THE THERAPIST'S SELF

In an unusual format — a blend of Class and seminar — participants are introduced to a living process of reflection on the therapist’s self, as it forms and transforms over time.

Drawing on his own experience, Ovidiu Gavrilovici opens a conversation about what remains unseen behind the practice: vulnerabilities, limits, defence mechanisms, and the resources that sustain authentic encounters with the other. What do we bring from our own history into the consulting room? Where do the personal and professional self meet? And how can we remain present without losing ourselves in the relationship?

A dialogue about beginnings and growth, about the subtle dangers of the profession, and about the ways in which the therapist’s self can remain a living, conscious, and ever-evolving instrument.

Ovidiu Gavrilovici is a university professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University in Iași. He teaches courses in psychological counselling and narrative therapy. Since 2005 he has been the founding president of the Psiterra Association in Iași. He organises the National Narrative Therapy Conferences and Symposia and the 3rd Europe+ Narrative Therapy and Community Work Conference (2014). He leads professional training courses in Narrative Communication Skills, narrative executive coaching, personal and professional development, and narrative organisational consultancy.

He has published 2 coordinated books, 5 books as author and co-author, 7 chapters in international volumes, 47 chapters in Romanian publications, 36 specialist articles, and 2 university manuals. His most recently translated book is McMenamin (2025). Two Islands and a Boat. Iași: Timpul Journal Publishing House.