The “International Psychology Center is a recently established clinic, founded in 2025, yet backed by extensive history and experience. Its director and founder, Guillermo Gabarain Beristain, after years of clinical work across diverse professional settings and supporting individuals from different cultures and nationalities, opens this space with the intention of providing a setting of trust and serenity for individuals and couples from a wide range of cultural backgrounds.”
Guillermo Gabarain
Raquel Medina Flores
How is our Process?
At INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY CENTER, we can work in both English and Spanish at a bilingual level, and having lived abroad ourselves, we understand the complexity of the adaptation process.
- Intake – The first contact is one of the most significant moments in the therapeutic process. For this reason, at the INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY CENTER we strive to make it as smooth as possible and allow ample time—generally 90 minutes—to begin getting to know each other well. As we often say, choosing a psychologist is like choosing a pair of shoes: you must try them on to see whether they truly fit.
- Assessment – The aim of this phase is to understand you from a psychological perspective and to develop a clear view of the problem. To do this, we explore your life history—much like a panoramic photograph of your experience—and conduct an evaluation of your psychological and emotional functioning to determine whether any psychological conditions may be present.
- Feedback and Goals – After gathering sufficient information and completing the assessment, we dedicate time to providing feedback, during which we present the results and offer information regarding possible diagnoses and the most appropriate treatments. Before beginning any intervention, we work together to define your goals. These goals must be realistic and attainable, taking into account the potential challenges involved.
- Intervention – Once the goals are clearly defined, our task is to work toward achieving them. To do so, we employ strategies that facilitate this process. Our methods focus on specific problems and aim to shorten the duration of therapy as much as possible, following brief and focused therapeutic models.
What´s important for Us?
The therapeutic process is grounded in a singular kind of relationship—one in which you feel genuinely heard, understood, and free from judgment or evaluation based on who you are or what you do. This relationship rests on what we refer to as the “Three Cs.”
It is essential for cultivating trust to know that you may speak about any matter without it extending beyond the therapeutic space in any form
Trust in the relationship and in the process is not instantaneous; it develops gradually as you allow yourself to open up and experience a sustained sense of acceptance.
My commitment is to accompany and guide you throughout your process. Your commitment is to yourself and to your objectives. Without commitment, genuine change cannot occur.
