Ane Eugui
Psychologist & Integrative Psychotherapist
For women who feel emotionally overwhelmed & confused, sometimes carrying an inner emptiness that's hard to put into words, who find themselves people-pleasing & suppressing their own needs to keep everyone okay.
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About me
I believe that challenges are part of the human experience. The difference lies in the level of awareness, emotional regulation, and internal resources we develop to navigate them. Today, my work is based not only on my professional training but also on walking my own path with depth and commitment.
Most women have learned to turn up the volume of everyone else's needs, problems, and emotions. We become highly attuned to the people around us: what they need, how they feel, what might upset them, and how we can help. Perhaps this is something many of us were taught from an early age to be caring, understanding, adaptable, and attentive to others. But when the volume of everything outside of us becomes so loud, it can become difficult to hear what is happening within us. Our own needs, emotions, desires, and limits can slowly become quieter and quieter. Over time, this can lead to a disconnection from ourselves, which can show up emotionally, psychologically, and physically.
Reconnecting with ourselves means learning to listen to all the different parts of us, even the parts that may feel too sensitive, too intense, inconvenient, or different from what the people around us want. Instead of immediately silencing or overriding these parts, we can begin to understand them and develop a different relationship with them. As we learn to listen to ourselves and become more faithful to what feels true within us, we begin to create a life that feels more real and authentic.
This process is not always easy. In the short term, people-pleasing, suppressing our needs, and avoiding difficult conversations can feel easier. But over time, constantly abandoning ourselves is not sustainable. It can leave us feeling exhausted, anxious, depressed, disconnected, or even affect us physically. Learning to listen to ourselves, communicate our needs, and set boundaries can be uncomfortable in the short term, but in the long term it allows us to reconnect with ourselves and create relationships that are more honest and balanced.
And this is not only beneficial for us. When we constantly take responsibility for other people's needs and emotions, we can unintentionally take away their opportunity to take responsibility for themselves. When we stop trying to manage everyone's experience and allow others to have their own feelings, needs, and responsibilities, we also give them the space to become more empowered in their own lives.
For me, the work is not about becoming less caring or less connected to others. It is about learning how to remain connected to yourself while being in relationship with other people. It is about discovering who you are, what you need, and what you want and learning that you can honour those things without having to abandon the people you love.
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For women who feel emotionally overwhelmed and emotionally confused, sometimes carrying an inner emptiness that's hard to put into words — who find themselves people-pleasing and suppressing their own needs to keep everyone else okay, and who want more clarity and containment around their emotions, and a more balanced way to relate to others.
Do you recognise yourself in this?
- Do you often find it easier to notice what other people need than what you need?
- Do you know what you want, or do you tend to adapt to what everyone else wants?
- Do you say yes when you actually want to say no?
- Do you feel guilty when you set a boundary?
- Do you find yourself explaining your needs or decisions in great detail, as if you need to prove that they are valid?
- Do you feel responsible for other people's emotions?
- When someone is upset or struggling emotionally, do you immediately think it is your fault?
- Do you find it easier to give care than to receive it?
- Do you often say that you are fine, even when you are not?
- Do you sometimes question whether you are being too sensitive, too intense, or too much?
- Do you understand other people's pain so deeply that you sometimes lose sight of how their behaviour affects you?
- Do you feel emotionally or physically exhausted from constantly being there for others?
- Do you sometimes feel disconnected from yourself, even though your life may look fine from the outside?
The work can look like...
Learning to move from:
“I don't know what I need.”
to
“I am learning to listen to myself.”
“I said yes because I didn't want to disappoint them.”
to
“I can care about someone and still say no.”
“I need them to understand why I am setting this boundary.”
to
“My boundary does not need to be debated in order to be valid.”
“They are upset, so I must have done something wrong.”
to
“I can care about how they feel without being responsible for making them feel better.”
“I am too sensitive.”
to
“My sensitivity is something I can learn to understand and honour.”
“I am always the one giving.”
to
“I can also allow myself to receive.”
“I understand why they behave this way, so I should keep tolerating it.”
to
“I can understand someone and still recognise that a relationship is not good for me.”
“I have to choose between being myself and being close to others.”
to
“I can be close to others without abandoning myself.”
How I work
I work integratively, drawing from psychotherapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Transpersonal Psychology, body-based work, breathwork, energy work, and spiritual exploration.
The tools we use will depend on what you need and on what feels appropriate for your process. Sometimes we may need to talk and understand. Sometimes we may need to slow down and listen to what is happening in the body. Sometimes we may explore the different parts of you that have learned to protect you. Sometimes we may make space for emotions that have been suppressed or pushed away. And sometimes we may explore deeper questions around meaning, spirituality, consciousness, and connection.
There is no single way to come back to yourself. We begin with where you are.
Experience
Private practice in Psychotherapy
Education
Psychology degree in Universidad Anáhuac México
Master degree on integral psychotherapy Universidad de Nebrija España
IFS Internal Family Systems level 1 Barcelona
Training on Psychedelic Integration at ICEERS
VITA woman empowerment coaching
Courses in transpersonal psychotherapy
Services
Intro Call
Individual Session
Insurances
