Shirine Marian Tigga

I am Shirine, a psychodynamic psychotherapist dedicated to supporting individuals through the complexity of their emotional and psychological lives. I work with adolescents, young adults, working professionals, and survivors of trauma and abuse. I also work with people navigating anxiety, depression, dissociation, relationship struggles, identity questions, or simply the desire to understand themselves more deeply. My aim is to offer a space where clients feel seen, heard, and are able to explore parts of their inner world that are often difficult to access.My therapeutic approach is rooted in psychoanalytic principles, where we pay close attention to unconscious processes, relational patterns, and the unspoken conflicts that shape thoughts, feelings, and behaviour. At the same time, I integrate trauma-informed care, crisis counselling, cross-cultural sensitivity, and solution-focused methods when needed. This allows me to work both in long-term depth-oriented psychotherapy and short-term interventions, depending on what best supports the client. I believe therapy beyond addressing symptoms, also provides a self-reflective space to cultivate resilience, clarity, and other empowered ways of living.My training has been central to shaping my identity as a clinician. I completed fellowships in psychoanalysis at the Contemporary Freudian Society in Washington DC and the Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis, experiences that strengthened my commitment to depth work. With an MA and M.Phil. in Psychology, I bring academic grounding alongside clinical experience with diverse populations. I have worked across government hospitals, low-fee clinics, NGOs, and community mental health settings, meeting individuals at various stages of life—from children and adolescents to middle-aged and older adults—each facing challenges that arise from both internal struggles and external circumstances.As a queer-affirmative and caste-informed practitioner, I work with an awareness of the social, cultural, and structural forces that impact mental health. My aim is to create a reflective, non-judgemental therapeutic space where clients can talk freely, feel safe, and begin to make sense of difficult experiences such as obsessive thinking, eating difficulties, attention issues, suicidal thoughts, trauma and more. Alongside my clinical work, I am also a researcher and writer who has presented at national and international forums on mental health, identity, and psychosocial processes.If you are looking for a thoughtful, warm, and insight-oriented space to explore your inner life, I invite you to reach out and book a session.