Katka Křížková

There are times in life that lead us to moments of confusion, where we feel stuck, at a crossroads, facing an overwhelming decision, or perhaps the loss of a home, loved one, job, or relationship. The times when we feel most alone or unable to connect, become key moments of transformation with an empathetic guide by your side.

My philosophy is that our childhood and many life experiences since then shape our behavior, thus influencing all of our world. Once we connect our emotions and behavior (what we do knowingly and unknowingly), and our physical reactions we can begin to understand how things around us are influenced, how reactions to those behaviors might be making us feel lost, confused, angry, sad, or otherwise imbalanced.

I strive to help remove barriers that prevent people from living as fully and richly as possible, increasing enjoyment of life through improved relationships, better self-care, and more satisfying overall functioning. Working to heal long standing patterns of emotional pain frees one to live more happily right now.
A client’s motivation to find what is behind difficult feelings or behaviors is monumental for successful therapy, as is each person’s dedication to take responsibility for deciding and guiding his/her life. A trusting relationship between therapist and client is at the heart of therapy, and through this relationship, impressive results will happen. The client and therapist each need to feel like the match is a good one, therefore an initial assessment period of a few sessions should be accounted for. I look forward to sharing this process with you.

Katja Křížková has a degree in Psychology from the University of George Mason in Virginia and is a European certified Integrative Psychotherapist Her additional training includes Crisis intervention, Dream work, Trauma therapy among others. She is part of a working group for ČAP (Czech association of psychotherapy). She has cross cultural experience as a TCK having lived in Africa (5 years), the United States (17 years), Asia (4 years) and Europe (29 years). She has been practicing joga for the past ten years. She is fluent in English and Czech, and understands Slovak at an advanced level.

Integrative therapy is a combined approach to psychotherapy that combines various elements of specific therapies. Integrative therapists believe that there is no single approach that can treat each client in all situations.

From my viewpoint, Integrative Psychotherapy means taking risks, moving out of your comfort zone, going deep inside yourself as well as far into the larger global community. It is a humanistic and existential approach which addresses both immediate and ultimate concerns of living.

Integrative Psychotherapy can help you break outmoded habits that may have interfered with enjoying your life and the world around you. Being mindful, you can learn from the past, uncover cast off parts of yourself and work through difficult challenges, and unproductive patterns of thinking and behavior in present day life. Using a variety of complementary techniques–you can learn to undo long-standing, maladaptive behaviors or negative perceptions that stand in the way of a more rich and meaningful life.

Whether it’s overcoming depression or overcoming anxiety ; coping with adapting; intercultural issues and TCK support ;LBGTQ issues; health issues; coping with loss; going to college; or moving beyond a set of traumatic events, I will walk you through the process. Valuing the strength of relationship and the innate capacity of the human organism to heal itself, I will teach you to notice the wisdom of your own body and to allow its full expression.