Therapist Profile
Ivan Čanžek
Gestalt therapist and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. In my work, I combine conversation, body awareness, and careful work with emotions, relationships, and the effects of traumatic experiences.
About Me
In Brief
I am Ivan Čanžek, born in 1983. My professional path began with the study of sociology in Ljubljana, where I lived until the age of 33, when I moved to Zagreb.
Over time, my interest became increasingly focused on psychotherapy, the body, emotions, relationships, and the ways in which people cope with the experiences that have shaped them. In therapeutic work, I am especially interested in creating a sufficiently safe space in which a person can better understand themselves, their patterns, their reactions, and their needs.
It is important to me that therapy does not remain only a conversation about the problem, but that the person gradually comes into better contact with themselves, their body, emotions, boundaries, and inner resources.
Therapeutic Work
Areas of Work
My professional interests are mostly focused on individual therapy, body-oriented work, trauma work, emotional regulation, improving relationships, self-acceptance, and the development of personal potential.
In therapy, I work with people who are dealing with the effects of stress, traumatic experiences, relational wounds, inner tension, overwhelm, anxiety, difficulties with closeness, and repeating life patterns.
I offer different types of therapy and counseling, crisis interventions, and treatments focused on healing the consequences of traumatic events. I work with clients online.
Outside Therapeutic Work
Personal
In my free time, I play guitar, dance salsa, and spend time with people I love. The plan was to adopt one puppy, but life decided differently — and that is how these two little beasts entered my world. 🙂
Therapeutic Approaches
Psychotherapy Education
2008 — 2014
Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy
In 2008, I enrolled in training in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy at the Institute for Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy — IPTA.
In 2014, I obtained the title of Transactional Analysis psychotherapy trainee under supervision and became a member of the European Association for Transactional Analysis — EATA.
Although I later left that educational path for personal reasons, this period remained an important part of my professional development and my understanding of relationships, communication, and psychological patterns.
2018 — 2026
Gestalt Psychotherapy
In 2018, I enrolled in Gestalt psychotherapy training in Zagreb. Gestalt gave me a deeper focus on the present moment, awareness, contact, relationship, and the way a person experiences themselves in encounter with others.
I enrolled in psychotherapy propedeutics in 2024 and completed it at the beginning of 2025, after which I continued the process of completing my Gestalt training.
I complete my Gestalt training in 2026.
Trauma and the Body
Somatic Experiencing
2019 — 2022
Somatic Experiencing Practitioner — SEP
In 2019, I began a three-year training in Somatic Experiencing, a body-oriented approach to working with trauma and the consequences of overwhelming life experiences.
This approach especially directed me toward working with the autonomic nervous system, bodily sensations, regulation, the sense of safety, and the gradual release of what remained unfinished in the body after traumatic events.
I completed the training on November 22, 2022, and obtained the title of Somatic Experiencing Practitioner — SEP.
2024
Sexual Trauma Healing
In 2024, I completed the post-advanced training Somatic Experiencing Sexual Trauma Healing with Ariel Giarretto — LMFT, SEP, CMT, CSB. The training was focused on sensitive and gradual work with the consequences of sexual trauma.
2025
Working with Touch & Eyes
In 2025, I completed the post-advanced training Get in Touch: Working with Touch & Eyes with Itta Wiedenmann, focused on careful work with contact, touch, gaze, and presence in the therapeutic process.
Additional Education
Additional Training
2012
Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy
In 2012, I completed the first level of training in hypnosis and hypnotherapy at the Hypnotherapists Association of Slovenia.
2016
Autogenic Training
At the beginning of 2016, I obtained the title of Autogenic Training Teacher at the NLP Academy in Zagreb.
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