Ana Schmidt

About me:
Lying on a couch as a patient, I came in contact first-hand with a deep and powerful transformative effect of psychoanalysis. It was during those first years of my process that I decided to set up the course of my studies and post-graduate training to become a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, allowing me to accompany others on their own transformative journeys.

I completed my psychology studies in Berlin and I’m continuing my formation as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

My practice spaces are located in Ljubljana and Celje, Slovenia. I also offer my services online.

About my approach:
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy is a process of exploring different aspects of oneself as a unique individual and one’s life as a whole. This includes your distinct history and development and an attempt to better understand how that might have influenced your present way of being and living. We jointly explore both what you are currently experiencing, such as a specific symptom, and possible meaning(s) under the surface of this experience. The aim of such exploration is to help you to liberate yourself from old patterns and inhibitions, and make room for new ways of thinking, feeling, and relating to oneself, others, and life in general.

Psychological counselling, in contrast to psychotherapy, is a short-term process, usually lasting a few sessions at a frequency of once a week or every two weeks. In counselling, we will focus on a specific situation or conflict and on finding possible solutions or different ways of thinking and relating to that situation.

The therapeutic relationship between the client and the therapist is a cornerstone of any therapy, fostering the effectiveness of treatment and its positive outcomes. That is why I try to adapt my approach to the uniqueness of each individual, seeing every clinical encounter as a dialogue, a mutual process of exploration and learning.

I provide counselling and psychotherapy to individuals experiencing a variety of different symptoms or difficulties, including going through major life transitions, existential problems including death anxiety, problems of freedom and search for meaning, relationship issues, the experience of trauma, depression and suicidal ideation, worrying and anxiety, stress and burnout. I also work with the LGBTQIA+ community, addressing specific questions and exploration of sexuality and gender identity.

Individual session (in-person, online) – 60€
***I offer sliding scale fee for students, people who are unemployed, and individuals with lower income.