Nick Dela Tierra

Many people come to therapy believing they already know what the problem is.

Sometimes they do.

More often, they know the suffering, but not yet the deeper story behind it.

A relationship that keeps repeating the same conflict. Anxiety that appears at unexpected moments. A sense of emptiness despite outward success. A diagnosis that explains something, but not everything. A feeling of being stuck without fully understanding why.

Rather than rushing toward solutions, I prefer to begin with curiosity.

What is this experience trying to tell us?

What purpose might it be serving?

What has been overlooked, dismissed, or left unresolved?

Clients often tell me they feel deeply understood during our work together. I believe this comes from taking the time to listen carefully—not only to words, but also to emotions, patterns, relationships, contradictions, and the ways people have learned to adapt to cultures, family dynamics, and modern life challenges.

My role is not to tell you who you are.

It is to help you reflect more deeply on who you think you are—or who you could be.

Together, we explore the patterns that shape your relationships, the stories you tell yourself, the emotional experiences beneath the surface, and the parts of yourself that may have been ignored, hidden, or pushed away. Often times we'll do this by talking with one another, but I also have many non-verbal tools we can use - even online - to bring out the deeper layers of your unconscious without relying too heavily on words.

Therapy with me does not need to be heavy. Humour, creativity, and play are often important parts of the process.

My work is informed primarily by Attachment Theory, Trauma-Informed care, Emotion Focused methodologies, and Parts Work, but ultimately working with me is going to be a creative process. I see therapy as a collaborative exploration, a place where we can slow down our observations of your soul.

Because when people understand themselves more deeply, change often follows naturally.

I opened my private practice in 2020 in Bansko Bulgaria and ever since I have been working with people from all over the world. I have learned how to deal with complex trauma histories that make relationships really difficult, how to channel diverse cultural expectations, how to deal with many different forms of PTSD, including addictions, and how to be sensitive to both men and women and their different modalities.

I also work as a Research Assistant for the University College Dublin, in Ireland, and thus remain academically active.

I have a Master’s in Counseling and a Psychology degree that exposed me to a wealth of knowledge about the body-mind relationship. I have a Master’s in Human Ecology which enriched my understanding of how culture, economics, and beliefs intersect with personal identity.

Currently I am completing a Trauma Certificate with Bessel Van der Kolk, and pursuing a specialisation in psychedelic facilitation. I have pursued certificates in Art Therapy, including the use of projective tools like Tarot Cards, and Russian Dolls, and attended conferences on the effects of screen time, and the use of psychedelics, and Aboriginal issues.

By far, the most enriching education, however, comes from my work with people...my supervisors for instance, who informs my work with wisdom, anecdotes, and compassionate solutions, but also, and perhaps especially my clients, who each bring me to new realisations about the human condition.