What does psychotherapist in training mean?

It means I am still completing a comprehensive psychotherapy training in Gestalt therapy at Institut Dialog. The Czech Association for Psychotherapy accepts candidate members once they have completed at least half of the hours of such a training. I also work under regular supervision.

Are you a doctor or a psychiatrist?

No. I am a psychologist. I don't prescribe medication or make medical diagnoses, and questions about medication belong with your doctor or a psychiatrist.

Which languages do you work in?

Czech, Slovak and English. Sessions in English run the same way and with the same approach as sessions in Czech or Slovak.

About Roman Kamenišťák, psychologist in Prague

How I work

I believe each of us carries the potential to heal and grow. For me, the core of therapy is a safe relationship built on trust.

Every person who comes to me is different, and I adapt the therapy to what you need rather than to a fixed programme. I don't judge or grade what you bring.

My approach is Gestalt therapy, which belongs to the humanistic tradition in psychotherapy. I offer individual sessions for adults, in person in Prague 1 or online if you can't come in person.

Training and supervision

I am in comprehensive psychotherapy training in Gestalt therapy at Institut Dialog. I am a candidate member of the Czech Association for Psychotherapy (ČAP). Under the association's membership rules, candidate membership is open to people who have completed at least half of the training hours of a comprehensive psychotherapy training.

I take part in supervision regularly, going through my work with an experienced colleague.

Education

I studied psychology at the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University in Brno, where I completed a master's degree. My master's thesis looked at the relationship between self-esteem and risky behaviour in early adolescence.

In 2005–2006 I studied psychology at Aarhus University in Denmark on an Erasmus exchange. In 2011 I completed the accredited qualification course Psychologist in Healthcare (Psycholog ve zdravotnictví).

Where I have worked

Years	Workplace
2025	MD Cure Clinic (Klinika MD Cure)
2023–2024	Psychosomatic Centre Prague (Psychosomatické centrum Praha)
2020–2022	Psychiatrie Říčany, an outpatient psychiatry practice
2014–2020	ESET Psychotherapeutic and Psychosomatic Clinic, Prague
2012–2014	Motol University Hospital, Department of Clinical Psychology, Prague
2009–2012	Children's Psychiatric Hospital, Opařany

At Opařany I worked with adolescents in inpatient care, doing psychological assessment and individual and group therapy. Today I work only with adults.

At Motol I worked with hospital patients, including in the children's obesity clinic and the spinal surgery department, offering crisis intervention and supportive therapy and carrying out consultations for other departments. I also took part in research on fear related to pain. The two papers below, written with colleagues, date from the same period.

At ESET I worked in the day programme for affective disorders, in the outpatient psychology service, and with therapy groups.

Publications

Both papers appeared in Czech in a Slovak journal on palliative medicine and pain treatment.

Raudenská J., Javůrková A., Kozák J., Kamenišťák R.: Zvládání konce života – kazuistiky (Managing the end of life: case reports). Paliatívna medicína a liečba bolesti, 2013, no. 6, pp. 15–17.
Raudenská J., Javůrková A., Kozák J., Kamenišťák R., Jirkovský D., Amlerová J.: Kulturní aspekty zvládání nádorové bolesti (Cultural aspects of managing cancer pain). Paliatívna medicína a liečba bolesti, 2013, no. 6, pp. 38–40.

Languages

I work in Czech, Slovak and English.

What I don't do

I am not a doctor or a psychiatrist. I don't prescribe medication and I don't make diagnoses over the web. I don't work with children or adolescents, and I don't offer couples, family or group therapy.

Roman Kamenišťák