About
Psychotherapist in Ljubljana: Ana Mrovlje, psychoanalytic psychotherapist
After more than 10 years of psychotherapy practice I see that establishing a compassionate relationship in therapy is a necessary condition for healing. Encouragement and support, especially at the beginning, allow relaxation, so that the process can start and the way inward can open. I place the emphasis on the relationship, on feeling, on the body, on unspoken thoughts (the forces of the unconscious), and on a new space between us, where we see where in the past you had no room to develop.
I hold a Master's degree in Psychotherapy Science, am a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, holding the European Certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy ECPP — European Confederation of Psychoanalytical Psychotherapies. I graduated from SFU Vienna in 2013 and have more than 350 hours of my own psychoanalytic analysis, more than 200 hours of supervision, psychiatric practice (160 hours) and a four-year specialisation in psychoanalytic psychotherapy at Sigmund Freud University.
I worked as an associate of the Center for Personal Development and the Sfu Psychotherapy Outpatient Clinic in Ljubljana. I was self-employed in culture, where I developed in the field of psychotherapy and art.
Alongside private practice, I train at the American Institute for Mental Imagery, deepening my work with mental images and imagination — a direct language of the unconscious that opens immediate insight into inner processes and a person's developmental potential. At the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations in London, I train in work with groups and teams.
I experience therapy as a new, psychologically and emotionally alive space, where a person can begin exploring things that have long been suppressed, overlooked, or never quite put into words. This calls for allowing vulnerability, which is safe within the therapeutic relationship. Within that relationship, it also often becomes visible how you typically behave in relationships more broadly — where you withdraw, where you protect yourself, where you expect to be rejected. This is often the most valuable material of therapy, since it happens now, not only in the past. The goal is not merely to remove already-expressed difficulties, but understanding that leads to lasting change.
I also offer psychotherapy in English.
Training
- MSc in Psychotherapy Science — Dream Maps: Trans-Analysis of Dreams
- Graduate diploma in Psychotherapy Science, SFU Vienna (Sigmund Freud University), 2013 — Facial Expressions as Reflection of Inner Emotional State
- European Diploma in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (ECPP)
- Tavistock Institute of Human Relations, London — work with groups
- American Institute for Mental Imagery — work with mental images and imagination
Where I've worked
Ambulanta Sigmunda Freuda — clinical work
Head of Libero — organisation for mental health
Centre for Personal Development and Psychotherapy
Clinical work in a psychiatric institution, across a range of mental health presentations
Independent artist in intermedia art, alongside clinical practice
Publications and contributions
My professional and scientific contributions are collected on the page Professional contributions on mental health. Some were published in Kairos – Slovenian Journal of Psychotherapy. The topics of the articles touch on psychosomatic difficulties and emotional distress.
- Dream maps: Dream analysis using psychoanalytic and gestalt methods
- Anna Freud: The Daughter of Psychoanalysis
- Facial Expressions as Reflection of Inner Emotional State
- The human being from a psychoneuroimmunological perspective
- Voices that others cannot hear
Last updated: October 2026
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