🌱 Registered Psychotherapist & Clinical Supervisor 🌟

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Meet Nikolai

I am a registered psychotherapist working in private practice with individuals and groups. I specialise in treating personality disorders, trauma and dissociative disorders. Alongside my private practice in Toronto, Canada, I also serve as the Clinical Director of the Mentalisation-Based Treatment (MBT) Clinic in Moscow, Russia.

I am trained and certified in various evidence-based therapies, including MBT, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Written Exposure Therapy, Prolonged Exposure Therapy, and Trauma-Informed and Stabilisation Therapy (Janina Fisher, PhD). 

My clinical interests lie in the psychodynamic treatment of personality disorders, trauma and dissociation, with a particular focus on the effectiveness of MBT in treating borderline and narcissistic personality disorders. I am professionally registered with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (009192).

Mentalization-based treatment is a structured approach designed to enhance an individual’s mentalizing abilities. Mentalizing is both an implicit and explicit process of understanding others’ actions and our own behaviours by attributing intentional mental states.  Essentially, it’s a complex process of comprehending our own and others’ minds, which is crucial for building rich, fulfilling, and meaningful social connections and life.

Mentalizing, also known as reflective functioning, is the quintessential human capacity to understand ourselves and others in terms of intentional mental states like feelings, desires, wishes, attitudes, and goals.  This fundamental capacity enables us to navigate the intricate social world we inhabit.  Furthermore, mentalizing fosters epistemic trust—another vital component of social connections.  To sustain beneficial social interactions, we must cultivate mentalizing.

Mentalization-Based Treatment

MBT is collaborative. Everything in the session is discussed jointly, taking into account the mental experiences and ideas of both the patient and the clinician. The process of mentalising requires a genuine desire to understand one's own and others' mental processes. This applies to both the clinician and the client. 

The therapist is an expert in therapy, not the client's experience. You can expect your therapist to ask you in detail about your experiences, motives and behaviours, as well as your emotional responses and impressions of what is happening in therapy at any given moment. Although there is scope for teaching particular skills, the overarching purpose remains to improve mentalizing.

How does MBT work?

I utilize the Contextual Supervision Relationship Model (CSRM) to drive professional growth. I view the supervisory relationship not just as a container, but as an active intervention. We will align a strong bond (trust, understanding, expertise) with clear tasks and goals to create a coherent path for development.

My approach activates three critical pathways:

- The Real Relationship: Fostering professional belonging and attachment.
- Clear Expectations: Using adaptive explanation to replace anxiety and shame with hope and agency.
- Facilitative Actions: Encouraging behaviors that turn supervision into concrete skill building.

Our work targets the reduction of self-doubt while simultaneously constructing your therapist identity and competence. This evidence-informed structure ensures that our alliance directly translates into positive impacts for your clients.

Clinical Supervision

The initial 15-minute call is free and aims to help us get to know each other and establish whether we are a good match.  My fee for individual sessions is $165 per session. Each session lasts 50 minutes, and payment can be made via credit card or Interac e-transfer. Please give me 24 hours' notice if you need to cancel your appointment, as I have a cancellation policy.

I apply a sliding scale to different regions of the world based on local economic factors: 
- for the US, my fee is 150 CAD; 
- for the UK, EU and Russia, it's 115 CAD. 

Please note that I use different names for my services due to local regulatory requirements. In Canada, the UK and Russia, I offer psychotherapy; in the US and other regions, I offer behavioural health consultations which is non-regulated occupation.

Fees and Booking

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