About me
Hi, I'm Tamara. I am a counsellor and Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner. My work is grounded in psychology, body psychotherapy and the nervous system and shaped by my own experiences of struggle and growth.
My training and background
I completed a Master's degree in Psychology and my training in body psychotherapy in Serbia. I'm also an internationally certified Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner and a member of the European Association for Body Psychotherapy (EABP).
Over the years, my work has also been deeply influenced by Internal Family Systems (IFS), Inner Relationship Focusing and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy.
Rather than following a single model, I integrate what feels most supportive for the person sitting in front of me.
I am not a licensed psychologist in Sweden. I offer counselling based on my academic training in psychology, four-year professional training in body psychotherapy, three-year Somatic Experiencing® training and over ten years of professional experience in psychotherapy.
What shapes my work
I grew up in a family that wasn't always an easy place to be. From an early age, I became very aware of how other people were feeling and what was happening beneath the surface. Over time, that sensitivity became part of both who I am and how I work.
I've also been through difficult experiences of my own, and moving to Sweden and becoming a mother have deepened my understanding of change, relationships, attachment and finding your way through unfamiliar territory. I believe these experiences shape the empathy, warmth and respect I bring into the room, alongside a deep belief in each person's capacity to heal and find their way forward.
How I think about this work
I do not think of people as problems to be corrected. Almost everything that brings someone to counselling was, at some point, an intelligent adaptation — a way of coping that made sense given what was available. Work goes better when we start there.
I also do not believe change happens mainly through explanation. You can understand your patterns thoroughly and still live inside them. What tends to shift things is a different experience, felt in the body, repeated often enough that your system begins to expect it.
And I believe deeply in the healing potential of a relationship in which you can be met with warmth, honesty and genuine acceptance. A space where you don't have to perform, explain yourself perfectly or become someone else before you are worthy of care.
Over time, being met in this way can become something you begin to offer yourself — a more compassionate, curious and accepting way of being with your own experience.