Center.
About Gestalt Approach
Gestalt therapy is a humanistic, holistic, person-centered form of psychotherapy that focuses on an individual’s present experiences, feelings, and perceptions. Developed by Fritz Perls, Laura Perls, and Paul Goodman in the 1940s and 1950s, it emphasizes self-awareness and personal responsibility. The term "Gestalt" is German for "whole," reflecting the therapy’s focus on viewing a person as a whole rather than in separate parts.
Key principles of Gestalt therapy include:
- Here and Now Awareness: It encourages clients to focus on their current thoughts, feelings, and behaviors rather than delving into the past. The idea is to gain awareness of how they are experiencing the present moment, which can lead to deeper self-understanding and change.
- Responsibility: Clients are encouraged to take ownership of their feelings, actions, and experiences, recognizing that they have the power to influence their lives and behaviors.
- The Gestalt Cycle of Experience: This concept describes how individuals recognize and satisfy their needs, starting with awareness and moving through stages such as action and completion.
- Figure-Ground Formation: In Gestalt therapy, the "figure" refers to what is in the client’s focus, while the "ground" is the background. Therapy aims to bring unconscious or background issues into the forefront (figure) for processing.
- Use of Experiments: The therapist may use role-playing, guided fantasies, or other experiential exercises to help clients explore their experiences more deeply.
- Empty Chair Technique: A common Gestalt technique where a client engages in a dialogue with an empty chair representing another person, aspect of themselves, or a situation, facilitating self-expression and insight.
Gestalt therapy is particularly effective in addressing issues such as anxiety, depression, self-esteem, relationship difficulties, and trauma, as it promotes self-discovery and growth through experiential methods.