Hi, my name is Jana!


​"The heart that breaks open
can contain the whole universe”
                 
​- Joanna Macy
I am an Associate Degree Counsellor and Integrative Psychotherapist and continue my studies for the Bachelor with Ikon Institute of Australia. Originally I  am from Germany and live in Australia for seven years.

As a practicing Counsellor and Integrative Psychotherapist (rather than a psychologist), I draw on a holistic framework that considers you in the driver's seat instead of a medical/diagnostic approach and 'doctor-patient' scenario.
This means that you have agency of what topics we talk about and to which extend.

At Ikon, self-development and understanding is emphasised to be both an excellent practitioner and a wonderful
human. It is recognised that with just learning about theoretical knowledge alone, it is likely to have a
limited capacity to make a great counsellor. This distinguishes my training from any other course:
Ikon and its experiential nature ensure that we as students go through our own personal
content and process it as we journey through the course to prevent the practitioner's
content from entering and ​contaminating the therapeutic relationship to the
disadvantage of our inquirers. This way we emerge as the clear
instrument we show up in to do our ​practice
​within a healthy relational field. 

For me, therapy is not a doctor-patient relationship, but two companions collaboratively exploring your (body) mind. 
The reciprocity within that relationship, the giving and receiving, aims to connect with you on an emotional,
intellectual, experiential and/or spiritual level, thereby allowing your challenges to be explored
with a deep level of subjectivity and always a high degree of
compassionate understanding.

 I aim towards supporting my inquirers to explore their (body) mind with me, shift their thinking, develop an understanding of their emotions and schemas and build healthy relationships with them, explore and resolve past traumas,
as well as providing a space for inquirers to meaningfully interpret and re-author their narratives and
stories they believe to be true about them. I feel that there is a lot of individuals looking to
unlearn their societal, learned identity and blossoming open into their true selves
instead. What are your personal truths, ideas, values and what
is the specialty that nobody else has that makes you you?

Society's praise for being busy and quick fixes

If you are looking for a quick fix, I have to disappoint you: I am honestly not for you. Why? My way of therapy is slow paced, but in your own time. I sincerely do not believe in quick fixes, spiritual bypassing and bandaging! For me the only way
out of suffering is through (understanding) it and that takes time, sometimes more and sometimes less. The
processing depends on many things. Coming to understand oneself is a process and together we can
journey your path of self-discovery one step at a time. That does not mean that you need to come
to therapy for years before noticing any changes, in my experience it is quite the opposite:
small change happens in each and every session and I notice a difference to how I felt
and thought about something in comparison to beforehand. Small growth adds
up to a heap of it! If this sounds disheartening to you, please keep in
mind that you most likely have lived out certain patterns for all
of your life and to rewire them will take some time,
​commitment and dedication. 
​Together we got this!
My sessions are led by my full attention for you, by my intention and intuition. Together we will utilize the therapeutic relationship and emergent material in the here-and-now moments of therapy to process your experiences,
​develop an understanding and a relationship with the topics you wish to explore
and thereby processing what has been stuck and stored. 

Creative expression is a medium I frequently work with myself in my journalling process. It can be added
to your therapeutic process if you choose to. Art can be a helpful ally in revealing unconscious information.
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As a curious companion walk alongside you, the inquirer, with compassion and understanding to support the dissolution of fear, the opening of the heart, and the reconnection to your own, unique Spirit. In bringing the unconscious shadow
to the light of the conscious mind, we are able to view the parts of yourself that keep you stuck and diminish
possibility. Together we can develop more clarity and compassion for yourself, work towards preferred
ways of being and opening you up to possibility again. Through shining light upon learned and
ingrained thought and behavioral patterns, sometimes referred to as the 'default mode
network', we can slowly and consciously rewire your body mind, initiating a growing sense of
calm, confidence, and clarity in everyday life, as you gradually learn to embody your true self. It is my
experience that an underlying current of satisfaction and fulfillment comes with discovering oneself and
embodying my values, ideals and the expression of my own uniqueness. Happiness and a sense of centeredness
within my heart space is a joyful byproduct of having done a ton of work on myself which still continues. ​
​​I am not shying away from your deepest darkness and am looking forward to supporting you
on your way of integration and making your life a more enjoyable, peaceful place together.
Reciprocity Integration Therapies | [email protected]