Lana Kunštek

My work is grounded in somatic psychotherapy and integrates transpersonal psychology, mindfulness, trauma-informed and attachment-informed perspectives, and Jungian-informed approaches. In my work, I focus on how emotional and psychological difficulties are experienced and organised in both the mind and the body. This includes patterns of stress, grief, trauma responses, emotional overwhelm, and difficulties with regulation and connection. 

A central part of the therapeutic process is developing awareness of these patterns and supporting change through presence, safety, and relational attunement. I also work with trauma-related experiences, with attention to pacing, stability, and the client’s capacity for regulation. The aim is to support integration of experience over time so that emotional and bodily responses can become more understandable and integrated. Alongside this, I integrate dream work and inner imagery as part of exploring emotional patterns and meaning-making processes. This can support access to experiences that are not always immediately available through verbal reflection alone. 

I have worked in the field of body-oriented psychotherapy for over ten years. My approach is structured and relational, with a focus on emotional regulation, integration of experience, and developing a more stable and connected sense of Self. I work with individuals and couples. At the heart of my work is the belief that we don’t only “talk about” our lives, we live them through the body. Our patterns, our emotions, our ways of protecting ourselves, and our longings all show up not only in thought, but in sensation, posture, breath, and relational experience. 

Therapy, for me, is a space where these layers can be met with attention and gradually come into contact with each other again. I work with what is often already here but not yet fully felt: the places where we disconnect, where emotions become too much or too far away, where meaning feels lost, or where something in life is shifting and no longer fits the old way of being. 

My approach is steady, relational, and grounded, while also open to deeper existential and transpersonal questions. I often work with people during periods of grief, transition, emotional overwhelm, or when they are going through experiences that feel spiritually significant, disorienting, or difficult to place in ordinary language. 

Education & Training 

• Master of Social Work, University of Zagreb 

• Body-Oriented and Mindfulness-Centered Psychotherapy, International Institute of Core Evolution 

• Core Soma Training, International Institute of Core Evolution 

• Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses in Somatic and Transpersonal Psychotherapy 

• Additional training in Analytical Psychology (Foundations) 

Professional Memberships 

• Dansk Psykoterapeutforening 

• European Association for Body Psychotherapy (EABP) 

• EUROTAS

lana.kunstek7@gmail.com