Diana Grigorova

(she/her)

We typically meet once or twice a week for 50-minute sessions. In a safe and confidential setting, we start with what is happening for you right now and where your struggles are in the present. Together, we think out loud and go at a pace you determine.

During our reflective conversation, I listen deeply, with curiosity, and with a trained ear—I pay attention to your words as well as what is in the space between them. As the therapy unfolds, we begin to identify and challenge patterns, beliefs, and habits of your being and relating in the world that no longer serve you.

The collaborative aspect of therapeutic work makes it powerful in helping you uncover parts of yourself you have disowned, forgotten, and hidden. These parts can then be reclaimed and integrated into your personality and used to live a more authentic, purposeful, and vibrant life.

I am bilingual and provide therapy in both English and Bulgarian.

I followed an indirect path to psychotherapy. After earning a degree in science, I worked in the hospitality industry before entering the field of international education. There, I held both teaching and academic management positions.

Being in the classroom, as well as leading faculty, proved to be dynamic and rewarding roles. They allowed me the opportunity to help students and teachers optimize their potential. Yet, I was left wanting to be of influence in more profound and personal ways, a desire that led me to complete a 6-year-long, academically rigorous and experientially demanding training program at the Centre for Training in Psychotherapy (CTP).

My past professional roles allow me to relate to a variety of contexts and perspectives. My long academic training has prepared me to approach my work from various theoretical angles. Importantly, however, I draw on my own lived experience of having deeply benefitted from psychotherapy. My personal experience of sitting in the client’s chair enables me to remain deeply present to my client’s struggle while also holding in mind the transformative powers true self-knowledge can offer.