It's Complicated
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Yosef Starkin

Relational psychotherapist

Available
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them"-
"Sometimes love is not enough and the road gets tough"
  • €100 / session
  • Low income discount down to - €75 / session
  • couple therapy - €120 / session
Based inBerlin
4 years at It's Complicated
Available in-person
Available online

About me

I was born in Moscow USSR. in a family of underground human rights activists . Grew up in Jerusalem .Prior to Psychotherapy studied Theology , Journalism and Philosophy. Traveled a lot , practiced meditations ,and other mind altering practises . Had enough experience with drugs and alternative cultures .
In the last 10 years living in Berlin with my partner and son.

My approach to emotional development is educating, playful and sometimes provocative.
I am emphatic and can challenge. Feeling the suffering while developing resistance to it.
I see people well and dont beat around the bush.And try to be open about my thought process.
I work a lot with men, and like working with people with analytical thinking .

The process of healing, or a change has three legs .
The first would be understanding our emotions , and learning to regulate them . Excepting parts of ourselves that cannot be changed while finding ways to deal better with the parts that can.

Second , and most important ,for me, would be relationships. Discovering the ways we relate , and finding and training new strategies to create deep and intimate connections . It could be pleasing less, and allowing ourselves to be more vulnerable. Learning to confront other about the issues that important to us , claiming our needs and wishes and noticing the needs and wishes of others. And of course boundaries.

The third would be spirituality. Life is a bitch and than you die, is a good philosophy for depression.We need to find and create a meaning to our lives




My approach

My work is an integration of three main psychotherapeutic modalities: Clinical psychology, Body psychotherapy and Relational psychotherapy.
My base is traditional verbal psychotherapy. The structures of human ego, patterns and ways to work with it.
Body psychotherapy allows to read between the lines of our narratives.
Relational psychotherapy is a playground, to recognise our ways of connection, challenge it and create a path to deeper and more meaningful relationships.




Where I practice

Qualifications and experience

Education
2017-2019 Post-graduate training in Relational body psychotherapy. Open Center, London, Human potential movement (UK). From 2016 A member of European Association for Body Psychotherapy (EABP) 2014-2016 Hypnotic skills for psychotherapists (GR). 2014-2015 Master in Psychology Ruppin Academic Center (IL). 2010-2015. Body oriented psychotherapy. Reidman College (IL). 2007-2009 Bachelor in Psychology The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (IL).
Experience
2012-2014 Be'er Yaakov hospital Israel, Addicions and ADHD. 2015 Addiction center Merkaz-Shachaf, Tel-Aviv Since 2016 Private clinic in Tel-Aviv and Berlin.
Languages
English
Hebrew
Russian
Insurances
Private Pay
  • €100 / session
  • Low income discount down to - €75 / session
  • couple therapy - €120 / session
Based inBerlin
4 years at It's Complicated
Available in-person
Available online
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