That Tipsy Session
“This is the first time in years that I am feeling proud of myself,” Chris announces with a timid smile. His eyes are unusually bright,...
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ExpatsTherapy Blog
The objective of this blog is to give an idea of how I practice psychotherapy. Knowing what to expect could be useful for any one considering therapy, especially if it is the first time.
As illustrations, I often use case material from my practice. The general concept do come from real life situations, but the information about the individuals is always made ‘anonymous’, with most personal details altered so that no third-party may recognise them, because the privacy of my clients is paramount.
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Anastasia Piatakhina Giré
- May 28, 2020
Stuck in a cold shower
Every time I opened the door to Jane, I instantly recognized her odour. This used to rattle me at the very beginning of our work...
Anastasia Piatakhina Giré
- Apr 14, 2020
Moving Online
In the current climate, shaken by the COVID-19 pandemic, therapists, like other professionals from the mental health field, are...
Anastasia Piatakhina Giré
- Feb 6, 2020
On hold
He would reach out to me roughly once a year, usually during the summer, to let me know that he was still thinking about the work
Anastassia Piatakhina Giré
- Aug 9, 2019
Internal Emigration & Online Therapy
“I was born in the wrong place,” one of my online clients told me. She is someone with fidgety feet and a knotty relationship with her...
Anastassia Piatakhina Giré
- Apr 3, 2019
Online Therapy: An Unexpected Space of Freedom
Engaging in therapy is something that even Westerners do not enter into lightly. It requires taking a risk in opening themselves to a strang
Anastasia Piatakhina Giré
- Feb 13, 2019
Language as Boundary
In environments where we must put up with an intrusive parent who does not respect our boundaries, or with a totalitarian state that scrambl
Anastassia Piatakhina Giré
- Feb 7, 2019
Hotel Room Therapy
As I offer therapy online, many highly mobile and displaced individuals naturally drift into my practice. We meet in a couchless space unatt
Anastassia Piatakhina Giré
- Jul 16, 2018
A Barbie in Paris
This is the unkind thought that crossed my mind as I opened the door and greeted her. I felt bad; a spark of shame made me smile a bit more
Anastasia Piatakhina Giré
- May 30, 2018
Why Therapists Choose Online Therapy for Themselves
More and more fellow therapists contact me to seek online therapy (through video-conferencing) for themselves. They come from various...
Anastassia Piatakhina Giré
- Dec 6, 2017
PhDs in Therapy
Young academics are often reluctant to disclose mental health problems to their universities out of fear of stigmatization and punishment in
Anastassia Piatakhina Giré and Joseph Burgo
- Jun 23, 2017
Are High-Risk Clients Suitable for Online Psychotherapy?
When we first began practicing online via the Skype interface, each of us felt a similar trepidation. Four or five years ago when we started
Anastasia Piatakhina Giré
- Feb 18, 2017
Why Online Therapy
When I think about why clients choose online therapy, the first intuitive answer that comes to mind is about convenience: the comfort of...
Anastasia Piatakhina Giré
- Sep 16, 2016
Dreamwork in Stereo
Are you multilingual? Have you ever tried to explore your dreams in therapy using several languages? It could almost be its own kind of...
Anastasia Piatakhina Giré
- Jul 7, 2016
Post-Brexit Therapy
I am not British, nor do I live in the UK. And yet, I feel compelled to write this post. I consider myself European. As it has been for...
Anastasia Piatakhina Giré
- May 2, 2016
The Multiple Languages of Therapy
Earlier published on http://www.psychotherapy.net/blog/title/the-multiple-languages-of-therapy We only had one therapy session with Inna....
Anastasia Piatakhina Giré
- Feb 16, 2016
Look at me!
Many people struggle to fully meet their therapist’s eyes at the beginning. Particularly those who are shy or introverted. The warmth,...
Anastassia Piatakhina Giré
- Feb 5, 2016
House Call Revival
- Welcome to my house. We had been meeting for a month already, but this was the first time Nick connected from his flat for our weekly...
Anastasia Piatakhina Giré
- Jan 14, 2016
Our resolutions' dragon
The media have been throwing at us their copious ‘New Year’s resolutions’ titles. Celebrities eagerly share their own vows, psychologists...
Anastasia Piatakhina Gire
- Nov 17, 2015
A little girl in a dark corner
Some mornings Nora would wake up, and the little girl would be there. She would always be curled up in the darkest corner of the room,...
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