Everything begins with your appeal. You text me and ask clarifying questions, if you have any, then we appoint an introductory session. It's free and lasts for an hour or a little bit less. Its purpose is to make acquaintance and discuss your request, our working conditions, possible approaches to your situation and to decide wether we should begin our work together.

If we make a decision to begin, I offer a standard contract for 10 one-hour long sessions, repeating once a week, at a current fixed cost. We choose a fixed time (we can reschedule if necessary, but it's best to keep a stable schedule) and hold 10 consultations, during which we will see if we can manage to change your life effectively. At the end of this initial period of 10 sessions, which lasts for a little more than 2 months, we discuss the results gained during this time and decide whether we should keep moving. If so, we discuss individually what new duration we are focusing on, what we expect from this work and what the price is.

I work with adults from early to late maturity (from 23 to 55 years old approximately).

I don't specialize in family counseling, but I can consult families and couples on request. In this case I invite a second psychologist as a co-counselorand we carry a 1,5 hours long session.

Everything we discuss during our sessions, including the fact you personally applied to me at all, is a confidential information. I can violate confidentiality only if there is a threat to your life or the life of others and on the request of the court.
In any other case I can only discuss the material from our sessions in generalized and anonymized form in the framework of obtaining supervision or other forms of professional support (Balint groups, intervision, etc.).
At the same time, it should be understood that communication via the Internet can never be 100% secure and anonymous, and I do not guarantee the absence of technical data leakage, even though I take all the reasonable measures to prevent it.

Each session is paid separately, immediately before or immediately after, through the payment form that I send you, in any convenient way for you. If desired, we can agree on a prepayment for several consultations in advance, but it is usually better to pay separately for each one.

You can stop our work any time you want even without warning, but if you feel any king of discomfort, have any doubts about the efficacy of our work and have a desire to stop, I strongly recommend you to tell me beforehand, and come to at least one more session to discuss it.

I don't perform clinical diagnostics nor write prescriptions, but I can recommend you to be examined by a physician (psychiatrist, endocrinologist, urologist/gynecologist etc.), if I deem it necessary.

You don't have to tell me everything about your life or say truth only, but the fuller and more honest you speak, the more efficiently we can work.

The amount of time it gets to see the results of our work is highly individual, in some situations a person can take a big step forward after the introductory session, for other people weeks may pass before the first results. In almost any case, some progress should appear during the first 10 sessions, but its scale can be very different.

It is impossible to say how quickly the problem will be solved, but it can be said that some problem is unlikely to be solved faster than a certain time. I cannot name the maximum term of work, but I can estimate the minimum one after getting to know you and your situation.

For some requests other psychological help methods will work better. If I think another way suits you better, I will recommend you to apply to a subject matter expert. For example, for eating disorders, it is better to consult a CBT-oriented specialist rather than a psychodynamic psychologist, and for chemical addictions it is better to work with a narcologist.

The presence of clinically significant mental disorders, confirmed by a psychiatrist, is not a definite disqualifying factor, but I will ask you to remain under the supervision of the your psychiatrist in parallel with our work. I will also need to be able to coordinate with your doctor to find the best way to help you.

Parallel work with me and another psychologist is not prohibited, but also not recommended. This approach can reduce the effectiveness and transparency of counseling.

As a practicing individual consultant, group leader, methodologist, lecturer and business-trainer with specialized education and experience, I can help with any of these spheres: supervision for consultants and couches, assistance with training, lecture or curriculum development.
If you work in the fields of psychology, education or public speaking and want to consult or get my help - contact me, we will discuss how I can be useful to you.