Veronika Kloucek Therapy

21/03/2026

Awe-inspiring doesn't quite cover it.

Bruce Perry's keynote at The Psychotherapy Networker symposium was one of those rare sessions that leaves you humbled, moved, and quietly rearranged.

Funny, disarming, and then suddenly profound, he has a way of making the most complex neuroscience feel utterly human. His Neurosequential Model has shaped how I think about trauma and development for years. Seeing him speak live was something else entirely.

This stayed with me:

"The relational nature of humankind creates an inevitable web of impact across, and within, our complex social systems."

We are not separate. We never were. And healing, when it comes, travels through that same web.

Psychotherapy Networker PESI The Village Clinic

20/03/2026

The most moving session of the Symposium so far.

Dan Siegel in conversation with Sally Maslansky — his former patient, now a psychotherapist herself — who generously shared her experience of Dissociative Identity Disorder. Not as a case study. As a person. With extraordinary courage and clarity.

DID is so often misunderstood — even within the field. What Sally showed today is that it is not pathology. It is a brilliant adaptation. A mind protecting itself the only way it knew how when the people who should have kept it safe, didn't.

The therapeutic bond between them — the patience, the attunement, the willingness to sit with what was unbearable — was a masterclass in what healing actually looks like.

Sally has written about all of this in her memoir: A Brilliant Adaptation: How Dissociative Identity Disorder and the Power of the Therapeutic Bond Saved Me. It goes on my reading list immediately.

20/03/2026

The most moving session of the Symposium so far.

Dan Siegel in conversation with Sally Maslansky - his former patient, now a psychotherapist herself - who generously shared her experience of Dissociative Identity Disorder. Not as a case study. As a person. With extraordinary courage and clarity.

DID is so often misunderstood even within the field. What Sally showed today is that it is, in fact, a brilliant adaptation to childhood. A mind protecting itself the only way it knew how when the people who should have kept it safe, didn't.

The therapeutic bond between them - the patience, the attunement, the willingness to sit with what was unbearable - was a masterclass in what heartfelt evidence based relational healing actually looks like.

Sally has written about all of this in her new book: A Brilliant Adaptation: How Dissociative Identity Disorder and the Power of the Therapeutic Bond Saved Me. It’s on my reading list.

The Village Clinic

20/03/2026

Twenty years of his work in my practice. Finally got to say thank you in person.

Dan Siegel's Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB) framework has shaped how I think about therapy, relationships, and the mind in ways that continue to unfold. Grateful.

Dr. Dan Siegel Psychotherapy Networker PESI

20/03/2026

This morning's keynote with Nadine Burke-Harris on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).

The patterns we carry into relationships aren't personality flaws. They're survival strategies — formed early, reinforced quietly, and often invisible until intimacy brings them back to the surface.

What stayed with me: ACEs aren't destiny. But they do travel. Into our bodies, our relationships, our children. The investment in safe, stable relationships early in life isn't just compassionate — it's one of the most powerful predictors of what struggles people won't have to face later.

So much of what arrives in the therapy room as a relationship problem began long before the relationship did.

Nadine Burke Harris Psychotherapy Networker PESI

20/03/2026

We say we're too busy. That the timing isn't right. That we're focusing on ourselves.

But often what we're avoiding is something simpler and harder: the rawness of not knowing how it will go.

Choosing love when you no longer need it — when you've already built a life, when you know what disappointment feels like — that takes a different kind of courage.

I wrote about this. About the longing that waits patiently beneath all the very good reasons not to reach.

🔗 https://veronikakloucek.com/modern-love-risk-or-freedom/

A quiet daydream on the Tube sparks longing. This piece explores desire, independence, and the tender moments that catch us off guard.

20/03/2026

Is "forever" still a meaningful idea?

That was the question in the room this afternoon at the Psychotherapy Networker Symposium in Washington DC, where Dr. Alexandra Solomon, Nedra Tawwab and Yung Pueblo took on marriage in an age of individualism.

What struck me most: when we no longer need relationships to survive, choosing one becomes both more meaningful — and so much harder. We bring everything to it. Every old wound, every hope, every fear of getting it wrong again.

The conversation felt urgent. And very much of this moment.

16/01/2026

Midlife comes with many interpretations. Some help. Some narrow what we see.

Why women’s midlife distress is often medicalised rather than understood. A psychological reframe of menopause, identity, and recalibration.

20/11/2025

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05/08/2025

Some loneliness hides in plain sight. After writing Left Behind, I found myself drawn to its quieter twin: the kind of loneliness that can happen inside a relationship.

Lonely in Love: The Disconnection No One Talks About, explores what it means to share a life but feel alone. The small ruptures. The unmet bids for connection. The growing silence between two people who still sleep side by side.

If Left Behind spoke to those on the outside of coupledom, this is for those wondering why love still feels so far away—even when someone’s right there.

What helps you feel truly connected?

A reflection on why relationships can feel empty despite closeness, exploring disconnection and paths to deeper intimacy.

17/06/2025

Togetherness is celebrated - until it isn’t. You can be accomplished, sociable, even content - and still carry a quiet ache of exclusion. Singledom often goes unspoken, but its impact is real. In this short read, I explore the emotional and physiological cost of disconnection and why our longing for closeness is nothing to be ashamed of.

What helps you feel connected when life makes you feel left out? Let’s start a conversation.

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Feeling left behind in a world of couples? Explore the hidden grief of singlehood, and how therapy can help you reconnect and heal.