Our clinical practice integrates different therapeutic approaches with extensive supporting evidence and a long history of clinical use. We combine psychodynamic and systemic perspectives with EMDR to work with trauma and anxiety.
Key influences on our work include Daniel Siegel and his understanding of the integration of mind, brain, and relationships; Bessel van der Kolk and his research on trauma and the body; and Stephen Porges and polyvagal theory.
We also draw on current research into mindfulness, neuroplasticity, and emotional regulation.
Understanding your inner world
Psychodynamic psychology helps us understand how our experiences, relationships, and emotions influence the way we feel, relate to others, and live.
We often repeat patterns without understanding why. Through therapy, we can make sense of what is happening to us and develop new ways of relating to ourselves and others.
Our approach also incorporates insights from attachment theory, mentalization, and contemporary models of emotional and relational development.
We are particularly inspired by the work of Peter Fonagy, Mary Target, and Anthony Bateman on mentalization, developed at the Anna Freud Centre in London. Their work understands emotional health in terms of the ability to understand our own internal states and those of others, supporting safer, more flexible, and more mindful relationships.
This perspective helps us understand how early relationship experiences influence emotional regulation, self-esteem, relationships, and the way each person develops their identity and experiences their emotional world.
We work on areas such as:
Reprocessing experiences that continue to cause distress
EMDR therapy (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) helps the brain reprocess difficult experiences that remain emotionally “stuck.”
Anxiety, hypervigilance, shame, and certain emotional reactions are often connected to past experiences that the nervous system was unable to integrate adequately.
EMDR helps reduce their emotional impact and develop new internal experiences of safety, regulation, and well-being.
At Centre )Eines(, we take an integrative, up-to-date approach to EMDR, incorporating insights from work with complex trauma, attachment, dissociation, and emotional regulation.
Our team belongs to the Asociación EMDR España and EMDR Europe and participates in ongoing training and clinical professional development.
We draw inspiration from leading figures in EMDR and trauma treatment, such as Francine Shapiro, the creator of EMDR, as well as contemporary authors such as Anabel González and Manuela Spadoni. Their models integrate work with attachment, complex trauma, emotional regulation, and the development of internal resources to support safer, deeper therapeutic processes.
It can help with:
The person and their relationships
From a systemic perspective, we understand that people grow within relationships and contexts that profoundly influence their emotional well-being.
Therapy helps us understand family dynamics, roles, ways of communicating, and relationship patterns that often cause distress or leave us feeling stuck.
Our work integrates insights from systemic relational therapy, attachment theory, and contemporary models focused on relationships, family dynamics, and the development of identity within human systems.
We draw inspiration from figures such as Luigi Onnis and Stefano Cirillo of the Italian systemic school; Giorgio Nardone and the contributions of brief strategic therapy; and Joan Garriga and his systemic and relational work informed by humanistic perspectives and family constellations.
We understand that many emotional difficulties need to be considered within the relationships, contexts, and relational experiences in which they develop.
Particularly helpful for:
Emotional regulation and well-being
Our approach incorporates current knowledge about emotional regulation, neuroscience, and the autonomic nervous system, including insights from Stephen Porges’s polyvagal theory and Daniel J. Siegel’s interpersonal neurobiology.
These models help us understand how the nervous system automatically responds to signals of safety or threat and how these responses influence our emotions, thoughts, and relationships. Concepts such as the window of tolerance, self-regulation, and co-regulation allow us to better understand these responses and support people in regaining greater balance and flexibility.
Alongside in-depth therapeutic work, we help people develop resources that support a greater sense of safety, emotional regulation, and well-being.
We teach tools to:
If you would like to learn more about our clinical practice at Centre )Eines(, get in touch with no obligation. We will respond as soon as possible.
At our psychology center in Barcelona, we take an integrative approach that combines three perspectives with extensive clinical evidence: psychodynamic psychology, systemic therapy, and EMDR therapy for working with trauma and anxiety. We also incorporate the latest insights from neuroscience, Stephen Porges’s polyvagal theory, and at our psychology center in Barcelona, we take an integrative approach that combines three perspectives with extensive clinical evidence: psychodynamic psychology, systemic therapy, and EMDR therapy for working with trauma and anxiety. We also incorporate the latest insights from neuroscience, Stephen Porges’s polyvagal theory, and research on emotional regulation, neuroplasticity, and mindfulness. We tailor the approach or combination of approaches to each person and their therapeutic process, rather than following a single protocol.
Psychodynamic psychology helps us understand how our experiences, relationships, and emotions influence the way we feel, relate to others, and live. We often repeat patterns without understanding why. Through therapy, we can make sense of what is happening to us and develop new ways of relating to ourselves and others. At our psychology center in Barcelona, we use this approach alongside attachment theory, mentalization, and the models developed by Peter Fonagy, Mary Target, and Anthony Bateman at the Anna Freud Centre in London. It is particularly helpful for working on self-esteem, emotional dependency, relational wounds, recurring patterns, and difficulties with emotional regulation.
Systemic therapy recognizes that we grow within relationships and contexts that profoundly influence our emotional well-being. From this perspective, many emotional difficulties need to be understood within the relationships, family dynamics, and relational experiences in which they develop. At our psychology center in Barcelona, we integrate systemic relational therapy with insights from attachment theory and the work of figures such as Luigi Onnis, Giorgio Nardone, and Joan Garriga. It is particularly helpful for family conflicts, relationship difficulties, separation, parenting, adolescence, and situations involving emotional dependency or overload.
Emotional regulation is the nervous system’s ability to respond flexibly and with balance to life’s situations, without becoming stuck in states of heightened arousal, anxiety, or shutdown. At our psychology center in Barcelona, we incorporate the latest insights from neuroscience—including the work of Daniel Siegel, Bessel van der Kolk, and Stephen Porges’s polyvagal theory—to help people develop practical tools for regulation: reducing anxiety and heightened arousal, managing intrusive thoughts, improving the connection between the body and emotions, and increasing a sense of inner safety. This work is integrated into the overall therapeutic process rather than used as a standalone technique.