PhD · IFS · IFIO · Clinical Trauma Professional
A space to become
more fully yourself
Therapy and consultation for gifted individuals, couples, and the practitioners who support them, in the heart of Switzerland and online.
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Every person's path is different. Choose where you'd like to begin.
Individual Support
IFS-based therapy for adults and adolescents navigating complexity, intensity, and the search for wholeness.
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IFIO-informed work for couples, siblings, or parent-child relationships: weekly sessions or immersive intensives.
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Deep understanding of the gifted experience: the intensity, the misdiagnoses, the shame, and the untapped potential.
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IFS and IFIO clinical supervision and consultation for therapists working with individuals and couples.
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Helping you embrace your
whole self
I am a psychologist and certified IFS therapist based in Mies, Switzerland, with a specialisation in giftedness and a deep commitment to working relationally.
My work is rooted in Internal Family Systems (IFS), a model that honours every part of who you are, including the parts that have been in the dark for a long time. Whether you come as an individual, as a couple, or as a parent navigating a gifted child's world, my approach is always holistic, always grounded in compassion, and always led by your wellbeing.
I believe that however hard your path has been until now, you intuitively know the truth. The experience of the intense and sensitive resonates with you, connects you with yourself, leaving you feeling moved at a deeper level. My role is to walk that path with you.
Training & Credentials
- PhD in Psychology
- Registered psychologist in the Netherlands, psycholoog NIP no. 227469
- Certified IFS Therapist (Level 3)
- IFSI Approved Clinical Consultant
- Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP)
- IFIO Certified: IFS for Couples & Relationships
- Advanced Training in the Developmental Model
- Faculty, IFIO Basic Training Programme
"I believe that, no matter how hard your path has been until now, intuitively you know the truth. The experience of the intense and sensitive resonates with you, connects you with yourself, leaving you feeling moved at a deeper level."Raphaela Carrière
Therapy for the
intense & sensitive
Working predominantly from an IFS (Internal Family Systems) framework, I offer individual therapy for adults and adolescents who are navigating complexity: perfectionism, underachievement, imposter syndrome, multi-potentiality, burnout, trauma, and the deep longing to live more authentically.
IFS helps us understand the many parts of ourselves: those that adapted to a world that didn't quite fit, and those that carry the wounds of earlier experiences. In coming out of the darkness, we can reclaim what was lost.
I am also a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, and I bring particular sensitivity to the ways early experiences shape how we move through the world today.
Where two worlds
meet and heal
Relationships are one of the most complex, and most meaningful, territories we navigate. I work with couples, siblings, and parent-adult-child relationships using IFIO (Internal Family Systems Informed Couples and Relational Therapy) and the Developmental Model, in which I hold advanced-level training.
I am also part of the faculty for the IFIO Basic Training Programme, training therapists in this approach, which means the work I offer you is grounded at the deepest level of the model.
Relational work does not require a romantic partnership. Any relationship where two people want to understand each other more fully and heal what has grown difficult is welcome here.
Regular Sessions
Weekly or fortnightly sessions of 75 minutes (90 minutes by arrangement) at my practice in Mies or online.
Intensives
I also offer couples intensives, tailored to each couple. An intensive supports our ongoing work, so I design it once I know you and what you are looking for. It might be a three-hour session, a full day, two full days, or a sequence of full days over time.
"Gifted, asynchronous learners are often misunderstood. Their excitement is viewed as excessive, their high energy as hyperactivity, their persistence as nagging, their questioning as undermining authority, their passion as being disruptive."Susan Daniels, PhD & Michael Piechowski, PhD, Authors & Gifted Specialists
Understanding the
gifted experience
Giftedness runs as a thread through everything I do. Many of the people who find their way to me don't arrive saying "I think I'm gifted." They arrive because they feel too much, think too much, care too much, and have spent a lifetime wondering why the world doesn't quite fit.
Giftedness is not a trophy. It is asynchronous development: advanced cognitive abilities combined with heightened intensity that create qualitatively different inner experiences. It brings enormous gifts and very real challenges.
I work with gifted adults, adolescents, and the parents of gifted children. Rather than working directly with young children in isolation, which risks pathologising what is actually a different kind of wiring, I prefer to work with the whole family system, helping parents understand what they are seeing and how to meet their child's true needs.
Misdiagnosis is common
Gifted individuals are frequently misdiagnosed with ADD/ADHD, OCD, ASD, ODD, or Bipolar Disorder. The characteristics of giftedness (intensity, sensitivity, moral preoccupation, questioning authority) look like pathology when they are not understood in context. Getting the right picture changes everything.
Characteristics to look for
- Reasons well and deeply
- Learns rapidly
- Extensive vocabulary
- Excellent memory
- Long attention span
- Highly sensitive
- Shows compassion
- Perfectionistic
- Intense and passionate
- Morally sensitive
- Strong curiosity
- High energy
- Prefers older companions
- Wide range of interests
- Vivid imagination
- Highly creative
- Questions authority
- Independent learner
- Concern with justice
- Keen observer
For Practitioners
Supporting the
therapists who
support others
I offer clinical consultation and supervision for therapists working with individuals and couples from an IFS and IFIO perspective. I am an IFSI Approved Clinical Consultant. As a member of the IFIO training faculty, I have trained many therapists in this model and bring that depth of understanding to consultation work.
Consultations available individually or in group format. Get in touch to discuss what would serve you best.
IFS Clinical Supervision
One-to-one consultation for therapists working with individuals from an IFS framework. Case discussion, model support, and professional development.
IFIO Consultation
Supervision and consultation for therapists using the IFIO model with couples and relationships. Particular focus on complexity and the twice-exceptional.
Giftedness in Clinical Practice
Consultation specifically around understanding and working with gifted and twice-exceptional individuals and families in a clinical context.
What clients say
The experience of working together
Our family faced several challenges when simply going to school normally no longer came easy. Stress levels peaked and difficult situations cast a shadow upon our daily lives. We needed help. Working with Dr. Raphaela Carrière helped us maintain a sense of belonging and find new ways to fit back into our own lives again.
Ms. C. Pielage
Parent of a Gifted, 2e Child
I look for authenticity and mutual respect when seeking advice during transformational journeys. I found this in our trajectory with Dr. Raphaela Carrière. Her experience and expertise combined with her touch for 'finetuning' have helped us move through our struggles.
Parent Client
Family System Work
Processing through stages of growth can often seem to be a lonely path. Working with Dr. Carrière, her combination of deep knowledge and genuine human warmth made it possible to see myself, and my intensity, in a completely new light.
Individual Client
Adult Therapy
Getting started
How we begin working together
Sessions take place in person at my shared practice in Mies, Switzerland or online, depending on your needs and your location. I work globally online, as long as we can make the time zones work.
Get in Touch
Send me an email with a little about what brings you here. I respond personally to every message.
Initial Session
We meet to explore how I can best support you.
Find Our Rhythm
We settle into a schedule (weekly, fortnightly, or intensive) based entirely on what serves your goals.
Go Deeper
The real work unfolds over time: uncovering, understanding, integrating, and moving toward a more authentic life.
Location
Shared practice in Mies, Switzerland
Easy road access · Free parking
Online sessions available globally
Languages & Reach
Sessions available in English and Dutch
Serving the Greater Geneva area and internationally online
Travel to other locations is possible; travel costs apply.
Ready to begin?
Let's find your way forward
Please get in touch to explore how I can support you. I respond personally to every message and we can take the time to find the right fit before committing to anything.
Sessions in Mies, Switzerland · Online available
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