I've been seeing Vjosa for anxiety issues for a few months. She has helped enormously in de-tangling years' worth of anxiety issues, which had built up from a few life experiences and further complicated by a previous therapist who, I began to realise after a while, was making no difference/ actually made things a bit worse in the long run by pushing theories on me that didn't actually make sense to me. Vjosa really built my trust up again in the therapy process, and I feel genuinely confident now that what we discuss in our sessions is actually focused on what's really going on in my mind and getting to the root of the issue. Vjosa is very intuitive, and has demonstrated a few times an understanding of what's going on in my mind before I even describe it. But crucially, she also always checks with me whether her interpretation is accurate, and in the instances where it doesn't quite match up with what I'm feeling/thinking, she listens openly to my new explanation and changes tack. This has been essential for me, because it really allowed me to build trust after my previous experience of therapy. It was also incredibly reassuring, as I was feeling totally overwhelmed by how knotty and confusing the anxiety issues had become, but her genuine openness and patience reassured me because it made me really believe that she would sit there and puzzle it out with me, even if it meant changing course a few times. It never felt like she was trying to push me in any one direction, or that she was becoming impatient or her pride would be hurt if I disagreed with what she was suggesting. She also seems to have a genuine passion for what she does - she always seems genuinely so interested in how my thought processes work, and figuring them out with me. I think this combination of her positive attitude and her open-mindedness are what have really allowed me to trust her fully. And once she gets something, she really gets it, in what seems like a very natural and intuitive way. She also manages to strike the balance between challenging me and reassuring me. She can tell if you're not properly focused on getting to the bottom of something, and will call you out for it! And then on the flip side once she sees you're really trying, she is incredibly supportive and empathetic. When I got frustrated or felt hopeless about my mental state, she really managed to reassure me that there was nothing too complicated that we couldn't figure out. We recently passed a huge milestone and I'm now taking a break before going back to deal with some further underlying issues. I'll definitely be going back to Vjosa to pick up where we left off, after I've enjoyed a bit of my new-found peace of mind!