Hello, I’m Amanda, a psychologist in private practice located in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
If you landed here, you are probably struggling with personal difficulties, or you might be supporting someone you care for to find the help they need.
10/04/2024
📖No Bad Parts from Dr . Richard Schwartz
The creator of the Internal Family Systems (IFS) talks about connecting to our Self-Leadership.
I like the 8 C’s of self Energy:
🧠CURIOSITY
🧘🏽♀️CALM
💃🏽CONFIDENCE
💗COMPASSION
👩🎨CREATIVITY
💡CLARITY
🐅COURAGE
🫂CONNECTEDNESS
When we are connected to ourself this energy emerges.
Have you read it?
01/04/2024
I just finished this book by
A few thing shared here that I think are good to keep in mind to live a fulfilling life ⬇️
Four A’s to live by:
AUTHENTICITY “Is there an inner guidance I am defying, resisting, ignoring, or avoiding?”.
AGENCY “the capacity to freely take responsibility for our existence”.
ANGER the healthy emotion that helps us set boundaries when we listen to it.
ACCEPTANCE “the recognition that in this moment things cannot be other than how they are”.
Have you red it yet?
20/02/2024
Hello👋🏼
I’m back from a wonderful vacation time in India.
Lovely time spent in nature 🌴🥥🍍🐘, enjoying great fresh veggie food and sharing with the friendly people of Kerala 🇮🇳🪷.
I will be slowly getting back to all my emails and messages so please be patient 🫶🏻
📧For all inquiries about psychotherapy appointments please email me info@amandacelis.com
10/12/2023
🌟Intense 3 days of work at the II symposium on trauma therapy () in Maspalomas.
It has been a year of hard work putring together speakers from all over the world to present on their work proving psychotherapy for trauma.
I particularly enjoyed Dr. Heather Sequeira's work on trauma and OCD. She came from the UK to give a presentation about obsessive and compulssive symptoms as a trauma related response.
We also enjoyed Dr. Arielle Schwartz' talk on psychotherapy and yoga from the Polivagal Theory lense. 🧠🧘🏽♂️
Dr. Frank Anderson explained the IFS model in trauma work
And among many other speaker Dr. Sandra Baita came from Argentina to explain her work with children and youth.
Thank you to all my colleagues who helped with the organization and those who attended. ✨
10/08/2023
🌍I work with people from all around the world and most of them have decided to establish themselves here in Gran Canaria 🇮🇨.
Some have been here for more than 10 or 15 years and have gotten together with a Spanish partner and work and raise their family here.
Others landed here on vacation or just to spend the winter, only later deciding to come back to live and work from here.
Others like me are from Spain, have studied and worked abroad for years and decided to come back to their roots 🌱
Sometimes when I travel abroad or think of the times when I've lived in the UK or Canada or other cities in Spain, I wonder why I am back. But this image of the sea in the sunlught makes me remember that I am in the right place. 💙🌬️⛱️
❔Did you also land here in Gran Canaria from afar?
❔Are you deciding to return if you live abroad?
06/08/2023
Discover the power of mindfulness and self-compassion for improving mental health. A clinical psychologist explains the science-backed benefits in this article.
01/08/2023
My name is Amanda Celis, I’m a registered psychologist in private practice and a yoga teacher.
🌍🇮🇨In 2010 I started a personal development and a professional journey that led me to integrate the science and practice of modern psychology with the wisdom and practices of yoga and of mindfulness meditation.
💚My work focuses on supporting people in their self-knowledge journey towards improving their health and psychological well-being. I believe we are all curious by nature, so by paying attention to ourselves we build our capacity for self-discovery and we open up to new possibilities.
🙄Taking the first steps towards getting can be a very overwhelming and scary process, particularly when you have to do it in a different country.
😱You might feel stuck and exhausted, yet something inside you needs and wants to get help because you know you deserve to feel alive and purposeful in your life.
✨I believe in a way of practising psychology that focuses on your strengths and your inner knowledge to support your personal process.
We need to heal and thrive in order to enjoy life, feel purposeful, overcome challenges and go with the ebb and flow of our life process, for our own benefit and for those around us.
🌍I work with people from around the world that are now permanently or temporarily in Gran Canaria.🇮🇨
🤓 Do you know your ? This is at the base of the work that I do with most of my clients that seek personal development work.
I hope you find this useful. ✨
Everyone possesses all 24 character strengths in different degrees. See the full character strengths list here & learn about your unique personal strengths.
11/09/2020
🥇Pay attention to your precious life and you will broaden your catalogue of options.
🧐 your to react (your own autopilot) and give yourself the time you need to respond in a healthier and more adaptive way.
🙏Are you interested in learning more about how to incorporate a into your life?
📨The practice of mindful attention is one of the key elements of the work I do with most of my clients: info@amandacelis.com
📲🎉New in on my website
Pay attention to your precious life and you will broaden your catalogue of options. Observe your tendency to react (your own autopilot) and give yourself the time you need to respond in a healthier and more adaptive way.
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Hello, I'm Amanda a Registered Psychologist practicing in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain) and online.
I believe in a way of doing psychology that focuses on your strengths and your inner knowledge to support your personal and professional projects in order to reach your fullest potential. We need to heal and thrive to enjoy life, feel purposeful, overcome challenges and go with the eb and flow of our life process for our own benefit and for those around us.
My work combines traditional evidence-based psychology modalities such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, with newer approaches such as Mindfulness-based therapies and cutting-edge neuroscience knowledge that helps us understands how our body-mind and our most important relationships are inter-related. I’m also a trained yoga teacher which gives me access to a wide range techniques to relax the body through breathing and meditation practices.
If you are located in Gran Canaria you can reach me out for an initial phone consultation before you decide to work in person (+34 691 06 79 04). If you live somewhere else, I offer online sessions via Skype and you can reach me out via email (amandaconsulta@gmail.com).