About

Background and experience

I am a qualified counsellor and psychotherapist in advanced clinical training based in Liverpool, offering psychotherapy in English and Polish.

My background includes academic, clinical and therapeutic work across psychology and psychotherapy. I have experience working with a range of emotional and relational difficulties, including anxiety, depression, stress, burnout, bereavement, trauma, relational difficulties and life transitions. I also hold a particular interest in transgenerational trauma, early relational experience, neurodiversity, cultural identity and educational trauma.

My therapeutic work is grounded in Transactional Analysis, a relational approach to psychotherapy that informs how I understand emotional experience, unconscious processes and therapeutic change.

Academic and professional training

Before training in psychotherapy, I completed academic training in psychology, including a BSc in Psychology, an MSc in Addictive Behaviours and a PhD in Psychology at the University of Liverpool, where my research focused on motivation and emotion regulation.

Alongside academic work, I contributed to clinical and neuroscientific research, including work connected with the NHS and the World Health Organisation, and taught Applied Psychology at postgraduate level. I also delivered workshops related to attachment, shame and emotion regulation. These experiences continue to inform my understanding of psychological processes and therapeutic work.

Psychotherapy training

My initial clinical training was in Person-Centred counselling. I am currently completing a Level 7 Postgraduate Diploma in Psychotherapy specialising in Transactional Analysis at the TA Training Organisation in Leeds, a UKATA Registered Training Establishment.

Psychotherapy training involves extensive clinical practice, supervision, personal therapy and ongoing reflective work over several years. My practice continues to be shaped through clinical training, supervision and personal therapeutic experience.

Professional memberships

I am a registered member of BACP and a trainee member of UKCP, UKATA, EATA and ITAA.

Availability

I offer in-person psychotherapy in Liverpool (Mossley Hill and Aigburth), alongside online and phone sessions in English and Polish.