It’s about time for a new introduction - I’m so glad you are here!
Hi, I’m Janna. 🙋🏻♀️ I’m a psychologist and psychotherapist in training from Germany. During the last decade, I’ve been mostly living and working in Sweden and for some time also in the UK. Some years ago, I returned to Germany for my training in #psychodynamic #psychotherapy. My account here is in English to connect with as many of you as possible. Please feel free to also reach out to me in German or Swedish 🥰
For a long time, I’ve been fascinated by #psychoanalysis, the unconscious and inner conflicts. I am used to thinking about early life experiences and especially relations as building blocks for the human psyche. During recent years, I’ve started to more and more see the impact the individual neurodevelopment has and how it interacts with a person’s story, their experiences and personality. #Neurodiversity needs to be addressed besides our childhood story and our inner conflicts. In my view, this is a helpful extension and enrichment of my psychodynamic thinking.
Integrative approaches are important to me, because I believe in tailoring therapy to each individual patient. It is about treating humans and not about a specific idea or model. So, we have to fit theories and approaches to the individual person instead of making them fit into our theoretical boxes.
I hold a PhD in developmental psychology. My research was in #embodied cognitive science and looked at the link between body movement (reaching) and cognition (executive functions) during the first two years of life. I originally came to study early childhood development, because I wanted to learn about the early preverbal years - those years, we can’t explicitly remember and which are at the same time very formative for our personality. I believe that this knowledge additionally helps to understand people, their individual histories and their upbringing.
These were some words about me, now I’d like to hear from you! Tell me, how did you come to be interested in #trauma, embodiment, #neurodivergence or psychotherapy.
7 months ago