Analytic psychotherapy enables people to alleviate anxiety and depression, dissolve obstacles created by trauma, and create a meaningful life.
Natasa Starcevich, Psychotherapist
The psychotherapeutic process allows people to shift towards a greater awareness of themselves, their needs, and how they relate with others.
Through the alleviation of emotional and mental distress, quality of life can be significantly improved.
It is apparent that much of our suffering can be traced back to our experiences as children within the family unit and broader socialisation. This is where seeds are planted and take root, influencing the choices we make as we grow, and further compounding developmental blocks from the past. The experience of undergoing my own analysis, and having worked therapeutically with thousands of people over several decades, continues to validate the transformative power of inner work as a way to create a meaningful life. By dissolving emotional suffering and loosening the knots inherited from a difficult past, an improved quality of life becomes possible.
Natasa Starcevich — Bachelor of Psychology, Graduate Degree in Analytic Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy services
Confronting painful experiences and feelings in a safe, therapeutic environment is often life-changing. As we shine light on parts of self that have remained repressed and in the shadows for years, emotional energy is freed up to move through life with greater authenticity. The process of psychotherapy forms a secure container where the ‘true self’ can eventually emerge. In other words, a person can begin to understand themselves and their world in a way that has meaning.
I have extensive experience working with adults over a wide range of issues and social situations, including:
Relationship issues within a couple and for those who are single.
Feelings of depression, emptiness, dissatisfaction, and anxiety.
The impact of domestic and family violence, and sexual assault.
Issues arising from childhood abuse and neglect, including narcissistic parenting.
Toxic family dynamics.
Concerns related to sexuality.
MY approach
My trauma-informed response to therapeutic work is shaped by the individual situation of each person and informed by their unique character structure. Adapting to what you bring to therapy, together we can thoughtfully develop the best method that is personal to your needs and struggles. The individuation of the people I work with is of the utmost importance to me, hence I do not subscribe to the standardised methods or rigid approaches used by many other helping modalities.
The therapeutic process, although partly exploratory, is also concerned with taking action. Newly discovered insights and perspectives are best used to create value and meaning in how we live life moving forward. Good therapy, when applied to the day-to-day act of living, can improve how we feel, function, and behave. It can enhance the quality of how we treat ourselves, and the relationships we have with others. It can begin to dissolve the obstacles, fears, and stagnancy that contribute to the unlived life and the resulting disturbances to mental, and often physical, health.
What is Psychotherapy?
Psychotherapy is a process that helps people deepen awareness of their mental and emotional world. Uncovering what things really mean makes it possible to understand and resolve presenting problems, and the patterns of behaviour and thinking we find ourselves repeating.
How can Psychotherapy help me?
The way we experience everything in life is filtered through our own distinctive psychology. This is determined by what we’ve been through, particularly childhood experiences, family dynamics, significant relationships, and trauma. All experiences of living, such as love or its absence, sexuality, success or lack of it, relationships with family, friends, and colleagues, are informed by our conditioned perspectives, and are therefore well worth exploring.
Dealing with overwhelming and heavy feelings on our own is difficult due to the tendency to get trapped in a closed loop of our own thoughts.
The perspectives and attention of the psychotherapist can allow for expansion and opening up. The discussions we have together can lead to insights and awareness of patterns or significant events that may be contributing to current difficulties, allowing unconscious feelings to be uncovered, felt, and understood. Making these connections often results in feeling more embodied, lighter, and present to life.
The therapeutic process provides fertile ground for life-changing personal growth and individuation. Over several decades, I have worked with thousands of people in their struggle to relieve emotional pain, and to understand themselves and their world in a more comprehensive way.
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All appointments are currently conducted remotely via telehealth.
As a Melbourne-based practitioner, residing and practicing within the inner city, I understand first-hand the impact of Covid-19, and the resulting implications to mental and physical wellbeing. All sessions are currently offered online, via Skype/Zoom, phone, or chat.