Nadia Samuelsson

Here's your therapeutic approach condensed to 4900 characters: My Holistic Approach - Making You Whole Again A holistic approach means to "make whole." When you come exhausted from being perpetually "on guard," disconnected from yourself, stuck in survival mode, we don't just look at "the problem." We explore all of you—your body holding trauma, relationships mirroring old patterns, environment triggering you, culture that shaped you, and worldview framing everything. You're not broken—you're fragmented. Trauma splits us: the people-pleaser, the part that shuts down, the hypervigilant scanner, the part yearning for connection but fearing it. My role is helping you integrate these aspects, making your system "whole" again. My Integrative Approach: I blend EMDR to process trapped memories and calm anxious brains, Somatic Experiencing to rebuild your body's capacity for safety and aliveness, Emotion-Focused Therapy to transform overwhelming feelings into understood needs, and ACT to help you take action even when depression whispers "why bother?" The Power of Resourcing (Somatic Experiencing): Before diving into difficult memories, we build resources—felt experiences of safety your nervous system forgot: Anxiety: Finding calm islands in your body where anxiety doesn't live Depression: Reconnecting with micro-moments of pleasure when everything feels numb Trauma: Building capacity to hold difficult sensations without overwhelm We discover what feels genuinely good, create embodied anchors for when panic rises, and teach your nervous system to pendulate between activation and settling. We go slow to go fast. The Power of Emotions (Emotion-Focused Therapy): Your emotions are messengers about unmet needs. Through EFT: Anxiety: That racing heart might be unexpressed anger about boundaries or grief about safety you never had. We locate where anxiety lives and discover what it's protecting. Depression: Under numbness lies rage with nowhere to go, unwitnessed grief, or dangerous disappointment. We gently awaken buried emotions to restore aliveness. Trauma: We differentiate defensive emotions from primary emotions needing healing. "If those tears could speak, what would they say?" We identify unmet needs and create corrective emotional experiences now. The Power of Processing (EMDR): EMDR helps your brain process stuck memories: Anxiety: Panic attacks rooted in old memories get properly filed so they stop hijacking your present Depression: "I'm worthless" becomes "I survived something difficult" Trauma: Flashbacks integrate from "it's still happening" to "it's over now" The Power of Values (ACT): ACT helps you take committed action even while struggling: Anxiety: Carry anxiety while moving toward values instead of waiting to feel calm Depression: When motivation's gone, reconnect with your "why" and take tiny meaningful steps Trauma: Move from survival-based to value-based choices How We Work Together: You're the expert on your experience; I'm your guide. Together we'll: Build resources so your anxious system can rest Learn to hold emotions without drowning or shutting down Process what keeps you stuck in panic or numbness loops Transform symptoms into messengers about needs Move from surviving to authentic responding My Specialties: Complex PTSD & Trauma: Adults who grew up responsible for everyone else's emotions while theirs didn't matter. These experiences leave you disconnected, anxious about reactions, depressed from self-abandonment. Anxiety: Not just managing symptoms but understanding what anxiety protects you from, calming your nervous system at its roots, transforming your relationship with uncertainty. Depression: Beyond "think positive"—understanding depression as shutdown response to overwhelming feelings, gently reconnecting with sensation, emotion, purpose. Expat Challenges: As someone who's lived in four countries, I understand constant adaptation exhaustion, identity confusion, not-belonging depression, leaving-everything-behind grief. We differentiate what needs healing from what needs cultural navigation. The Journey: Start with resourcing—finding safety in anxious bodies, pleasure in depressed systems. Explore what symptoms tell you. Process old pain with new resources. Integrate anxiety and depression as messengers, not enemies. Transform from disconnection to embodied aliveness. You'll move from "I'm too much/not enough" to "I am exactly who I'm meant to be." Practical Details: 60-minute sessions (flexible when more time's needed) 90-minute sessions for EMDR Walking therapy: Torre del Mar, Caleta de Vélez, Algarrobo, Nerja English or Spanish sessions Culturally sensitive approach honouring multicultural experience You don't have to keep surviving. It's time to feel, understand, and finally live.

2014-2015 Student psychologist. Universidad San Francisco de Quito. Quito, Ecuador. 2015-2016. (5 months) Training psychologist in a psychiatric unit, Hospital Psiquiatrico Julio Endara. Quito, Ecuador. 2017-2018 (5 months) Training Psychologist in Crisis Psychiatric Unit, HESTIA International Psychotherapy Centre. Barcelona, Spain. 2017-2018 (5 months) Forensic psychologist trainee, Centre Penitenciari Brians. Barcelona, Spain. 2018-2019 Forensic Psychologist. Servicio Nacional de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses. Quito, Ecuador. 2020-2024 Psychologist. Yes We Can Youth Clinics. Tilburg, Netherlands. 2024-Current. Leading Psychologist. Camino Recovery Centre. Malaga, Spain.

2015. BSc in psychology with one year of Clinical Psychology specialisation from Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ). 2016. MSc. Victimology and Criminal Justice from Tilburg, Netherlands (TIU). 2017. MSc. Legal, Forensic and Criminologic Psycopathology from Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC). 2020. EFT training. Level A & B. 2020. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy training from PAO Psychology Institute Netherlands. 2021. Acceptance and Commitment training. 2023. Certification as an EMDR therapist from the London Centre of EMDR. 2024. MSc. Third Generation Therapies from International University of Valencia (VIU)