Patrycja Kurowska-Kowalczyk
I am a psychologist, an integrative psychotherapist and a child and adolescent psychotherapist.
About me
I work with young people aged 13 and over, drawing on the knowledge I have acquired and my own personal experience as a parent. I am committed to creating an atmosphere of acceptance, respect and understanding in my practice. I strive to strengthen teenagers’ resources by highlighting their strengths and building their self-esteem and autonomy. I help them recognise their emotions and needs so that they can consciously manage their behaviour. I draw primarily on psychodynamic psychotherapy, incorporating elements from other approaches as well as psychoeducation.
Education and experience
I graduated in psychology from the University of Warsaw and undertook my training in psychotherapy at the Department of Psychotherapy at the Jagiellonian University, where I completed a comprehensive training programme. I have also completed a course on methods of working with children who are victims of sexual abuse and their carers, run by the Nobody’s Children Foundation (now the We Give Strength to Children Foundation). I have over twenty years’ experience of working with children and young people, primarily in the areas of sexual abuse of children and young people, and conflicts arising from parental separation. For many years, I have been involved with the Committee for the Protection of Children’s Rights and have been collaborating with the Dajemy Dzieciom Siłę Foundation. I run training courses, workshops, and provide individual and group psychotherapy.