Jacques B RIFF
Gestalt therapist
Available for new clients
I offer support to expat adults using the potential of gestalt therapy to deal with anxiety, depression, intimacy and sexual concerns, separations, life transitions, relational problems, narcissistic alterations
I specialize in:
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About me
I’m a French certified gestalt psychotherapist with 20 years of experience.
I have lived a significant part of my life outside my home country (North Africa, Japan, Europe). I’m currently established in Comoros Islands, which is a promising territory to explore and understand -for me and the people I assist- various aspects of their personal health growth.
I’m particularly sensitive to the uniqueness of each single human being and this requires me tailoring and adjust the therapeutic processes to make it suitable for each one.
I believe that the establishment of a healthy therapeutic relationship is one of the most powerful tool to progress and grow.
I speak:
French
Location:
Vancouver, Canada
Approach
Treatment Approaches
Gestalt therapyRecommended for those who want to focus on the present and take responsibility for their feelings and actions to promote personal growth.
You will be invited into a safe space of genuine dialogue. In my work I focus on building trustworthy client-therapist alliance, where one can feel safe and confident to be themselves. I work within the framework of gestalt therapy, which is an intersection of humanistic and existential approaches where the client is an active participant of the therapy process. I will help you to focus on self-awareness by offering new perspectives and effective changes through a deeper understanding of the present and one's thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and the related patterns. Our work will promote the reestablishment of an authentic contact with others, a creative adjustment to the environment, as well as an awareness of the mechanisms that often push us to some repetitive unhealthy behaviors. The therapy will be about restoring life and flexibility, allowing you to build healthy and nourishing relationships in a creative way, regaining good mental, physical and social health.
Experience
25 years in practiceOver 1 year at It's Complicated
I have 20 years of experience in education (secondary school, university), coaching, counselling and leading psychotherapy.
My main clients are adults, couples, high level athletes
I also create workshops, programs and seminars in Font Romeu (France) for companies
I’m under constant supervision and continue to work on myself to be able to offer the best possible services I can to my clients
Education
1998
First level go Gestalt Certification EPG (Ecole parisienne de gestalt, Paris)
1999 -2000
Second cycle certification in Gestalt Therapy professional Practice. EPG Paris; Champ G institute (Lille)
2002-2004
Intensive program 3ème cycle in gestalt Therapy professional practice Certification (Lille)
2013
Program of advanced study in Gestalt PGRO « Narcissism and self esteem » Montreal
1998-till now
Under contant supervision
Others :
- Sabbatical leave in University of California San Diego (UCSD), Laboratory of comparative Human Cognition (Michae Cole)
- Phd Education (Cognitive Anthropology). Montpellier University
- Master degree in Psychology and Ergonomics
- Master degree in Physical Education
First level go Gestalt Certification EPG (Ecole parisienne de gestalt, Paris)
1999 -2000
Second cycle certification in Gestalt Therapy professional Practice. EPG Paris; Champ G institute (Lille)
2002-2004
Intensive program 3ème cycle in gestalt Therapy professional practice Certification (Lille)
2013
Program of advanced study in Gestalt PGRO « Narcissism and self esteem » Montreal
1998-till now
Under contant supervision
Others :
- Sabbatical leave in University of California San Diego (UCSD), Laboratory of comparative Human Cognition (Michae Cole)
- Phd Education (Cognitive Anthropology). Montpellier University
- Master degree in Psychology and Ergonomics
- Master degree in Physical Education
Cost
Individual Session
€79
Low incomes groups
€55
couple session (80 mn)
€140
Free contact session
€0
Insurances
Private Insurance
At a glance
Last active
Experienced on It's ComplicatedOver 1 year on It's Complicated
Your story is important.Feel free to contact me here if you feel that we could be a good fit.
Usually responds within 24 hours
Usually responds within 24 hours