Who am I?

Let me introduce myself and tell you more about my professional skills, mindset, how I work and what I can do for you. I’m a psychologist, psychotherapist and mindfulness teacher. I support people to overcome their life struggles, to get their life back in order, help them to fix their issues. I work with kids, teens and adults. Mild to extremely severe cases, ranging from psychotherapy through stress counselling up to transformational coaching. 

There are two sides of me. One that is the science-based “mainstream” one, the other that is “holistic and alternative”. I’ve been studying and practicing both sides. For mainstream I am too alternative, for alternative communities I am too mainstream. I am combining both worlds in order to get the best results. That’s what I care about the most. .  But not only that. I simply love learning and exploring new ways and new techniques of therapy and teaching.

I use cognitive-behavioural therapy and Mindfulness based Cognitive Therapy in my work. Both evidence based, proved to be top efficient to treat most mental health issues like depression, anxiety, stress, phobias, relationships etc.  On top of that I look at things holistically. I believe that things happen to us for a specific reason and we can use it to transform ourselves and better adjust to the emerging new world. Whether on a personal or global level. 

I have lived in different places throughout my life. Last 5 years were in a beautiful land by the edge of Kampinoski National Park. I had a wonderful chance to learn from nature. To learn its laws and rythm. There were animals as well. Both domesticated and wild ones. All of them fantastic (not always pleasant) teachers. 

On the outside I am social, friendly, talkative. I can easily do one-to-one, workshops, public speaking. That’s not my nature, but I trained myself to do it.  Privately, I am much more quiet, gentle, and recently introverted. I feel good about it. I don’t have a need to adjust myself to the world around me. Not any more. When I engage with the world, I do it on my own terms.  At work I commit myself fully, I am engaged, caring, compassionate. Outside of work, I am more passive, focused on ideas, observing the world and just living my own life. 

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Qualifications 

• Msc in Clinical Psychology (Poland) 
• Teacher/Therapist in Mindfulness based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) (Oxford University) 
• CBT Psychotherapist (4-year School of Psychotherapy – in training) 

Professional courses: 

• MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) 8-week course – 2019 
• SMART Recovery Facilitation Certificate (the USA) – 2017 
• Certificate in Addiction (Zur Institute, the USA, 48 CE credits) – 2015 
• Certificate in Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT Australia) – 2013 
• “Care over aged persons” Training course in geriatrics (2007) 
• NLP Practitioner Certificate – 2007 

Work experience 

2017 – present Private Practice – Poland 

• regular and on-going mental health support and coaching in the form of Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for corporate clients (BP, Shell, HSBC, Tesco Goldman Sachs etc.)  
• Workshops, webinars in mental health & wellbeing for companies, schools and individuals 
• Private psychotherapy office on-site and on-line for teens and adults 

2013-2017 – counsellor at St John’s Counselling Service – Hong Kong 

• 1-to-1 counselling for kids, teens and adults (individuals and corporate) 
• Counselling and crisis management at international schools 
• Guest speaker at: Island School, ADHD foundation, The ISF Academy, Methodist Church (independently) 

2011 – 2012 – education counsellor – Beijng, China  

• Counselling students with learning difficulties 

2009-2011 – part time event animator, outdoor trainer – Poland  

• Provided outdoor activities for team building, leadership, analytical thinking, personal development, communication and negotiation skills 
• mentored and supervised new staff 
• instructed in sport activities such as: paintball, shooting, climbing 

JUL 2009 – AUG 2009 AIESEC, “Project Desert Life”, internship, India 

• Research project to understand and document the lives and conditions of the people in Rajasthan desert and mine workers 

JUL 2007 – SEP 2007 – care worker, London, UK  

• supported young adults suffering from mild to severe epilepsy and autism, to start 

Memberships: 

• Polish Society of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy 
• American Psychology Association