Nevena Gojkovic Turunz

No two people arrive at therapy with the same story — and that is exactly how I approach our work together. I bring an unusual combination to the therapy room: the training of a systemic therapist, the lens of a sociologist, and the lived experience of someone who has built a life across cultures.
I have lived and studied in Poland, Spain, and Turkey, and have navigated the richness and challenges of an intercultural family and raising children between two worlds. This lived experience shapes how I work — with genuine curiosity, warmth, and a deep understanding of what it means to feel caught between identities, cultures, or chapters of life.
Many of my clients come to me at a crossroads — young adults finding their footing and sense of self in the world, parents adjusting to the profound shift that comes with raising children, individuals and families living far from home, and couples who feel stuck in the same patterns or are navigating the complexity of loving across cultures. I also work with people going through separation, divorce, or the end of a significant relationship.
My background in sociology means I bring a broader lens to therapy — one that looks beyond the individual to understand the wider context each person is part of. I pay close attention to how family dynamics, cultural expectations, gender roles, and power dynamics shape the way we experience ourselves and our relationships. For clients navigating diaspora, discrimination, or the in-betweenness of belonging to more than one world, this perspective offers a space where those experiences are not just acknowledged, but central to our work. Many people arrive feeling that something is "wrong" with them — but often, what they carry makes complete sense once we look at the systems and expectations that shaped it. Naming this can be profoundly relieving.
In our work, we don't just focus on symptoms, but on understanding the patterns and contexts that sustain them. Drawing on systemic family therapy, we explore the roles, unspoken expectations, and dynamics that develop within relationships. With emotionally focused therapy and attachment theory, we make sense of the deeper emotional experiences beneath conflict, distance, or disconnection — often rooted in a need for closeness, safety, and understanding. I also integrate narrative therapy to help you gently examine and reshape the stories you hold about yourself — especially those shaped by past experiences or cultural expectations — so they can become more supportive and aligned with who you are today.
Together, we work toward greater emotional clarity, more secure and meaningful relationships, and a stronger, more grounded sense of self — so you can feel more connected, at ease, and able to move forward in your life.