My own experience of living abroad in multiple countries and struggling with what that comes with has led me to become a therapist myself - to help others through similar challenges.
Growing up in Poland and having spent most of my formative adult years abroad in the US, the Netherlands, Hong Kong, and Germany, before settling down in Denmark, made me realize that I was always trying to run away or constantly searching for something better. It wasn’t until I looked inwards that I found how to build what I was looking for within myself - a home.
Art and psychology have always been my two main areas of interest. Having studied both in Amsterdam, followed by a gap year in Berlin, I ended up completing a Master’s at Copenhagen Business School, which then led me to a career in marketing. After a few firings, periods of unemployment, and a trip to South America, I decided to change careers and become a therapist. I want to use my own experience of living abroad and the struggles that come with it as a way to help others who might be facing similar challenges.
Additionally, yoga has been a constant in my life both as a practice for over 20 years and as a teacher for a few years. Currently, I use breathwork or somatic practices in my sessions whenever applicable.
I strive to help you with building safety within yourself. Whether it’s learning how to experience and self-regulate your emotional states, seeing what a safe relationship feels like, or starting to listen to your body, I’m here to support you on your individual journey.
My Approach
I’m a humanistic, client-centered therapist, with acceptance, genuineness, and empathy as the core principles of the therapeutic relationship. This is paired with an existential approach, exploring themes of meaning, identity, and choice amid life’s uncertainties. I also integrate the elements of:
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) - exploring your emotional states as they arise and allowing for deeper understanding, acceptance, and healing
Gestalt Therapy - an experimental approach focusing on the here and now, and recognizing an individual as a whole
Attachment Theory - looking at how you relate to yourself and to the world around you, focusing on our client-therapist relationship and finding healing in that
Neuroaffective Relational Model (NARM) - integrating the cognitive part, the emotional part, and the body into this holistic method, working with the effects of complex and developmental trauma
Body-oriented psychotherapy and nervous system regulation - incorporating the body and nervous system into the talk therapy space by offering gentle somatic practices
Mindfulness - for example, use of breath, grounding exercises to help you stay present
CV
2021-2025 - Psychotherapy, Psykoterapeutisk Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
2024 - Aroma Relax / Deep Rest / Breathing for Stress Relief, SATS, Copenhagen
2024 - RYT 60h Yin Yoga Teacher Training, Bodsphere, New Delhi, India (online)
2022 - RYT 200h Vinyasa and Hatha Yoga Teacher Training, La Casa Shambala, Alicante, Spain
2014-2016 - MSc in Management of Creative Business Processes, CBS, Copenhagen, Denmark
2012-2013 - Exchange Semester, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2010-2013 - BA in Art and Psychology, Amsterdam University College, Amsterdam, The Netherlands