Is your life fine on paper and still not quite right from the inside? Have you got the things you were supposed to want, and none of it feels like yours?
My name is Michal and I'm a psychologist in Prague. I work online, in English and in Czech, with people who are building a life in a country they didn't grow up in.
I work in the person-centred approach, which I'm training in at the PCA Institut. In practice that means I won't hand you ready answers and I won't steer the conversation somewhere it isn't going. What I bring is steadiness. We start with whatever is on your mind, in whatever order it comes out, and we go at your pace. You can be honest, contradictory, in a bad mood, or not know what you want to talk about. Nothing you bring will be too much.
The approach rests on a straightforward idea: that you already carry what you need to work this out, and that it comes back within reach when someone stays with you without judging and without pushing. My part is to be that person, week after week.
People come to me with anxiety, self-worth, burnout, existential questions, the end of a relationship, grief, and the strain of living somewhere that isn't home. Many of them feel they have drifted from themselves, or that their life has stopped making the sense it used to.
A bit about me. Mgr. in psychology from the University of New York in Prague, in person-centred training at the PCA Institut, and in regular supervision. Before this I spent four years as a social worker in Prague, sitting with people on some of the hardest days of their lives. It taught me that what helps first is rarely a solution. It's someone staying in the room with you.
Sessions are 50 minutes by video call, 65 EUR. There is no waiting list and there is usually a free slot within the week. I read every message myself and reply within 24 hours. This is private practice and is not covered by Czech public health insurance. Everything we discuss stays between us.
When you're ready, book a time or just write to me first at rozmotat.cz.
If you are in an acute crisis, online counselling is not the right fit. Call 116 123, the crisis line, free and around the clock in Czech and English.
