Mayra Bagnoli

Do you feel overwhelmed, lost, confused? Do you feel like life throws changes at you which you cannot understand or handle? Do you feel hopeless, weak, lonely? Are you unsure of your goals, confused about relationships, or unmotivated and stressed out? Life does not have to be this hard! Together we can explore new ways to see life and to deal with difficult times; you will learn to understand your own strengths, to seek creative ways to deal with your emotions, to learn new and effective ways to communicate and achieve the results you want. You will understand the coping methods you have been using and will identify the ones that serve you well versus the ones that get in the way to conquer your dream life... I know it might sound overly positive but helping a lot of people to become stronger and empowered to choose their own paths in life have made me confident in my ability to empathize and problem solve with my clients. I absolutely love helping my clients to clarify their own values, heal from old wounds and get in touch with their resilience and healing power. Witnessing self-growth is magical, it is humbling, it is life-changing! Helping clients to go through life changes is my passion; frequently people get stuck because they are learning a new role, or they have changed and their old choices do not fit their lives anymore. A myriad of feelings can flood you and the intensity might feel paralyzing... There is where our partnership makes a difference. I will help you to see and understand your feelings, assist you to find healthy expression for all feelings, and also to learn tools that will help you to feel in control yet being able to be spontaneous. I know that therapy sounds intimidating; having to open up feelings that have been hiding inside you in front of a stranger feels is almost like getting naked in public... I am calming, nurturing and I respect my client's timing. I will never violate your trust by pushing you too hard or inducing you to make choices that are not aligned with your own needs and values. I believe in short-term therapy; I do not want to have my clients depending on our relationship to feel great. Therapy for me is like rehabilitating a broken bone. At first, you need help to be "in place", to be supported intensely. Then you can have the cast out and start trying to walk on your own; still with the help of a walker, a crutch, or a cane... Progressively you become more able to rely on your own to walk and eventually you will be running freely, in the direction of your dreams... Most of my clients see me for a period of time and never return; a few might come periodically and some of them need to come for further therapy... Nothing wrong with either of these options. It is about your needs and your comfort level; I am flexible to work with you based on your own perceived needs. I do not work with people who are active addicts. I believe that in order to benefit from therapy, you need to be clean and sober; being under the influence of drugs will affect your judgement and your ability to achieve insight. I however do not have any problem working with people who are in recovery; they actually can be great clients as hardship has made them more self-aware than the average person. Through therapy, you will better all of your relationships especially the most important of them; your relationship with yourself! You have the ability to build the life of your dreams and it is hard to build such an important thing on your own. I would love to be a partner in this ride and hopefully, together we will make it become a joy ride!