My name is Natasha Kohan
Я сертифицированый гештальт-психотерапевт с более чем 5 лет частной практики и более 25 лет в бизнесе и предпринимательстве. Работаю онлайн с русскоязычными и украиноязычными клиентами из Украины и стран СНГ (кроме России). Провожу психотерапию на русском, украинском и английском языках.
People come to me not only when things are going badly. Sometimes, on the surface, life seems perfectly fine—you have a job, relationships, and plans—yet deep down, you increasingly feel as though you aren’t truly living your own life. Perhaps you’ve been enduring things for too long, are afraid to show your true self, or simply don’t know which direction to take next.
In therapy, we don’t look for a one-size-fits-all formula. I help you understand what is happening specifically for you, and guide you in reconnecting with your own feelings and desires. Together, we seek solutions that you can rely on in your real life—solutions that will have a positive, long-term impact on you.
Services
I provide assistance in situations where it is important for you to:
Establish a sustainable practice
Я работаю с начинающими психологами и психотерапевтами, которым важно не только хорошо работать с клиентами, но и создать устойчивую частную практику, которая обеспечивает.
We can work through the fear of naming your price, uncertainty about your professional value, the challenges of promoting yourself as a psychologist, finding clients, and the conflict between helping others and the need to earn an income. The goal is to ensure your practice doesn’t rely solely on enthusiasm, but instead becomes a professional endeavor that supports both your clients and you, the therapist. A private practice is, at its core, a helping profession—yet it is also an entrepreneurial venture, and that’s something no one teaches you. I’m here to change that.
Развивать бизнес, не теряя себя
I work with entrepreneurs and executives who are accustomed to taking responsibility, making decisions, and keeping many things under control.
Growing and scaling a business often intensifies feelings of anxiety, a fear of making mistakes, loneliness, and the sense that there is no longer any way to stop. Through psychotherapy, you can explore why even success may fail to bring satisfaction, where the guilt surrounding rest originates, and how to develop your business without paying the price in the form of burnout, damaged relationships, or the loss of your own life.
To show oneself and not hide one’s strength
If you find it difficult to talk about yourself, state your price, say no, defend your boundaries, or occupy a visible space, the problem is not necessarily a lack of confidence.
За страхом проявляться могут стоять стыд, опыт критики, запрет на злость или убеждение, что сильных, заметных и успешных не любят. Подавленная агрессия при этом не исчезает – она может превращаться в раздражение, пассивную агрессию, самокритику, усталость или аутоагрессию.
In therapy, we learn to notice our anger, understand its meaning, and use this energy to defend our boundaries, make decisions, and move toward what we desire.
Finding a foothold in emigration
Moving to another country involves more than just paperwork, housing, and a new language. It entails the loss of one’s familiar environment, social status, profession, sense of home, and former self-perception. Often, it also means losing oneself—one’s own voice and one’s very sense of “I.”
As a psychologist specializing in emigration and identity—and as someone who has personally navigated the experience of emigration three times—I help individuals adapt after a move, cope with loneliness and anxiety, and address the feeling of being an “outsider.” The goal is not to reclaim the life you once had, but to gradually find your place and build a new one—all while honoring your own personal history.
Staying true to yourself in a relationship
In relationships, we may gradually and imperceptibly begin to tolerate too much, adapt ourselves to the other person, try to “save” them, or take on the entire responsibility for the intimacy between us.
Я работаю с повторяющимися конфликтами, эмоциональной зависимостью, трудностями с доверием и близостью, невозможностью говорить о своих потребностях и страхом остаться одной или одному.
The goal of therapy is neither to preserve the relationship at any cost nor to convince you to leave immediately. It is about understanding what is happening between you, identifying what you personally want, and determining whether it is possible to be with another person without losing yourself. Once you find the answers to these questions, there is hope that things can be different from now on.
Finding your way back after a crisis
Sometimes your former life no longer fits, yet it’s unclear what a new one should look like. You might not know what you want, put off making decisions, feel a sense of emptiness, or simply continue living out of habit.
A life crisis can be triggered by a relocation, a breakup, a loss, a career change, children growing up, or the achievement of a goal that—for some reason—did not bring the expected satisfaction.
Psychotherapy helps you navigate periods of uncertainty, reconnect with yourself, and find a path that truly holds meaning for you. I have faced more than one crisis in my own life, so I know what it’s like—and what can be done about it.
How we will work
What does working with me look like? Working with me can consist of the following 4 steps:
- Step 1: Write or fill out the form (you can find it below). Please indicate a convenient time and briefly describe what you’d like to bring. No long questionnaires.
- Step 2 – First meeting. This is an introduction. You tell me your story, I listen and ask questions. No pressure, no obligations.
- Step 3 – Discuss the plan. After the first session, we’ll figure out if we’re a good fit, where to start, and how often to meet (I always recommend meeting once a week, but some of my clients come twice a month).
- Step 4 – Regular work. Even if we meet less than once a week, and even more so if we meet every week, it’s crucial to maintain regular meetings. Each meeting is a step closer to you. I work with clients in different time zones.
Sign up for a consultation
Come see me for a consultation or therapy
If you recognize yourself in one or more of these descriptions, please reach out to me. During our first meeting, we can discuss your situation, determine the best place to start, and decide whether working with me is the right fit for you.
Services
Why Gestalt therapy?
Gestalt is an approach that puts you at the center – your feelings, your experience, your pace.
There are no right or wrong answers here. There are no “to-do” tasks or lists to be corrected. There is a lively, warm dialogue between two people. And gradually, clarity emerges from this dialogue.
Gestalt is especially effective for:
- chronic anxiety and emotional exhaustion
- psychosomatic symptoms – difficulties in relationships and separation
- identity crises, including those in emigration and searching for oneself after major changes in life
Video about psychotherapy
Welcome to my YouTube channel
The best way to understand if you’re ready for therapy (especially long-term therapy) is with a therapist you only see as a static image. It’s important to hear their voice, see their facial expressions, their movements, what they say, how they speak, and how they reason—all of this is crucial in the initial stages. Through my videos, I express my thoughts and share my experiences—this way, you can get to know me better during the initial stages or learn something valuable about psychotherapy and psychology.
Articles on psychology and psychotherapy
Blog posts
Some of us are visual learners who love watching videos, while others prefer reading. To those who haven’t lost that valuable skill—who still prefer to read and are looking for texts born not just of utility, but of deep soul-searching and practical experience—welcome to my blog. Here, I regularly reflect on my client sessions, pondering why we live the way we do instead of living the way we truly want—and why we often don’t even know what it is we actually desire.
reviews
Feedback from our clients
Feedback from my clients and even my colleagues.
leave feedback
faqs
Frequently asked questions
Everything is very individual. Much depends on the client and their desire to work toward change. But among Gestalt therapists, there’s a common calculus: the number of months of therapy will depend on how old you were when you first started seeing a psychologist. If you started seeing a psychologist at age 36, that means you’ll need about three years (36 months) of therapy.
I am a Gestalt psychotherapist. I wholeheartedly love this approach for its humanity, warmth, trust, and growth. I am familiar with CBT, art therapy, aggression management, and transactional analysis techniques.
These are fundamentally different types of therapy. Individual therapy is long-term; it’s about your inner world and your values. In group therapy, you can observe how you manage (or don’t manage) to build relationships with others and be around them. You can notice how you manage your expectations of others, and observing how others in the group experience gives you the feeling that you’re not alone—because we all have more or less similar problems, we just don’t talk about them out loud.
Even though I’m an experienced psychotherapist, I attend private therapy. However, I would emphasize supervision—both individual and group—it gives me the support and stability to be a psychotherapist.
I studied for six years. And I continue to do so. Psychology is such a comprehensive and yet young science that we’ll definitely have decades of innovation to discover. Plus, I love delving into topics and digging deep.
I don’t work with children. As a mother of two, I believe the primary responsibility lies with the parents. I would recommend that parents attend therapy, and the children choose accordingly. This is purely my opinion. There’s a video on my YouTube channel where I talk about my son’s experience with psychotherapy.
Yes. Sometimes people come with the feeling that “something’s wrong, but I don’t know what.” That’s absolutely sufficient reason for a first meeting.
Yes, I always have one or two spots available at a reduced price. Contact me – we’ll discuss it individually.