Dmitry Gourov

Jungian Psychologist and Professional Coach

You are functioning well on the outside — but inside something feels off. Then, let's talk in complete confidentiality.

What I Offer Is Simple. And Rare

A space where everything belongs. In the spirit of Carl Jung, I create a temenos — a container. Inside it, the raw, uncomfortable material—shadow, desire, contradiction—is held steady instead of spilling out. Your doubts. Your struggles. Your anger. Your hunger to be more. The suffering. The parts you’ve spent years hiding. The brilliance you’ve been afraid to own. The despair that whispers - it’s too late. I meet it all - with respect. With curiosity. Honouring your experiences, not bypassing them. This isn’t comfort; it’s a controlled burn, where what’s false gets stripped away and something real can take its place.The chaos ripping through your life. What if it isn’t bad luck — but your shadow screaming for integration?Erupting in ways that devastate until finally met:
- Addictions promising escape but chaining you tighter, deepening the void.
- Compulsive, transactional sex hiding deep loneliness and fear of true intimacy.
- Crushing financial losses — money vanishing like sand — forcing you to face what you've long avoided.
- A relentless identity crisis: the old self shatters, nothing feels solid anymore.
- Anger flares up for no clear reason - sometimes rage completely takes over, you lash out, then drown in regret and self-loathing.On the outside, life looks perfect.But inside? A voice that never shuts up: tired, empty, overwhelmed, anxious, stuck in the same damn patterns. So the psyche does what it’s wired to – it scrambles for relief. More achievement, more thinking, more pleasing, more scrolling, more drinking, more numbness. Not moral failures. Survival strategies — inherited, unconscious, automatic. But survival is the cage.What I offer:1. Deep Change through Jungian Psychoanalysis.A sacred, no-BS space to slow down and finally listen to what’s underneath. We untangle the knots. We bring forgotten, painful parts back to life. We use dreams, symbols, myth, art, metaphor — because symbols heal what logic never could. I help you to move forward and, when needed, backwards.We face the shadow—not as darkness, but as disowned pieces of you that need to come home. No judgment. No “be good.” Just ownership. Learn to become comfortable with discomfort. And bridge the gap between your inner and outer world. Because what you reject doesn’t vanish—it returns with a vengeance.Then we uncover your personal myth. Who you really are. Where you’re actually going. Beyond the clichés, the masks, the stories that keep you small. Beyond the pressure to fit in the collective story. The goal? To individuate, and live your potential as the ultimate prize. To live and lead with authenticity and compassion. As a leader at work, and as a person at home.This work isn’t easy. It demands humility, the sacrifice of illusion, embracing the shadow, and the symbolic death of your old self. But it delivers: grounded potency, authentic love, creative fire, true responsibility, fulfilling relationships, confidence in chaos, the strength to face hard truths, the freedom from chasing quick-fixes, and the rare strength to be mature.2. Focused Performance Coaching — For What Comes NextStuck between the dramas of your current life and the life you actually want? Let’s get moving. 6–10 sessions. Time-bound. Focused. Accountable. We clarify your real values and your WHY — not someone else’s scorecard. You take action — without burning out. We cover career pivots, team dynamics, strategy, or the next chapter. And yes — we engage the unconscious: symbols, dreams, fresh perspectives — because rational talk alone often fails.You might recognize yourself here:

  • I am a high performer, but terrified of intimacy — and end up in unfulfilling relationships time after time, and I sabotage my relationships

  • I have a good career and life. But I feel profoundly empty and lonely. And I start to question myself and my choices. Am I the odd one?

  • Even with outward success, I feel lost, misunderstood and powerless — living someone else’s life. Barely keeping my depression at bay.

  • I put my needs and desires last... I avoid the hard conversations...still trying to be "nice/good"

  • I set goals, then procrastinate. Rage takes over — at myself, at loved ones — then self-loathing.

  • I've tasted the dark world of porn, escorts, compulsive sex, and uncontrolled masturbation. Want out...but stuck.

  • I've tasted profound spiritual openings — moments of pure unity, awe, the divine breaking through — but there's no one safe to share them with. No one who won't dismiss, judge, or pathologize.

Two Carl Jung quotes that guide my work:
- "There is no coming to consciousness without pain".
- " Who looks outside dreams, who looks inside awakens."If you've come reading this far, something inside of you yearns for change. Ready to stop managing the symptoms and face the cause?
Let’s talk in complete confidentiality. Book the free 15-min vibe check.

Who am I?

I feel that I have lived three lives. One in the world of finance - markets, pressure, numbers that never sleep. One on the road — traveling across continents, soaking up cultures, and chasing belief systems. And one in the deep, inner terrain of the psyche with years of analysis, meditation, prayer, shadow work, and facing the parts of myself I used to run from. What I offer you draws on all three.I grew up traveling the world. First with my parents, starting at just 10 months old when we left the Soviet Union for the Middle East. Then to the Netherlands, first when I was a school boy and then when I was a teenager. International schools became my "home." But home never really felt like home. New country. New faces. New rules. And every time... I lost friends. Real friends. The kind you think will last forever. With every move, I was trying to blend in. Smiling on the outside. Searching on the inside. That made me search for answers early in life. Religion. Spirituality. Yoga. Lot's of books. And self-development. And eventually, Carl Jung’s analytical psychology and my own meditation practice. Finally I felt at home. Not in a place... but inside myself. And if you're reading this right now, feeling that same ache...That same quiet search for something deeper...I get it. Because I've lived it.In my mid-20s, cancer took my father. Just like that. But there was no time to grieve. To fall apart. So I did the only thing I knew how to do back then: I buried it. Pushed it down. And kept moving.I worked for a U.S. Congressman on Capitol Hill, consulted at a boutique economics firm in Oxford, and tutored literature on the side. And for more than a decade after that, I was an economist and investment banker at one of Europe’s oldest banks in Vienna. Board-level meetings. Traders on the floor, not just algorithms. Global investors. Helping manage serious money. I know exactly what it takes to perform under pressure. I could deliver. I did deliver. But here’s what I learned the hard way: You can win at the game… and still wake up feeling completely empty. When success is disconnected from your soul, it doesn’t feel like winning. It feels like surviving. I spent years being very good at surviving. Now I’m focused on something else entirely. Being fully alive.There came a moment when I walked away from finance. Not to escape.
I walked away to finally go deeper. When my body began reacting to the daily stress, I took a six month sabbatical. And went to India to look for answers. That trip changed me. What started as a search, led to my Grail quest, as in the old stories. Or the search for enlightenment, as it is know in the East. What Tyler Durden nailed in one brutal line: “This is your life… and it’s ending one minute at a time.” I felt that. What started as a desperate hunt for real meaning...quietly turned into something else entirely. A profession. I became a Jungian psychologist. And a professional coach.While studying in London, I wrote my graduate thesis on the shadow. Those hidden suppressed, rejected, denied parts of ourselves we spend lifetimes avoiding. That work was published by The British Psychological Society. I’ve sat in personal analysis for many years. I work under professional supervision. I’ve done — and still do — the real inner work. My experiences have taught me a brutal, beautiful truth: to look within. Not unlike Oedipus, who blinds himself to truly see. If you feel that same pull, towards something more. Have hunger for something real. Then, I’m here ready to help you find your answers.

Contact

I am happy to have an informal 15 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!