Therapy Group
Marina Kondratenko — officially a Master of Psychology, certified Gestalt therapist, certified group facilitator, and a supervisor in training. You can read more about each of these qualifications in my profile, where I also share copies of my diplomas.
On a less formal note, I have been practicing in the Gestalt approach for the past 8 years and I truly love my work. I value it for the chance to connect with very different people and to stand alongside them as they make important discoveries or life changes. My path to psychotherapy began in the business world — I worked in staff training, built HR and sales processes, and led a sales department. That’s why topics such as ambition, achievement, money, career transitions, and relationships through the lens of conflicting desires or the fear of being “authentic” often come up in my work.
Living in emigration myself, I know firsthand what crisis situations feel like and how challenging adaptation can be.
I am married (11 years), without children. This personal experience helps me understand just how complex it is to support and sustain long-term relationships.
I especially love working with groups — for the opportunities they offer and for the unique interactions that happen among participants. Sometimes these interactions are pleasant, sometimes not at all, but almost always they are valuable and growth-oriented.
- Price: $ 45 / appointment
- Attendance type: Online
- Start date: October 23, 2025
- Finishing: April 23, 2026
- Start time: 18:00 - 21:00 (Kyiv Timezone)
- Frequency: every second Thursday
- Appointments amount: 13
- Max clients: 9
- Country: Spain
- City: Valencia
- Approach: Gestalt therapy
This therapeutic group is about the everyday challenges and difficulties we all face.
How do we keep from losing our minds under piles of tasks and still find time for what truly matters?
How do we live with uncertainty and keep moving forward when everything around us is constantly changing?
How do we stand up for ourselves and for what is important?
Where can we find support and understanding when it feels like no one really gets us?
How do we build relationships with others when we barely understand ourselves?
And where do we find the money, courage — or even the audacity — to face it all?
The group will be a space to bring both everyday struggles and the unexpected turns of life. A place for everything that worries you and everything that matters. It can also become a space where you face your own challenges and discover something new about yourself — something you may never hear about anywhere else.
Maybe you’ve already started making changes in individual therapy but haven’t dared to try being your “new self” around others yet? A therapy group can be a safe place for those first experiments — showing yourself and seeing how others respond.
Is it hard for you to start relationships, or do you feel out of place in groups? In this space, you can ask people directly why they respond to you the way they do — and maybe for the first time receive honest, unfiltered feedback.
Do you feel lonely, in need of support, wishing you could complain — but there’s no one nearby you can turn to? Then the group is the place where you can speak about it openly. And who knows — perhaps you’ll find people beside you who can offer empathy and understanding.
Simply put, a therapeutic group is a place where different things meet. Let’s take a look at them together and see what may come out of it.
Group start date — October 23, 2025
Meeting schedule — every second Thursday
Time — 3 hours, from 18:00 to 21:00 CET
Participants — 6 to 9 people
Duration — last meeting on May 29, 2026; winter break from December 19, 2025 to January 15, 2026. A second season may start in autumn.
This is a closed group: no new participants are added, we work with a stable membership. Missed sessions are not encouraged and must be paid in full.