Mgr. Boris Sopko
SR:
Heydukova ul. 1
Bratislava
+421 903 531 431
boris.sopko@gmail.com

Services

Trauma therapy

Trauma therapy is focused on processing and resolving traumatic life events. With client we usually first focus on areas of life, which stayed stabile, with no or just very little impact of traumatic event. We call them resources, it can be important relationships with family members, friends, animals, can be some important places, activities. Anything what client experiences as positive, calming, nurturing, anything what charges "his/her" batteries. I work with slow tempo, which helps us to be fast. Slow tempo helps us to notice slight changes inside of client, which show us the way out of trauma. After traumatic event some part stays frozen and stops to move in life. Trauma therapy helps to rescues this part and make it free again and integrate it with the rest of our being into the bigger self and then move further in life.

Couple therapy

Couple therapy is for couples who are going through crises. Basic question we need to find the answer is - Do you want to stay together and work on it? Or Do you want to split and you need support to do it with as much care as possible and as little hurts as possible. In working I sometimes pick up body signals which sometimes carry important informations. When we unfold them, we can get through vicious cycle of escalations. Couple therapy is sometimes also focused on learning skills in conflict resolution, which you can use in your partnership and also later in other relationships.

Individual psychotherapy

Individual psychotherapy is based on better understanding and integrating disturbing parts of life - body symptoms, emotional or psychological disturbances, relationship conflicts. We unfold the disturbing part more, so we understand it from within, we unfold its meaning and then we integrate it with our usual identity. To do so we go as close as possible to the nature of difficulty and we try to understand its language. Then we work on relationship between usual identity which is disturbed or suffers and disturbance itself. In doing so except talking we sometimes work also with the movement, dreams and we also focus on proprioception of our bodies. Therapeutic work then bring healing and integration of disturbing experiences.

Career navigation

Today we spent lot of time in our work. We miss connections to people and other areas of life. Work often gives us only money, but we do not feel connected their either. What work gives us is too often too little to fulfill our lives. This kind of emptiness creates crises in our lives and we miss meaningfulness in our life. In career navigation we are exploring values and qualities which are important for the client. I do not use tests or inquiries to do so. I use night dreams, wishes, desires, "callings", symbols, imaginations, childhood games, childhood memories, etc. They help the client to add missing piece in searching for living meaningful life. This way client start creative process in finding or creating the job which is on deeper level connected with "calling" or dedication how to be here in this world. It is new way of being, where job is congruent and integral part of life, which brings meaningfulness and sense of fulfillment in life.

Counseling for individuals and couples

In counseling I help to orient fast in basic possibilities for the future, to gain overview, understand direction of life and also to see its consequences. Usually I give advices, I tell my opinion about some concrete problem of the client. We do not go deeper into the problem We do not work problem out. Its more about brooding the perspective upon momentary life situation.

Skype counseling

In case, that we can not meet in one room, to work together, we still have possibility to work through telephone or Skype. This kind of work can also give a lot, especially when one feels to be isolated or alone and needs support in finding first steps out of the situation. In this case I ask for payment ahead to my bank account. I will let you know about details of payment via telephone or e-mail.