About Misha

Life can be complicated, and sometimes we can understand logically what we’re doing and still find ourselves repeating the same patterns. Misha is particularly interested in helping people make sense of what sits behind their thoughts, feelings, relationships and behaviour, while also developing practical ways of managing what is happening in the here and now.

Her style is warm, conversational and curious. She doesn’t believe one therapeutic approach suits everyone, and takes time to get to know the person in front of her before deciding together what may be most useful. For some people, therapy is practical and focused on a particular difficulty. For others, it involves looking more deeply at longstanding patterns, attachment experiences and the ways our past continues to shape how we experience ourselves and others.

The first few sessions are generally about understanding what has brought you to therapy, what might be keeping you stuck, and what you would ultimately like to be different. Therapy can then develop at a pace and in a direction that makes sense for you.

Misha holds master’s degrees in both Professional Psychology and Communications, bringing together her psychological training with a longstanding interest in how people communicate, relate and make meaning of their experiences.

Outside the therapy room, Misha is usually halfway through several psychology books at once, at the gym, finding something new to do around Melbourne, or working her way through an ever-growing restaurant list, usually with an oat latte in hand.

Misha consults from CBD, Fitzroy North, Richmond and via Telehealth.