Monika Stehlíková

I specialize in giftedness, high intelligence, neurodivergence and the development of human potential. I have thirteen years of counselling experience, working with highly intelligent, sensitive and creative people who recognize that their inner world is more complex than their outer role. Society often labels many of them as gifted. I have developed my own approach that responds to their neuroatypicality and their needs.

In my work, though, I don't focus on performance or on giftedness itself, but on the personality of the gifted person. I have specialized training in ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), which is my theoretical and methodical foundation. At its core are authenticity, self-acceptance, psychological flexibility, personal integrity and meaningful self-realisation.

Over the course of life, every person builds adaptive strategies: ways to be accepted, to function, and to get by. These patterns aren't a flaw; they grew out of a need to survive. In my work I focus on recognizing them, understanding their function, and gradually loosening their grip, so as to return to an authentic experience of oneself and to authentic potential.

I work with children, teenagers, and adults who are highly perceptive, think deeply, have a rich inner world, often feel "different" from most people, sense a gap between who they are and how they live, are looking for greater authenticity and inner truthfulness, and are often neurodivergent.