Nicolas Gorguès
Psychotherapist

My work as a therapist is rooted in my own journey as a client — a path I began while facing the very kinds of difficulties I now support others through. It was first and foremost this personal experience, carried forward over many years, that naturally led me to the other side of the therapeutic relationship. This transition carries, for me, an initiatory quality: I now pass on that unique quality of attention I once received — an attention I know to be profoundly transformative. In this sense, I walk alongside you on a path I have first walked myself.

As this process unfolded, it gradually became a subject of deep interest and study for me — even though it was far removed from the technical profession I was practicing at the time: IT. I felt certain aspects of myself begin to awaken, parts that had previously found little space in my life, but which now called for my full attention. Seeking a way to explore them more deeply, I turned without much hesitation to a training in the Person-Centered Approach. This experiential, humanistic path felt immediately aligned with my nature. I went on to complete all three stages of the training over seven years, gradually — but radically — transitioning into a new professional life.

In the end, I find it difficult to draw a clear line between therapy and training, as the two have been organically intertwined in my journey. The Person-Centered training itself had powerful therapeutic effects; at the same time, I continue the psychotherapeutic work I began over twenty years ago by actively training in the very tools and approaches from which I first benefited. It is this integrated experience — lived, embodied, and continually renewed — that I now bring to the people I work with.