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by Sylwia Kuchenna
A Page from a Therapist’s Diary: Lessons from 2024
Reflecting on 2024: Lessons Learned As I sit here reflecting on 2024, one word comes to mind: lesson. That’s exactly what this year has been for me—a big, messy, beautiful lesson in every corner of my life. I never thought I’d look in the mirror and feel like I didn’t...
Learn how to understand and manage anger
Anger is very often perceived as something bad, but really whether the anger is ‘bad’ or ‘good’ depends on how we react and how we express this emotion throughout our behavior. Moreover, anger just like any other emotion is information. Anger in this manner informs us...
How to Change Fear into Motivation?
Fear has two meanings: Forget Everything And Run OR Face Everything And Rise. The choice is yours. It’s a given that fear is part of the human experience, but where does it come from and why does it sometimes dominate your life? How do some people navigate through the...
Mindfulness as a way to live your life!
The goal of mindfulness is to wake up to the inner workings of our mental, emotional, and physical processes. What is mindfulness? Mindfulness is the human ability to be fully present. To be aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not overly reactive or...
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...
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.