Veronika Cimermanova

Born in Slovakia, I have lived and worked in the Czech Republic, the United States, and Spain. I hold an MA in Psychology and since 2012 a certification from the Ministry of Health to work in health care. I worked on a crisis child hotline and 24/7 mental health support line providing online and face-to-face counseling and short-term sessions. Trained in systemic approach (solution-focused therapy and narrative therapy) and in 2017 completed a 4-year long internationally accredited training in group analytic psychotherapy in Prague. Since 2009 I have been working with international university students and adults offering mental health support in different formats: running a college counseling center, coordinating EAP mental health support services in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Russian Federation, and collaborating with the EAP service as a psychotherapist to this day. My main focus is on individual and group psychotherapy with adolescent and adult clients suffering from mental health issues within the psychiatric area or outside. I have been working therapeutically with people struggling with all sorts of issues, e.g. depression, anxiety, panic attacks, emotional instability, bipolar and psychotic disorders, as well as relationship and family problems, management of stress, conflicts in the family or at the workplace, self-esteem/confidence, and lately also working more clients suffering from the PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). I do not believe in offering universal advice. I prefer to look for meaningful insights with my clients who are the ones deciding whether they work for them or not. In my therapeutic work, I like to use an integrative approach getting inspiration from a variety of psychotherapeutic and the main purpose of my work is to help the client find their own way to achieve a better quality of life and live the best live they possibly can in the context that is unique to each one of them.