Billi Silverstein
Psychotherapy

I am honoured to receive this prestigious award, which I view not as a personal accolade but as a recognition of the therapeutic process itself. In psychotherapy, progress is often subtle and deeply personal. It is measured not by outward markers of success, but by increased insight, emotional balance, and the capacity to relate more freely to oneself and others.

From a trauma-informed and psychodynamic perspective, symptoms rarely appear in isolation. They emerge from historical pain, relational wounds, and unconscious In contemporary clinical practice, there is growing concern that psychotherapists may become too focused on the presenting issues clients bring into therapy. While it is both ethical and necessary to attend to immediate distress, this focus can sometimes obscure the deeper dynamics that sustain suffering. The presentin