Education

  • Autohypnosis and hypnosis in psychotherapy — a 100-hour course led by Violetta Ambroziak-Krzysztofowicz, supervisor of the scientific section of the Polish Psychiatric Association
  • Postgraduate studies in Clinical Sexology — Assessment, Education, Treatment — Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
  • School of Transactional Analysis in Poznań — a full, 4-year psychotherapeutic training programme in transactional analysis (certification process under way)
  • MSc in Psychology — Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
  • MA in English Philology — Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
  • Pedagogical training — Collegium da Vinci in Poznań

I also regularly attend national and international conferences on psychotherapy and take part in trainings in transactional analysis and other therapeutic approaches, including Solution-Focused Therapy and body-oriented work.

Experience

  • Working with adults with mood disorders (e.g. depression), neurotic disorders (anxiety disorders, phobias, compulsions) and personality disorders
  • Working with adults with intellectual disabilities and pervasive developmental disorders (autism spectrum) and ADHD
  • Working with people experiencing mental illness (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder)
  • Working with adults and adolescents in crisis (grief, serious illness of the client or a loved one, difficult family situations)
  • Working with LGBTQ individuals
  • Psychoeducational workshops for adolescents on mental health prevention and social skills
  • Individual work with younger school-age children — improving self-esteem, building and maintaining peer relationships, and developing cognitive functions