Tako Makhaldiani

Psychologist, Gestalt Therapist

Portrait of Tako Makhaldiani

I work with:

  • Trauma
  • Anxiety disorders
  • Low self-esteem
  • Life crises

About

Education

  • Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University - Educational Psychology, Bachelor (1997-2000)
  • Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University - Educational Psychology, Master (2000-2003)
  • Tbilisi Gestalt Institute - certification program (2020-2025)

Professional Experience

  • Child Psychologist at Private Neurology Clinic for Children (2003-2005)
  • Worked at Childlife Center at Jo Ann University Hospital (2016-2018)
  • Gestalt Therapist at INTEGRA (2025-2026)
  • Gestalt Therapist in Private Practice (2023-Present)

Therapy Philosophy

One important idea in Gestalt therapy is that many experiences in our lives can remain unfinished. They may be unspoken words, emotions that were never fully felt, interrupted relationships, or events we could not process at the time. In Gestalt therapy these are called unfinished gestalts, and they often continue to affect us by pulling us back into familiar emotional states, repeating relationship patterns, and inner tension. In the therapeutic process, I aim to stay alongside the client and follow their lived experience, where emotions, questions, and awareness begin to emerge. Through that work, old experiences can gradually unfold and a more free, authentic, and alive way of living becomes possible.