Parenting Therapists in Barcelona, Spain

Parenting (& Family Relationships)  Parenting can stir up intense emotions and communication challenges. Drawing on Mentalization-Based Treatment for Families (MBT-F), I help parents better understand their own and their child's emotions, enhancing emotional availability and responsiveness—especially during distress or conflict.

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Parenting problems need wisdom to resolve not just techniques. Super Nanny I am not. But a wise father I am. Parenting needs to be armed with information and training to deal with situations used to come from the elders who were treated as wise and respected as such whereas nowadays the knowledge gained form the internet does not teach application only gives knowledge and this is where we need to work more to help assimilate the knowledge and using what we now know fo the mind brain interface and child development we are more informed and can with help become better parents and teachers and leaders to children and adolescents.

A mother needs to be only good enough, said the brilliant Winnicott many years ago. We, as parents, will never be perfect. But we need only to be good enough. I can help you learn how to be the best version of yourself with your kids which includes really understanding what children in general, and your child in particular, need and needs. And what you need too which sometimes, if not often, gets forgotten in this dynamic.

Barcelona is Catalonia's vibrant capital and a top destination for European and global expats, and the city's therapy landscape reflects both its cosmopolitan character and the unique mental health pressures of living in one of Spain's most expensive and politically charged cities. English-, Spanish-, and Catalan-language therapy are all available, with practices concentrated in Eixample, Gràcia, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, and Poblenou. Housing costs, career uncertainty, political identity, and the stresses of expat adjustment are among the most common reasons people seek therapy in Barcelona. The city has a well-established LGBTQ+ community and a growing number of therapists offering affirming, identity-conscious care.

Gender ID

	75%	Female
	25%	Male

Session Type

	50%	In Person and Online
	50%	Online Only

Top Treatment Approaches

50%	Biopsychosocial Therapy
50%	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
50%	Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
50%	Existential / Humanistic Therapy
50%	Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
50%	Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian)
50%	Psychoanalytic Therapy

Ages Served

100%	Adult
75%	Senior
50%	Teen
50%	Young Adult
25%	Children

Client Focus

75%	Women
50%	Asian
50%	Black / African American
50%	Buddhist
50%	Christian

Parenting therapists in Barcelona, Spain

Dr. Damla Yildirim, PhD

Alexandra Arusoaiei

Dr George Booty. The PsychoTRAUMA Clinic (Convergence College of Psychotherapy)

Ashley Horsley