Kate Skuibida
Counsellor & Couples Counsellor
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About me
I am a psychoanalyst and systemic constellations facilitator with over 10 years of practice working with individuals and couples. More than 1,000 hours of psychoanalytic training and personal analysis, and a lived understanding that real change takes time, honesty, and a good working therapeutic alliance.
I trained at the International Institute of Depth Psychology. I completed personal training analysis and supervised my clinical practice. I am a member of the Ukrainian Psychoanalytic Union, and am currently completing my International Systemic Family Constellations certification.
My work integrates psychoanalytic and systemic perspectives to support deep and meaningful transformation.
My training spans adult psychoanalytic practice, couples and family therapy, psychodynamic art therapy, child and adolescent psychoanalysis, transgenerational and trauma-informed work, somatic experiencing, integrative work with family systems, family constellations, and depth-oriented organizational consulting.
I am deeply grateful to all my clients for the experience we've shared, which gives me a lasting appreciation for structure, systems, and the ways in which individuals, couples, families, and organizations carry their own unconscious dynamics.
I remain curious, surprised, and often profoundly moved, even sometimes mesmerized, by the divine beauty of the psyche and systemic wisdom, by the way it can turn into something qualitatively new with such fluidity, grace, intelligence, being a creative force itself.
All of this background shapes how I work: with attention to what lies beneath, and care for the whole person sitting across from me, their system and relations.
Education & Training
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Diploma of Advanced Training in Psychoanalysis from "International Institute of Depth Psychology"
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Master's Degree, Kharkiv Humanitarian University
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Ukrainian Psychoanalytic Union - registered member
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International Systemic Family Constellations Certification (ongoing)
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Specialisations: non-neurotic structures, couples & family therapy, psychodynamic art therapy, Borderline & Narcissistic Structures and Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP), SFBT, child & adolescent psychoanalysis, Emotion-Focused Therapy, psychoanalytic coaching, business and organisational consultation
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Approach
For me it is all about a kind presence and a safe space, where people come and work with their issues without any judgement, in a respectful manner. I often serve as a “compassionate companion” on the journey of self-exploration, using the psychoanalytic process and family constellation techniques to help connect past experiences with present feelings and behaviors. We explore thoughts, feelings, memories, dreams, body sensations to uncover unconscious dynamics and patterns. So to understand them. This understanding launches the necessary movement, which then changes the dynamics. I always integrate somatic, bodily experience into the work because our body never lies: no matter what ambitions or ideas we may have we can always check them with our body if it is good or bad for us. When we do constellations online we may use different tools like wooden dolls, pieces of paper, felt floor markers, etc., but most often I would accompany the clients in their therapeutic “walk” in the imaginary field, where with my meditative support they move step by step, visualizing, deeply feeling, sensing their bodies, naming and talking through everything that happened and needs to be uncovered in order to be healed. Such a process powerfully reveals hidden entanglements, family dynamics and open a path to change. Throughout, I blend depth (psychoanalysis, constellations) with practical tools (mindfulness, grounding, gentle movement, somatic experience) so that the work feels balanced and healing. My ultimate goal is to help you gain insight, resilience and freedom – in your relationships, love and work and within yourself – by transforming old loyalties and stories into the narrative that you feel is truly yours.
