Karen Schenck·Psychotherapist in Antibes

Understand what is at play within you, and move forward more freely

An integrative approach — CBT, Gestalt therapy, Schema Therapy and Jungian psychology — shaped with you, around your own history and your own pace.

Karen Schenck, psychotherapist in Antibes, seated with her hand resting under her chin, smiling

My approach

An integrative approach

I favour an integrative approach that combines several complementary therapeutic methods. Each course of therapy is shaped around your history, your needs and your own pace.

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Why seek therapy?

There is no single reason to start therapy

Some people are going through a difficult period. Others want to identify what is holding them back, or break out of difficulties that keep repeating themselves.

“Understanding what is at play within you, to move forward with more clarity and freedom.”

The approaches

Four traditions, one course of therapy

No single method answers every situation. These four approaches are drawn on together, according to what you bring and how the work unfolds.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, emotions and behaviours interact. Certain ways of thinking or reacting can, without our being aware of it, maintain the difficulties we face. By shedding light on these mechanisms and offering concrete tools, CBT helps you gradually move out of these patterns and build responses better suited to everyday life.

Gestalt therapy

Gestalt therapy favours working in the here and now. It draws on lived experience, emotions, bodily sensations, and the quality of contact with yourself, others and your environment. This approach invites a more conscious presence to what is being experienced, and the chance to try new ways of relating to others.

Schema therapy

Schema therapy explores the patterns that form over the course of a life, particularly in childhood, and that continue to influence emotions, behaviours or relationships. By identifying their origin and their impact in the present, it allows outdated patterns to evolve and new, more adapted bearings to gradually take hold.

Jungian psychology

Jungian psychology offers a complementary perspective on the difficulties you face. Its aim is to gradually bring certain unconscious processes into awareness — processes that shape how we think, feel and act. By fostering deeper self-knowledge, this approach supports the process of individuation: the development of the personality toward a way of functioning that is more conscious, coherent, and true to oneself.

Complementary tools

This integrative approach is also enriched by Transactional Analysis, DTMA and EFT. Drawn on according to each person’s needs, they help deepen the understanding of certain relational dynamics and repetitive patterns, work on emotional reactions, and support healing from the imprint left by difficult experiences.

Who I am

My background and training

After fifteen years spent understanding and responding to the specific needs of my clients, I chose to dedicate myself to therapeutic work.

My certified training in CBT, Gestalt therapy, Schema Therapy and Jungian psychology forms the foundation of my integrative practice, complemented by Transactional Analysis, DTMA and EFT.

First step

A first conversation, with no commitment

The first session is a meeting: understanding what brings you here, answering your questions and deciding together whether this is the right fit.

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