Lavinia Bucur

We all have the inner capacity to heal and to hold space for or contain our wounded parts or protective mechanisms that helped us survive suffering. My approach is to help people uncover that self-healing power, where we're meeting and connecting to ourselves in a profound and meaningful way with curiosity, self-love, clarity, courage, calm. I like to combine finding out together what works for you (tailoring the process to your needs, fears, longings) while also offering what worked for me + what is shown in research that works for your specific issue (evidence-based protocols, assignments that support you between sessions). Therapy is relational, I think it's important to have a good connection with the therapist you choose. What makes therapy effective? The biggest factors that weigh in that are - resonating with the therapist you work with (you like them, you feel good with them, you feel they get it, you trust they have good intentions) and supporting yourself with changes in between sessions (the small pieces of work that happens in between the sessions). The frameworks I base my approach on and techniques I use are the following: brief strategic therapy (Arezzo Institute Italy), IFS (Internal Family Systems therapy), Somatic experiencing, emotional releasing, EMDR (Eye movement desensitisation reprocessing), transgenerational systemic psychology Questions to think about for our first meeting: - what would you like to see as change and why - how would you know we got to be effective? - what is your experience with change in your life;what are your thoughts/beliefs about change - because therapy is relational - what are your beliefs about relationships, asking for help, getting nurturing - how do you deal with overwhelm, solution attempts - family & current context For change to occur we need to get to know the system in which the problem appeared (inner psychological system and outer system - family, social), what is keeping this problem alive currently.

2018 - present: Psychologist with private practice in Amsterdam (individual therapy adults and couples therapy) 2020 - 2022: Psychotherapist at Amber (EAP / Employee Assistance Program) 2014 - present: Psychotherapist with private practice in Bucharest, Romania (individual therapy, group therapy) 2012 - 2014: Psychotherapist in practice - free group therapy and individual therapy while in training and learning from my teachers I’ve been working with hundreds of clients and have been quite effective, having consistent long-term interventions and complex cases. Ongoing learning and supervision regularly + doing my own therapy, staying humble with my work. Every day trying to become a better version of myself and be more myself in the world. This is what I want to help people do also, be more themselves in the world, feel more whole

• 2014- present: Supervision - over 650 hours of supervision • 2024 - Narcissistic Abuse Treatment Clinician (NATC) Training with Dr. Ramani Durvasula • 2024 - Intimacy from the Inside Out - IFIO (IFS used in couples therapy) - with experienced US & Canadian couples therapists & trainers • 2022 - Somatic IFS training (with Susan McConnell) • 2022 - EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) therapy Level 1 • 2022 - Yoga teacher training (Kashish Yoga) • 2021 - IFS Level 2 training (IFS Institute) - with very experiences US therapists • 2021 - IFS Level 1 training (IFS Institute) - with very experienced US therapists • 2021 - Trauma-informed Stabilisation Treatment (with Janina Fisher) • 2021 - Polyvagal Informed Therapy training (with Deb Dana) • 2021 - Somatic Experiencing training (with Peter Levine, Diane Poole Heller) • 2021 - Yin Yoga teacher training (Equal Yoga) • 2019 - IFS training (with Frank Anderson) • 2015 - Movement meditation facilitator (body-focused therapy, dynamic meditation for emotional release) - Ursula Carrivick-Zimmermann, Oliver Klappenberger, Prem Jan Kraal • 2012 - 2014 - Brief Solution-Focused Therapy - 200 hours of training + 30 hours of individual therapy • 2012 - 2014 - Brief Strategic Therapy (Arezzo Institute Italy) - 320 hours training + 200 hours personal development + 30 hours individual therapy (with very experienced Italian therapists and teachers including Giorgio Nardone) • 2012 - 2014 - Master's Degree in Experiential Psychotherapy for individuals, couples, family and children, University of Bucharest - 650 hours of training + 300 hours personal development • 2009 - 2012 - Bachelor's Degree in Psychology, University of Bucharest