Humanistic therapy
Helpful for working with authenticity, presence, emotion and the way a person relates to themselves.
Therapeutic approach
Psychological rigour and openness to tools that may deepen understanding
Javi Mateo’s approach combines a more orthodox psychological foundation with an interest in other perspectives that, when properly framed and properly explained, may broaden the understanding of certain processes.
Core principles
- Not reducing a person to a diagnosis or a label.
- Exploring symptoms, history, bonds and life context.
- Working with responsibility, clinical judgement and real listening.
- Explaining clearly what place each tool has within the process.
A bridge between orthodox and complementary work
This website makes room to explain, with maturity and professional clarity, the place that approaches such as family constellations or biodecoding may have, without confusing them with the psychological basis of the work or presenting them as a magical answer.
What kind of therapies I use
Different tools, one underlying criterion
This is not about collecting labels, but about knowing what each approach can contribute and when it actually makes sense to use it within a serious process.
Psychodynamic therapy
Useful for going deeper into repetitive patterns, emotional history, inner conflicts and less conscious movements.
Systemic therapy
Brings a valuable lens when family, bonds or couple dynamics are an important part of what is happening.
Gestalt therapy
Invites more awareness, more presence and more direct contact with what is actually happening in the process.
Biodecoding and complementary approaches
Integrated carefully and with clear judgement when they can add context or depth, without replacing the psychological basis of the work.