Meet our team

Ikigai Seeds Director

Licentiate Psychologist 

Registered Counsellor - ACA

Registered Creative Art therapist - ANZACATA

Group facilitator Leader Therapist

Dámaris is a registered counsellor by the Australian Counselling Association, registered creative art therapist by ANZACATA and a licentiate psychologist from Barcelona, Spain. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree with Honours in Psychology by the Ramon Llull University of Barcelona and a Postgraduate Specialist Degree in Expressive Therapies and Interdisciplinary Art Therapy by the European University of Valencia.  She is also trained in Systemic Family Therapy by the Systemic Institute of Barcelona (ISBA). Dámaris is in constant formation and currently is interested in neurodiversity, functional diversity, psychoimmunoneuroendocrinology, positive parenting and last researches  and papers in neuroscience, whiles she is currently doing a double Master in child development and ASD.  

Dámaris is a multilingual (English, Spanish, Catalan), worldly travelled person who has lived in different parts of world such Barcelona, Spain; London, UK; Los Angeles, California, USA; and currently live in Melbourne Australia. 

Dámaris is the founder and director of Ikigai Seeds as a result of more than a decade of therapeutic practice working with a diverse range of clients including children, adults, women, families and the elderly, from different cultures and languages, socio-economic status, level of education, beliefs and religions.

Damaris has experience working as school psychologist doing behaviour and cognitive assessments, individual curriculum plans and therapy for children 3-16 years.  She usually works in collaboration with families, teachers and other external agencies and professionals.

In the last years, Dámaris has been facilitating individual counselling and art therapy sessions, and also running emotional and social skills groups using a variety of different mediums such expressive and art therapy, building bricks and lego, spontaneous play, or counselling groups to help clients develop a variety of skills, increasing self-esteem, empowerment, wellbeing, and improving emotional and social skills.

Dámaris also has experience working in public and private hospitals with multidisciplinary teams. She has worked in Systemic Family Therapy with a wide range of presentations and also supported patients experiencing a variety of illnesses, mostly oncological, and severe life crisis.

• Neurodiversity and functional diversity.
• Anxiety, panic attacks, stress, depression, stress post traumatic, bereavement and trauma.
• School challenges
• Immigration challenges.
• Cognitive assessments.
• Psychomotor and aptitudes assessments.
• Family and parenting challenges. Positive parenting.
• Empowerment and self-esteem.
• LGTBIQ+
• Improvement of the quality of the way we affect and communicate with others. Heal significant relationships (mother, father, daughter, son, siblings).
• Meditation, mindfulness, relaxation, pain management.
• Emotional intelligence, assertive communication and social skills.
• Psychoeducation, psychoimmunoneuroendocrinology and neuroscience. 
• Executive functions 

• Counselling, Expressive therapies and art therapy.

• Individual, group and family sessions.

• Sessions in: Spanish, Catalan or English.

Psychotherapist

 Registered Counsellor- ACA

Registered Social Worker- AASW

Group facilitator 

Cira is a Psychotherapist, registered Counsellor- ACA and Social worker- AASW. Her compassionate approach provides a safe and welcoming space for individuals to promote self- awareness, acceptance, integration a and meaningful experience that supports healing, wellbeing, and growth. She has experience supporting a diverse range of clients with anxiety, depression, trauma, low self-esteem, addiction, grief, and loss.

Cira is skilled in a range of evidence-based interventions and therapeutic modalities as, Transpersonal and Experiential Psychotherapy (TEP), mindfulness- and acceptance-based interventions, andemotionally focused therapy (EFT), creating an integrative approach, being able to meet her clients where they are at to support their individual life journeys.

Additionally, Cira is a lead facilitator in Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), an 8-week program that aims to support individuals and groups develop attentional and emotional skills.

She can also provide counselling sessions both in English and Spanish. 

Licensed Psychologist  

Gestalt Relational Psychotherapist

Divna is a Gestalt Relational Psychotherapist who is passionate about change, choice and allowing space to grow. Coming from Macedonian background she grew close with nature from where she draws her capacities for creating a safe space for her clients, warm presence, openness and acceptance.

She has completed a Bachelor of Psychology and four years of Advanced Clinical Training in Relational Gestalt Therapy in Macedonia at “Synergy” Institute as part of the European Association of Gestalt Psychotherapy. At this moment she is finishing her last year of training at the Gestalt Therapy Australia. 

She has experience working with kids from marginalised environments (discriminated and kids at risk) as well as children with special needs. 

In her practice she works with young adults, adults, and couples, where she uses holistic approach, believing in people’s capacities and resources for becoming whole and as such moving towards a state of equilibrium.  

She provides short and long term counselling and psychotherapy.