Yes, things have happened to you that have had an impact on you, and there may be parts of you that are hidden or broken and need to be integrated.
As humanistic and integrative psychotherapists, we accompany you through whatever may happen in your inner world. That’s why we don’t define ourselves as experts in a specific area, but rather we have years of professional training and experience to help you in any life situation.
For a long time, we were tireless workers, although we learned that energy is limited and the main thing is to listen to the body. We know our vulnerabilities, our battles, and we have learned to manage ourselves. And yes, we still make mistakes, fall into old patterns, and the good thing is that now we detect them more quickly and help each other with them, as well as helping our clients.
Our relationship spans over a decade. We have shared our growth as women, going through various transformative stages. Becoming mothers has further united us, and we have partners who unconditionally support us in this project.
We have a way of being that when we get involved in something, we throw ourselves into it body and soul.
For a while, our individual consultations were reaching their limit (yes, pure success) and we are not complacent while desiring to continue helping, so we embarked on this journey. Additionally, if you are a psychologist or an entrepreneur, you will understand the pleasure of letting go of the loneliness that often accompanies our profession for the power of collaboration.
The confidence of knowing that our perspectives fit, that we can share everything we are feeling, knowing that we will find in the other a compassionate gaze and acceptance of what is happening to us.
Creating Calma de Mar together has been a fascinating journey; intense, exhausting but above all exciting. It has been rediscovering a powerful and exciting love for our profession.
Knowing that female leadership is powerful, different from what we know, kinder, less competitive, where caring is our strength.
Beginnings are not always as one expects. Although it may surprise you, I chose the Psychology degree by chance. I wanted to study Audiovisual Communication, and as my fourth option, I marked Psychology. Out of pure curiosity, to understand human behavior.
I even started a Doctorate in audiovisuals, without a very defined direction, and although everything was going well, there was a family event that completely changed the course of my life. I felt sad, and above all, very afraid. Life invited me to take the reins, and it was not easy at all.
Despite feeling lost, I felt deep inside me that I was starting to become the protagonist of my life.
I decided to take charge of the family business along with my sister, and despite being very afraid, I made decisions. One of them was to seek therapy. I had learned that I had to be strong, but I finally dared to embrace my vulnerability.
I learned more about myself, digested everything I had experienced, and fell in love with the psychology profession, thanks to learning about Transactional Analysis. My psychotherapist ended up being my mentor, and after a 3-month trip to South America, I ended up doing an internship at his Institute in Buenos Aires. I found a guiding person who helped me validate within myself that I was capable.
I returned home and decided to continue my education. I completed a 4-year master’s degree in psychotherapy, and also did internships at a University hospital in the OCD Unit as part of another university postgraduate program, to train in the art of psychotherapy. After other trainings and learnings, I began to truly find myself in the professional field.
I started working as a psychotherapist, and I felt that I had found my vocational purpose. At the same time, I continued to invest in my personal development, finding my current partner along the way, and growing together as parents of two wonderful children.
I’ve been working as a psychologist and psychotherapist for over 17 years. Now, my focus is on accompanying anyone who wants to know themselves better or feels confused and wants to bring more awareness and intention to their current process. From the desire to improve relationships in work environments, I trained as a team coach, and together with Mónica Jal, I founded EMA2 to contribute to workplace well-being. I am a trainer for psychology courses for the Diputación de Barcelona and collaborate with the Fundación Salud y Persona.
For me, life is a therapy, and I offer you support from my humanity, sincerely, to accompany you on a part of your journey.
My only choice in the university entrance exam for my degree was Psychology, so you can imagine what has always fascinated me.
I was born in Barcelona into a family where books surrounded me from a young age, and the interest in understanding people, why they behave as they do, how to deal with what they feel, is something that always stirs something within me.
I studied Psychology at Blanquerna (Ramon Llull), and in my third year, I had the chance to experience what for many at that age is an adventure: going on Erasmus to Italy. And like most people I know who have done an Erasmus, it was one of the best years of my life. Laughter, friends, hugs, goodbyes,… pure emotional intensity. It gave me a freedom that I hadn’t experienced in any other way. To be who I was at that moment. Not carrying labels attached from all the previous years.
After continuing my education, like many of us, I felt lost, so I went backpacking in South America for 3 months. I’ve been fortunate to have been able to travel the world since I was young, and I feel that this part of me heightened my curiosity, erased the prejudices that society tries to instil in us, because suddenly, what I thought was valid, began to be questioned. Shortly after, while seeking my place in the world, I moved to London. Initially with the aim of improving my English, I started working as a nanny, one of the powerful learning experiences my ego had to deal with. In Barcelona, I was already working as a psychologist in a hospital, and I had become accustomed to defining myself by what I did, so not practicing psychology completely threw my ego off balance.
I decided to continue my education, of course, and started a 4-year master’s in integrative psychotherapy.
I had always protected myself through language, being able to explain what was happening to me emotionally with words and concepts. Although I had a very good level of English, I couldn’t express myself like my native colleagues or those who had been living in the UK for many years, so inevitably this barrier led me to connect with the feeling of being a child surrounded by “bigger” adults, “who knew more”. This was a direct journey to connect with my inner child. With her vulnerability and limitations.
It helped me connect with my body, as words didn’t serve me, and to let myself be supported by my fellow group members in that fear. The groups gave me the concept of shared humanity (which I didn’t know had a name at that time): recognizing that what happens to me happens to us all.
After 7 years, I felt that my cycle in London was coming to an end. I returned, and the reverse cultural shock also took its toll, returning as a different person from the one I left, encountering people who expected me to continue being my former self.
I continued my training in trauma, person-centered psychotherapy, etc., but the most powerful master’s came later: motherhood. It has undoubtedly been a before and after for me. As if all the previous work suddenly accelerated. As if what I used to doubt before suddenly became clear.
And with all this history, I am the psychotherapist you see here. With my vulnerabilities and strengths. Extending my hand to accompany you in whatever you need.
As soon as we can, we will get in touch with you to give you the support you need.