About me
I am a graduate of Applied Psychology at Jagiellonian University
in Krakow. I graduated from the School of Psychodynamic
Psychotherapy run by the Cracow Center for Psychodynamic
Psychotherapy recommended by the Polish Psychological Association
and the Polish Society for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. I am a certified psychotherapist with PTPPd accreditation. I am a
member of the Polish Society for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.
I gained experience working with patients in:
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (Department of
Psychiatry, CM, Jagiellonian University), at the Psychiatric
Hospital in the Day Ward of the 5. Military Clinical Hospital in
Cracow, at the Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Warsaw at
the Day Unit (Affective Disorders) and the Day Unit (Psychotic
Disorders), at the Sub-Department of Psychodynamic Psychiatry and
the Sub-Department of Affective Disorders at the Department of
Adult, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry of the University Hospital
in Cracow.
I completed two years of specialized training in Transference-Focused Therapy (TFP) conducted by the International Society of Transference-Focused Psychotherapy in cooperation with the Krakow Psychodynamic Center, and passed the international certification exam under the ISTFP (International Society of TFP).
I subject my work to regular individual and group
supervision.
I ensure discretion, information obtained during therapy is
confidential. Psychotherapists are bound by the Psychologist's
Code of Ethics and Professional Secrecy.
Psychodynamic psychotherapy
Therapy is conducted in the psychodynamic current, which can be used
by anyone who needs treatment by psychological methods. This method
is adequate for people suffering from, among other reasons:
• depression and other mood disorders
• anxiety disorders (unjustified anxiety,
panic attacks, phobias)
• personality disorders (e.g.,
borderline)
• neurotic symptoms (compulsions, intrusive
thoughts, hypochondriacal symptoms)
• sexual problems (e.g. premature
ejaculation, anorgasmia, impotence)
• sleep problems (nightmares, insomnia)
• psychosomatic complaints (stomach pains,
chest pains, migraines, dermatological problems)
In addition, psychodynamic therapy may be appropriate when a person
is not directly experiencing symptoms, but suffers instead from:
• difficulties in interpersonal or partner
relationships
• difficulty maintaining satisfying
relationships with other people
• lack of satisfaction with life
• life crises related to the loss of a job
or a loved one, etc.
• low self-esteem
• unjustified fear, feelings of guilt
• a sense of constant fatigue, lack of
desire to act
• misunderstanding of emotions and
inability to cope with them
• stress
• difficulties in making decisions
• problems with one's own identity
Individual psychotherapy
In conducting individual psychotherapy, I use the
Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) method.
What is TFP?
TFP is a continuously developed and empirically validated form of
psychodynamic psychotherapy constructed for the treatment of
personality disorders. TFP is the result of integrating knowledge
from classical psychoanalytic theories with contemporary
contributions from the areas of neuroscience and attachment
research. The result of this integration is Otto Kernberg's
structural theory, from which the strategies, tactics and techniques
used in TFP are derived.
Focused Transference Therapy is distinguished by a certain degree of
proceduralization of this method, allowing for easy access to
detailed manuals, more precise empirical verification, and a
relatively easier training process for applying this
psychotherapy.
The characteristics of TFP are:
• a detailed diagnostic process
• a particularly thorough process of conducting
the therapeutic contract,
• a more active attitude of the therapist
compared to other psychodynamic approaches
Transference-focused therapy is a constantly evolving form of
psychotherapy to adapt it to the widest possible patient
population.
It was developed primarily to treat patients:
• presenting a serious threat to themselves and
others,
• unable to hold down a job,
• building more long-term intimate
relationships,
• unfit or isolated from society.
In addition, I also use the method of psychodynamic psychotherapy
(Dynamic Psychotherapy for Higher Level Personality Pathology, DPHP)
of relatively high- functioning patients with mild personality
pathology.
The development of TFP gave rise to the founding of the
International Society of Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (ISTFP),
which is charged with educating and certifying new TFP therapists,
as well as popularizing the method through systematic research,
publications and international conferences.
Supportive psychotherapy for moms and pregnant women
I provide supportive psychotherapy mainly for pregnant, postpartum
women, which can be an effective form of psychological help during
this particularly sensitive period.
Pregnancy represents a significant life change for most women. The
biological changes associated with it, including especially
complications in its course and in the course of childbirth, carry
the risk of developing a variety of psychological difficulties and
mental disorders.
Possible emerging difficulties :
• dissatisfaction with life
• feeling of isolation and loneliness
• feeling of isolation and loneliness
• pseudo-pregnancy (so-called "imaginary
pregnancy")
• conflicts during pregnancy (sometimes related to
abortion)
• pain associated with infertility
• difficult experiences during childbirth
• problems forming a bond with the child
• difficulties in feeding the child ( especially
related to breastfeeding)
• problems with separation from the child
• aggressive thoughts toward self or child
• experiencing a huge life change
• unsatisfactory relationship with partner
• feeling objectified during pregnancy or after
childbirth
• feeling that one is dangerous to the fetus or
stalked by the fetus
• with reproductive issues (assisted conception)
• multiple pregnancies
• unsuccessful results of prenatal tests
• miscarriages
• stillbirth
• premature birth
• illness or death of the newborn
Psychotherapy is therefore proving to be a useful method of
assistance, even if the indications for its use are due to the
presence of mild psychological difficulties that do not
necessarily bear the hallmarks of serious mental disorders.
The use of psychotherapy during pregnancy or after birth may
result from the woman's revealed need for support. In this
case, psychotherapy during pregnancy can also help a woman
identify with her role as a mother. There are studies that show
that, satisfaction with motherhood is linked to a woman's
mental state during pregnancy, a positive emotional relationship
with the child during prenatal development, as well as mood during
childbirth.
Price list
Psychotherapy in English/ meeting lasts 50 min - 250 zł
We decide on the form of psychotherapy or undertaking further
psychotherapeutic contact after several initial diagnostic
consultations.
I conduct psychotherapy once or twice a week depending on the
individual needs of the patient. The length of psychotherapy also
remains an individual issue.
