Do you have a well-constructed narrative about yourself? Do you sometimes wish you could change how you feel about yourself? It’s natural. We have a number of stories about ourselves, some woven by us, some unconscious, acquired in early childhood, some through interaction with the environment that shaped us.

We invite you to a Compassionate Inquiry® workshop where you can explore how these stories you have created to cope with situations, but by disconnecting from yourself. Today, these self-descriptions may no longer be useful to you. Compassionate Inquiry® is the psychotherapeutic approach to trauma, developed by Dr. Gabor Mate Gabor and Sat Dharam Kaur ND.

The main source of suffering is our disconnection from the deepest parts of our being, often caused by childhood and transgenerational traumas. With the right approach, this connection can be re-established.

In the workshop, together we will explore the sources of disconnection from ourselves and how to free ourselves from the stories that limit us. It is only when we experience connection with ourselves and others that we can open to our vulnerability and emotions and discover and express what is true for us. This expression is what heals us.

Come join us and explore a psychologically and emotionally safe framework to see (yourself) beyond these stories.

About facilitators:

Cristina Bâra is a somatic therapist and Director of Compassionate Inquiry® Romania. She translated much of the training program in order to make Gabor Mate’s work available in Romanian. Cristina is a facilitator in the Long Training Program as well as Compassionate Inquiry Circles ® in English and Romanian. She is also trained in Neuro-Affective Relational Modeling (NARM), a model for working with developmental trauma, as well as in providing Safe and Sound protocol interventions. Cristina is also skilled in dance therapy and family constellations.

Diana Safta is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist, Compassionate Inquiry Facilitator, Practitioner and Mentor. Diana facilitates Compassionate Inquiry Circles and groups in the field of addictions. She has a Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology and training in Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy, as well as skills in Schema Therapy, Couples Therapy, Systemic Therapy, Psychogenealogy and compulsive sexual behaviors.