Armon Simonett

I take care over the therapeutic relationship. The cognitive-behavioural and method-integrative postgraduate psychotherapy training is the base. In the work I draw on schema therapy, ACT, IRRT and Mindful Self-Compassion. I often do Mindful Self-Compassion exercises with the people I see. As I use it, the point is to treat yourself the way good parents would, to settle the inner critic and to be kinder to yourself.

I try to bring the stance of Nonviolent Communication into how I relate to other people and to myself. I also practise mindfulness myself, including yoga and meditation. What I am aiming for is that, through the conversations and the interventions, you notice you can help yourself, and that things ease over time.

The work I have the most experience in is depression, burnout, anxiety and addiction. I have worked with a wide range of difficulties beyond that list.

I am a federally recognised psychotherapist. The postgraduate course, with a cognitive-behavioural and method-integrative focus, was at the Akademie für Verhaltenstherapie und Methodenintegration (AIM).