Ekaterina Florenskaya is a family psychologist, psychosomatic counselor, member of the “International Women’s Union”. She works in an integrative approach, combining classical counseling, systemic family therapy, emotionally focused and emotionally imaginative therapy, the PSY 2.0 method and bodywork.
From engineer to psychologist
Ekaterina’s path to psychology began long before graduation. Even as a teenager, she noticed a trait that she calls her main professional feature today: it’s easy for people to trust her. Friends shared the most intimate things — how to build relationships, how to survive the first love, how to figure yourself out. Ekaterina was able to listen in such a way that a person felt it was safe to tell the truth here.
Then she seriously considered going to study psychology. But life turned out differently — Ekaterina studied to be an engineer and worked for many years in a completely different field, far from talking about feelings and inner peace. And yet the craving for psychology has not gone away. At some point, she realized that she was ready to return to what had resonated with her since her youth, and she began to retrain consciously as an adult who knows exactly what she wants.
Ekaterina is currently completing her Master’s degree in family counseling and psychotherapy. She has a diploma of professional retraining as a practical psychologist and consultant in psychosomatics, as well as a number of additional programs, from working with metaphorical maps to practicing socio-psychological training with older people.
Who does Ekaterina work with
Ekaterina’s practice grew out of different requests, and it is important for her to tell about each of them.
Married couples who find themselves in crisis come to her — when feelings seem to have cooled down, resentments have accumulated, and the conversation with each other no longer works out. Here, her task is to help each other hear each other anew, not to look for who is right.
A separate area is teenagers and their parents. This is perhaps the most frequent and most painful request: adults do not understand what is happening to the child, and the teenager does not find the words to explain to his parents what is happening to him. Ekaterina is working with both sides to bring back contact and mutual understanding to the family.
Mothers of children with disabilities occupy a special place in her practice. It is a very difficult path to be constantly in the mode of caring, responsibility and anxiety, often without the right to fatigue. Ekaterina helps such mothers to find resources, strength and meaning where, it seems, there are none left at all.
She also has experience working with people of the older generation — with those life topics that are particularly acute at a new stage of life. And, of course, Ekaterina works with adults with a wide variety of needs: anxiety, self-esteem, relationships with oneself, psychosomatic symptoms that the body “turns on” when the words are over.
How Ekaterina works
It is important for her to create a space in the office where it is easy for a person to be honest with himself. This is often the most difficult thing — not to find a solution, but to admit to yourself the truth about your feelings, relationships, and choices. It is only through meeting this truth, which is sometimes very unpleasant, that the path to real change opens.
Separately, it is worth telling about Ekaterina’s author’s course “Immodest conversation” — a format in which participants honestly talk about relationships: about what really keeps a couple together, about areas that are usually hushed up, and about how to stop being afraid of a direct conversation with a partner. This is a group effort in which each participant becomes a support for each other in vulnerable topics.
In addition to consulting, Ekaterina is often an invited speaker at various events.: conducts art practices at the college, at thematic festivals and master classes. She likes the format where a person reveals himself through creativity, not just through words.
Ekaterina also runs the offline resource club “Mom in Balance” for mothers of children with disabilities – a regular support space where you can take a deep breath, share experiences and find a little support for yourself.
Membership in the International Union of Women
Ekaterina Florenskaya is a member of the “International Women’s Union”, an organization uniting women leaders for the development of women’s entrepreneurship, leadership and public diplomacy. Participation in the Union allows her to expand professional contacts, share experiences with colleagues and participate in significant international projects.
«I am convinced that every woman deserves support at any moment of her life, whether it’s a relationship crisis, motherhood fatigue, or self—discovery. My task is to be there for you, to help you find support and regain faith in your own strength. I am open to cooperation and ready to help anyone who needs it. Together we can do more — and these are not just words, but what I see in working with each of my clients.”.
For those who are looking for support, want to sort out their relationships with themselves and their loved ones, or need professional help, Ekaterina is open to dialogue. Ekaterina shares her thoughts, practices and announcements of her events.
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