Laurentiu Lucian Baba

About me

I. About change When life is hard, we need to change. When we suffer, we need to transform. Suffering never leaves us the same as it found us; sometimes it shatters us, at other times it marks the beginning of a transformation, but it never leaves us unchanged. From my perspective, people usually change in 3 ways: - most often out of a state of suffering because they can't go on like this anymore; - out of situational necessity, forced by changes in reality; - and—most rarely—on their own initiative, when a person chooses to make specific changes in pursuit of a more congruent life. II. Why do people come to therapy? A breakup, a loss, a crisis, a career change, a health problem, insomnia, sexual problems, relationship difficulties, or the feeling that we don't know where to go anymore can bring us to a moment of transition. This is precisely where psychotherapy can play a crucial role. Psychotherapy aims to accompany the individual through both their most difficult periods and the moments of growth and personal evolution in their life. It offers an opportunity for reflection and for deepening one’s understanding of life amidst the process of changing one’s environment and transforming oneself. Psychotherapy can be the space where this transitional period is understood, explored, and transformed into a new way of being. And what we cannot change, we can actively accept, transforming the way we approach and relate to the difficulties we face. III. Who I am Hi! I am Lucian, an integrative psychotherapist, with training in psychosexology and psycho-oncology. I work with people navigating periods of change, crisis, or life reorganization—individuals who seek a deeper understanding of their experiences rather than simply reducing their struggles to a symptom that needs to be eliminated. My expertise centers on human processes of change and transformation. My work aims to reduce suffering and build with you a new way of being in which your authenticity, vulnerability, and receptivity are not impediments, but resources in the service of your humanization and the life you will live from conscious choices and values. IV. How I work I am particularly interested in how we construct our relationships with ourselves, with others, and with the world we inhabit: how we form relational patterns, how we relate to our emotions and bodies, the roles we come to play, the parts of ourselves that remain unexpressed, and how we can build a life that is closer to our true selves. My approach is integrative, combining relational and existential perspectives with analytical psychology, contemporary views on emotions, and work involving the body and personal experience. In therapy, depending on your needs, we can explore: -the relationship with yourself, your emotions, and bodily sensations; -relational patterns and how they repeat; -less conscious aspects of personality, including Jungian work with the Shadow—rejected, unexpressed, or unacknowledged aspects of one's personality, as well as qualities and talents not yet recognized or integrated; -identity, social roles, and one's relationship with the culture and environment in which one lives; -personal maturation and the construction of a more authentic identity; -meaning, freedom, solitude, and confronting the limits of existence; -development of life skills: thinking, emotional regulation, decision-making, and action; -relationship with nature, personal values, and the spiritual/existential dimension, when these are important to you. When appropriate, I also use expressive mediums—such as art, literature, and cinema—to explore experiences that are sometimes difficult to articulate through words alone. V. Areas of practice In addition to integrative psychotherapy, I have training and experience in: *psychosexology – sexuality, intimacy, relationship with one's own body, sexual/erotic difficulties, and attachment; *psycho-oncology – psychological support within the context of the cancer experience; *development of mature masculinity – identity, relationships, the map of masculinity, transgenerational patterns, vulnerability, and maturation, with a particular interest in the father-son relationship; *psychotherapy for creative individuals and artists – the relationship between creativity, role, work, and personal life, and the relationship between the individual and the artist archetype; *philosophical counseling – exploring questions regarding meaning, values, choices, and life direction. I do not believe there is a single formula for change. The therapeutic process is built collaboratively, starting with who you are and what you are currently experiencing, and moving toward the direction in which you wish to develop your life and your self. Psychotherapy offers you the gift of time—a space where you do not have to endure until your suffering becomes unbearable. We have the freedom to choose change before a crisis hits, before pain sets in, and before necessity compels us. We can transcend our environment, our circumstances, and our starting point in life, and sometimes even the limits of our own self-conception, because the psyche has the capacity to transform its own psychology, much as the earth changes its seasons. I currently work exclusively online. Appointments are scheduled individually and manually via WhatsApp: 0742 381 743. Thank you for choosing to read my profile!