counselling psychologist
coach
The destroyer of mental restrictions and the confidence dealer
These include, but are not limited to:
We can talk it through first and work out whether I'm a fit — on a short call or in writing, whichever you prefer.
Hi, I'm Kristina Van. I've emigrated three times since I was fourteen. That taught me three things: how to be at home in cultures that aren't mine, how to figure out money, relationships, health and work on my own, and how to talk to people in the language they actually experience the world in — without judging anything for being unfamiliar.
Before psychology I ran a product business at 16, worked in modelling and talent management from 17 to 25, then media production and project management from 23 to 27. At 28, after covid and a personal crisis, I finally came to the thing I'd been circling since university.
When I take the psychologist's coat off I'm a fairly ordinary person, and in some ways the opposite of my professional self. I can be blunt. I interrupt. I'm not always up for a long story. I like taking up space. I get manic, anxious, foggy, tired. My biggest challenge is productivity and analysis that run well past the point of reasonable.
I also grew up in a dysfunctional family, which is where I learned to read a room very well — to catch a mood shift in an intonation, a pause, or the weight in the air.
Integrative, with a psychodynamic lean. In Russian and English, through a feminist lens.
Not only what you say, but how you say it, what you're telling me without words, and what you're not saying. I'm present both as a person in the conversation and in a meta-position — noticing what dynamic you bring and what unfolds between us.
I offer a perspective and my experience, not a diagnosis. Disagree with me, argue with me — that's encouraged.
At any moment you can turn the temperature down or close a topic entirely. Therapy doesn't have to mean forcing depth or chasing insights. Presence and being witnessed turn out to move people remarkably far.
That's what my own therapy, intervision and supervision are for.
Maximum freedom inside the session, which rests on what we agree between us: a fixed weekly or fortnightly slot, payment before, changes 48 hours ahead.
Thank you for your deep acceptance, which supports me in getting to know myself, and for the questions that open up what I'd been hiding from myself.
Thank you for being an excellent specialist and for helping me resolve a pile of inner conflicts.
The thing I'm taking with me: loving yourself just means living. Such relief in that.
One meeting introduced me to my real self.
You can skip this step and book a session straight away. But there is also the option to talk first, or even schedule an intro call. Just text me about what's going on.
Free
Book the callWeekly 60-minute sessions at a fixed time, in a long-term setting.
99€ / session
Start hereWe work in 100-day contracts.
999€ / 14 weeks
Get in touchThe full terms are in the agreement document I'll send you.
I build a sealed, confidential space with no judgement and no scoring. I work strictly on the principle that the client is okay. I don't give advice and I don't decide for you what you should do — I ask questions, get to know you, and reflect back the things that are hard to see from the inside.
No, not definitely — no psychologist can guarantee that. We work on your wellbeing together, which means change needs you to want it and to do something new in that direction.
I won't be able to help if:
There are things outside my competence, and I'd rather say so before you book than halfway in.
If any of that is what you're facing right now, please reach out to a psychiatrist or a crisis service — that's the right kind of help, and it exists.
Just right here.
If none of these suit you, let me know a time that would, and I'll check whether my schedule allows it.
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There are no wrong questions, only the ones you didn't ask.