Psychodynamic Psychotherapy & Coaching Services

At NIKOS MARINOS CONSULTNACY we believe that Psychotherapy is for everybody.
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Wahatever is going on in your life – whether you are in a period of transition, or you facing troubles relating with others or you feel stuck – we will engage you in an honest one-to-one dialogue marked by interest, tolerance and profound understanding.  

​Psychotherapy can help when life feels unbearably difficult, and it can also make a decent life even better. You will work collaboratively to become more aware of patterns in your life and enact changes to lessen your suffering and increase your mental well-being of your life.  Available in Paris or via Skype. _

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Couple Counselling 
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Relationship dynamics are more complex than ever before.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​  In our intense times it is more necessary than ever to create novel conversations to address 'traditional' issues with our partners.
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Couple Counselling is a safe space in wich both parties are able to address issues that when alone, very easily arrive to misunderstanding and confusion.  
​The couple therapist with his experience, knowledge and interest facilitates and allowing each one to express himself/ herself and provides the safety that everything can be shared, explored and understood however extreme or awkward. _

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Career Counselling
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Finding and maintain a job that expresses our talents and interests is one of the fundamental goals of any life. ​
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But it can be very difficult and complex to find the energy to explore our true aspirations and lead a successful and balance life. 
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​A program of one-on-one sessions with our career expert, Antoine Antaki, will help you to define your career priorities, discuss psychological hurdles and think through practical next steps to transform your working life. _

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18  JUNE  2018
​THE
​ROMANTIC
 ISSUE

Romance and all of the weight we tend to put on it is a modern invention and primarily promoted and marketed by businessmen who realised it will get you to pay for movie tickets and/or a new piece of jewellery.   
But romantic love, and love in general is far more complicated than we've been let to believe by Hollywood movies and jewellery store ads.  The painful truth about love is that the real work of a relationship begins after the curtain closes. _​
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NIKOS MARINOS CONSULTANCY features powerful articles week on: simplicity, health & fitness, motivation and inspiration, management, work life, happiness, goals, getting great things done and living in the moment. -​

How the modern world makes us mentally ill

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French culture, bleak chic

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​MORE TO READ ON LIBRARY  ➔

​Esther Perel: Modern Love and Relationships.  |  SXSW 2018
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​"Psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling author Esther Perel is recognized as one of today’s most insightful and original voices on modern relationships. 
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Her celebrated TED talks have garnered nearly 20 million views and her international bestseller Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence became a global phenomenon translated into 25 languages.
Her newest book is the New York Times bestseller The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity.
​Esther is also an executive producer and host of the popular Audible original podcast Where Should We Begin? "

Why Do People Have Affairs

Too often, affairs are seen as the outcome of random horniness – or just plain old nastiness.
That’s very rarely the case. When it comes to affairs, we spend far too long being incensed or secretive, and far too little time trying to understand.
In truth, affairs stem from a very fiddly aspect of our romantic psychology.
We tend to think we know why people have affairs: the answer is simple, unambiguous and morally utterly black and white. That's a huge part of the problem - which this film gently aims to help correct.

This is a section of our selection 
of the greatest thinkers
from the fields of
philosophy, psychology, political theory, sociology,
art and literature
whom we believe have the most to offer to us today. 

Adult Attachment Theory and Research
A Brief Overview

R. Chris Fraley
Department of Psychology / University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Summary

Research on adult attachment is guided by the assumption that the same motivational system that gives rise to the close emotional bond between parents and their children is responsible for the bond that develops between adults in emotionally intimate relationships. The objective of this essay is to provide a brief overview of the history of adult attachment research, the key theoretical ideas, and a sampling of some of the research findings. This essay has been written for people who are interested in learning more about research on adult attachment.

Background: Bowlby's Theory of Attachment

The theory of attachment was originally developed by John Bowlby (1907 - 1990), a British psychoanalyst who was attempting to understand the intense distress experienced by infants who had been separated from their parents. Bowlby observed that separated infants would go to extraordinary lengths (e.g., crying, clinging, frantically searching) to prevent separation from their parents or to reestablish proximity to a missing parent. At the time of Bowlby's initial writings, psychoanalytic writers held that these expressions were manifestations of immature defense mechanisms that were operating to repress emotional pain, but Bowlby noted that such expressions are common to a wide variety of mammalian species, and speculated that these behaviors may serve an evolutionary function.

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