By Lenka Pitonakova, PhD, RPC-C
Everyone deserves to be their true self.
Empowering professionals with a difficult past towards more confidence, a deeper self-awareness and a better life-career balance.
Hi, I'm Lenka and I am based in Vancouver, BC. My mission is to guide you from a place of anxiety, depression and burnout into a feeling of being whole and living with a purpose.
As a counsellor and a tech lead in one, I'm especially good at working with those who are secretly struggling with their high-demand lives. Read more about me
As a counsellor and a tech lead in one, I'm especially good at working with those who are secretly struggling with their high-demand lives. Read more about me
Counselling therapy
If you are coping with anxiety, depression, burnout, high self-expectations, or difficulties in social situations, I'm here to help.Let's explore your experience, beliefs and relationships, and build on your strengths together.
Tech career counselling
I know from experience that navigating a fast-paced, intellectually demanding tech workplace can get difficult.Let's work together on combating your self-criticism, dealing with burnout and helping you develop new skills, so that you can take your next career step.
Job hunting right now? Checkout my tailored program.
I bring empathy, encouragement and support, as well as my experience as a tech team lead, teacher and mentor into the therapy room.
How I will work with you
By creating an open and safe environment, I will guide you in exploring who you are and how you can draw strength from your past, even if it is a traumatic one.
I value goal-oriented approach to therapy, incorporating measurable, collaboratively-set outcomes, as well as your feedback along the way. I'm here for you by listening and by facilitating your growth, as well by taking the lead when you need a hand. With a natural curiosity about what the world looks like through your eyes, I offer support, encouragement and understanding.
I align my practice with the psychodynamic, humanistic, existentialist and Gestalt approaches.
My writing work
I care deeply about topics such as work-life balance, job satisfaction and psychology of the ego, and I spend a good portion of my time reading and writing about them.
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Treerock Therapy core values
Growth
As a practitioner who values growth, I constantly seek feedback from my clients and my peers, I regularly engage in self-reflection and I actively find and train in new evidence-based techniques.
Truth
As a practitioner who values truth, I give honest feedback and encourage my clients to find underlying causes of their issues.