Dmitry Gourov
Jungian Psychologist and Professional Coach
My Approach
Sometimes life has a way of knocking us down, when things don't go as planned. In such moments we have a choice - to despair or seek out help. Where you can connect to the center within and listen to your soul. Learn to be honest. Learn to love oneself.I work with what you bring to me: your struggles, your victories, the deep, dark secrets. Shame, guilt, anger, trauma - all have their place, as does your spiritual search. The timeless, and the profane.I believe in the therapeutic relationship but also in setting goals. In taking time for true transformation, reflection, and deep inner work.I offer:1) Fundamental changes through long-term Jungian psychoanalysis. Once established, this is a sacred space, where a deep transformation can occur, with the therapeutic relationship at its core. Today, this method is perhaps the deepest one available to seekers of self-knowledge. It allows for the reemergence of the long-suppressed and forgotten, but still very much alive parts of ourselves. Where we learn to become comfortable with discomfort and bridge the gap between our inner and outer worlds. Where we untangle complex, unresolved inner problems. Using dreams, symbols, myth, art, and metaphor, I help you to move forward and, when needed, backwards. As Sigmund Freud once wrote to Carl Jung, "psychoanalysis in essence is a cure through love, via the development of the therapeutic relationship that reconstructs all previous relationships from a person's biography, reveals gaps, violations, and delays in the emotional development due to traumatic events, and compensates for libidinal deficits. This ultimately leads to an increase and strengthening of libidinal energy, which is the sole source of life."2) Results-oriented work through short-term interventions based on positive psychology – everything that makes life worth living. We focus on cultivating strengths, on flourishing, on growing, and contributing. I tap into coaching psychology, focusing on goals and the future, to help you move forward beyond the dramas of your present life and the expectations of the life you imagine. Together we focus on what is truly important. And gain the clarity on what you want next.Some of the areas I am passionate about:
maximise your potential and reach peak performance
set goals and not burn out in the process
transform your anger into a driving force for progress, rather than allowing it to destroy you
go from wanting more, to being grateful here and now
nurture deep spirituality and the connection to the Divine
go through a career change and flourish as a result
navigate the mid-life crises and the accompanying loss of meaning
talk about immigration and being an expat
engage in deep shadow work to frame your personal myth
understand what it means to be a man or a woman in the modern world
Who am I?
Who am I?I grew up travelling the world with my parents, starting from when I was 10 months old, when we moved from the Soviet Union to the Middle East. Eventually, I felt that I never really fit in anywhere, as every couple of years we moved. When I was a teenager we moved to the Netherlands. Ever since I spent time asking big questions. And seeking answers in religion, spirituality, yoga and philosophy. I found them in my 30's in psychoanalysis, and in my 10 year meditation practice.Before maturing to become a psychologist, I worked at the US Congress, at a boutique consultancy in Oxford, tutored literature, worked as an investment and corporate banker at one of Europe’s oldest banks in Vienna. Felt unfulfilled, left my decade long banking career to become a Jungian psychologist and professional coach. I wrote my graduate work on shadow work in London. And later published it in the journal of The British Psychological Society. I have been in personal analysis for the past 5 years and work under the supervision of an international IAAP Jungian analyst.I lost my father to cancer in my mid-20s, but did not have time to grief him. And when my body began reacting to the daily stress I took a sabbatical to India to look for answers. That trip changed me.I have had my fair share of triumphs and failures. I know what it’s like to hurt. To be lost. To be lonely. To want love. To be anxious, depressed, and really angry. To give it your all, and yet fail and burn out. Perhaps like me, you too have paid the price? And when you look into the mirror, you see a flawed reflection, one that the world recognizes as normal.And yet, I speak not out of theory and books, but from my very life and the resulting transformations.I know the benefit of committing to deep inner work. And I invite you into your personal analysis.
Contact
I am always happy to have an informal 30 min conversation about the opportunity to work together.Clients sometimes tell me: "I don't know what to say". Well, every great conversation starts with a "Hello". Looking forward to receive yours!