Alexandra Kashirskaya

If between-session work feels heavy or stressful, we keep the work inside sessions and focus on in-session practice and integration. If imaginative/visualization exercises aren’t your style, we use concrete, evidence-informed options instead (behavioral experiments, brief skills practice, checklists, problem-solving, communication scripts). Prefer body-based regulation? We’ll lean on grounding, breath, and somatic awareness. Prefer structure? We’ll use CBT tools like thought records and clear step-by-step plans. The method serves you—not the other way around. Individualized & collaborative. We co-define goals, agree on pace, and review what helps, adjusting quickly. Whole-person focus. We track emotions, body cues, thoughts, and behavior in the room—then translate this into small, repeatable steps between sessions (only if useful for you). Evidence-informed tools. Where helpful, I draw on CBT elements (thought records, behavioral experiments), nervous-system regulation skills, and attachment-aware work. My ongoing trainings allow me to integrate new, well-supported methods without losing clarity or focus. Couples therapy. I’m trained in the Gottman Method and use research-based tools to strengthen friendship and intimacy, de-escalate conflict, and build shared meaning. Sessions are structured yet compassionate, with clear take-home practices when they’re helpful. Therapy can be short-term and focused (targeting a specific problem) or longer-term and exploratory (patterns, identity, old injuries). Either way, we work toward clearer choices, steadier self-support, and relationships that feel more aligned.

since 2021 - Work in private practice, Vienna (in person and online) Mai 2019 - March 2022 - work in Sigmund Freud University Outpatient Clinic Nov 2018 - Jun 2019 - klinisches psychosoziales Praktikum in Maimonides Zentrum Gmbh

Previous experience - senior management roles in international companies across diverse industries

2024 - Magister of Psychotherapy Science, Sigmund Freud University, Vienna

• Integrative Gestalt Institute, Vienna 2019 - Bachelor of Psychotherapy Science, Sigmund Freud University, Vienna 2003 - MBA, Open University of London, UK