Piotr Szmyt, MA

I invite you to think about psychotherapy as a way of searching for new perspectives – new ways of being, relating, feeling, and experiencing life. Our upbringing equipped us with a certain point of view on who we are, how we love and feel, and even what we want and aspire to. Many of those experiences gave us clarity in later life but some still cast a shadow on who we truly are.

My approach in psychotherapy combines a psychodynamic perspective with a more body-focused Intense Short Dynamic Therapy (ISTDP). In therapy, I value both empathy and directness. Sometimes what helps in the therapeutic process are warmth and acceptance and other times confrontation and clear perspective. You can get to know my approach to the therapeutic relationship in the first consultation session.

I’m a certified ISTDP psychotherapist. I finished my core training with with Josette ten Have-de Labije. My journey as a therapist started in Associação Portuguesa Psicoterapia Psicanalítica (APPSI) iarpp.pt/appsi/a-appsi .

I facilitate workshops in assertiveness, interpersonal training, anti-bias education and contact improvisation.

I work in Psychotherapy Lisbon.