Dr Yury Shamis

I aim to help my clients alter their thoughts and schemas, explore and resolve past traumas and anxieties, as well as meaningfully interpret and re-author their life narratives. I believe that everyone’s identity needs to be underwritten with well-established personal truths, ideas, values and that almost any of life’s obstacles can be overcome if a person is true to their purpose, morals and love. Contrary to the classic therapeutic outlook, in my opinion, self-disclosure is a must, as we learn from ourselves as much as from others. In my own experience as a client, I found that I developed significantly stronger connections with therapists who shared their relevant life experiences and struggles compared to those who only focused on my story. Therapeutic self-disclosure taught me to recognise that all people have struggles and unresolved matters in their lives; and that there are no essential differences between a therapist and client.