Unseen Chains: How Childhood Trauma Shapes Adult Behavior and Beliefs
Childhood is the foundation on which we build our lives. However, for those who experience trauma during these formative years, this foundation may carry invisible cracks. The effects of childhood trauma often extend far beyond the initial experiences, subtly shaping...
Letting go as a way to improve your life
One of the hardest lessons in life is letting go. Whether it's guilt, anger, love, loss, or betrayal. Change is never easy. We fight to hold on and we fight to let go. I am sure you have heard many times that you must let go of things, of your past, of your pain, of...
How to become more confident about yourself?
Confidence is a belief in oneself, the conviction that one has the ability to meet life's challenges and to succeed — and the willingness to act accordingly. Being confident requires a realistic sense of one’s capabilities and feeling secure in that knowledge....
Repetitive exposure of the stress response on our body is proven to lead to long-lasting psychological and physical health issues; these include cardiovascular disease, diabetes, anxiety, and depression. What is stress? Stress is the “psychological, physiological, and...
In this article, I will talk about the importance of self-care. The topic of self-care seems very popular these days but what exactly it means? I noticed that many of us will talk about self -care but actually will not be doing it or not really seeing the point of...
I must admit that I wasn't sure if it is a good idea to write about ethics regarding therapeutic work. In general, the topic of ethics is very wide and broad. However, I feel that professional ethics are absolutely crucial, especially in the field of psychotherapy....
WHAT IS SELF-HARM? Self-harm is when someone deliberately hurts, cuts, or injures themselves. For some people, self-harm is a way of coping with difficult or overwhelming feelings. Many people self- harm as a coping mechanism to deal with intense or difficult...
Traumatic events are common, and most people will experience at least once during their lives. WHAT IS TRAUMA? Trauma is the experience of severe psychological distress following any terrible or life-threatening event. Trauma survivors may develop emotional...
There is no right or wrong way to grieve, but there are healthy ways to deal with the grieving process. WHAT IS GRIEF? Grief is a normal response to loss. It’s the emotional distress you feel when something or someone you love is gone. Often, the pain of loss you can...
Boundaries are crucial to healthy relationships and healthy life. Furthermore setting and maintaining boundaries is a skill. But unfortunately, it’s a skill that many of us don’t learn or have. Although, we might pick up pointers here and there from experience or...
What do you need to know about Depression?
Nearly everyone has felt depressed, sad, or down in the dumps at one time or another. Feeling depressed can be a normal reaction to a stressful event, such as when one suffers a loss or endures another of life’s various struggles or stresses. Sometimes, however, these...
About Me
My name is Sylwia Kuchenna,
I am a qualified psychotherapist.
Psychotherapy is so much more for me than just work. It is my passion. Every client is special for me and equally important.
I am aware that each client is different, have different needs and their story is unique, this is why I am using an integrated style of therapy, which is a mix of various types of therapy (psychodynamic, humanistic, cognitive- behavioural (CBT), family systems and Gestalt).
This approach allows me to match the therapy to an individual client’s needs.