Get To Know Me

Hi, I´m Ivelina.
I was born and raised in Bulgaria, where I lived until the age of 19. Then I did something many people dream of and fear at the same time — I left everything familiar behind to start over in a new country.

Spain became that new place.
Over the past 11 years, I’ve lived, studied, and built a life across Barcelona, Mexico, Madrid, and now Valencia, where I currently live and work. Each move brought excitement, challenge, and transformation — and also a quiet kind of loneliness that only those living between cultures truly understand.

Like many of the people I now work with, I’ve been through:

The disorientation of learning new languages and codes

The emotional labor of adapting, again and again

The journey of finding a sense of vocation, home, and belonging

Starting over in new cities and building friendships and community from scratch

Learning to be alone — and eventually, at peace with myself

In between all this, I’ve practiced yoga, explored creative expression, found grounding in mindfulness, and worked with people from around the world — all while teaching English on the side (a path that also taught me patience, clarity, and the beauty of shared language).

Today, as a psychologist, I bring all of this with me into my work:
Not just theory, but lived experience.
Not just techniques, but empathy born of having walked that path myself.

If you find yourself somewhere in-between — between cultures, careers, identities, or emotional states — I offer therapy as a space to pause, feel, reflect, and reimagine.