I offer you a space of free speech, a privileged listening time, in a framework of trust and benevolence, in order to help you to know yourself better and to walk towards a more fulfilled and happy life.
The goal is to help you put in place more functional strategies to achieve your life goals and to feel supported in your quest for meaning and well- being.
The reasons for consultations are linked to anything that could cause moral and psychological suffering. Their manifestations can be diverse and should alert you and lead you to consult a psychologist if you experience:
- Anxiety attacks, panic attack, aggressiveness, nervousness, anger, phobias (ex: Fear of driving, agoraphobia), obsessive thoughts.
- Recurrent sadness, daily crying, mood swings, dark thoughts, suicidal thoughts, suicide attempt.
- Loss of self-esteem, isolation, lack of self-confidence, difficulty entering into an intimate relationship, excessive shyness, inhibition.
- Sleep disorders, fatigue, exhaustion, repetitive physical pain, libido disorders.
The reasons for consultations can be linked to concrete problems also of a somatic, sexual, emotional, work-related or life-related nature … Sometimes, the motivations for meeting a psychologist are just intuitive, ntellectual, curious, for no apparent reason, but just as valid and understandable. Difficult or traumatic events are also frequent reasons for consultation (eg:
Break-ups, divorce and separations, bereavement, pathological bereavement, failures, etc.), whether the facts are recent or old. The psychological suffering experienced during a chronic and / or long somatic illness such as cancer, AIDS, etc., but also neuropsychological disorders, disability, or orphan diseases, require psychological support, as well as those around them because they too are suffering. Having a degree in health psychology, accompanying patients is part of my first training. In addition, there may be:
- Difficulties at work: problems of psychological harassment, moral or sexual harassment, stress, professional burnout, worries about the professional future, addiction to work …
- Relational and social difficulties: job loss, terminations …
- Relationship issues: Infidelity, adultery, jealousy, domestic violence …
“Marie-Odile put dressings on the ailments, I put words on the dressings.
»Impossible to grow – Fatou Diome